Caroline heitz (61 resultados)

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Die Arbeit untersucht, wie Tätererinnerungen für die Geschichtswissenschaft nutzbar gemacht werden können. Hans Münch, ein ehemaliger SS-Arzt in Auschwitz, hat sein Leben lang zahlreiche Interviews gegeben. Diese werden einer Sprach- und Diskursanalyse unterzogen und aus sozialpsychologischer Perspektive betrachtet. Dabei wird deutlich, wie die Methodenwahl die Ergebnisse mitbestimmt. Strukturelemente und Rahmenbedingungen, die das Denken und Handeln Münchs beeinflusst haben, werden herausgearbeitet. Dadurch werden die soziale Wirklichkeit der SS-Ärzte sowie die Beweggründe für diesen Genozid auf der Täterebene greifbarer gemacht. Es wird aufgezeigt, wie Münch Brüche in seiner Lebensgeschichte mit einem konsistenten Selbstbild, einer Sinnkonstruktion, zu überdecken versuchte.…

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -For many past and present societies, pottery forms an integral part of material culture and everyday practice. This makes it a promising case example to address human-thing-relations on a more general level, as well as social life itself. Humans organise their lives not only by engaging with materials and things but also by oscillating between movement and stasis. In these various rhythms of mobility - from daily subsistence-based movements to long-term migrations - things like ceramic vessels are crafted, but also act as consumer goods. From their production until their deposition as waste, grave-goods, collectibles etc. pottery vessels can move with their owners or be passed on and may thus shift between spatial, temporal, social, economic and cultural contexts. This volume unites contributions addressing such phenomena from archaeological and anthropological perspectives. Evolved from an interdisciplinary workshop held at the Institute of Archaeological Sciences (University of Bern) in 2015, the aim is not to promote one single epistemic approach or any elaborated empirical findings but to trigger thoughts and foster discussions. While the first part of the book contains introductory texts, the second part includes archaeological contributions that address mobility and social ties by focussing on variability in pottery production within, as well as between, settlements and regions. Taking a more object-centred perspective, they comprise attempts to think beyond established concepts of 'archaeological cultures' and chronological issues. The third part unites anthropological and archaeological texts that take more actor-centred perspectives of making, distributing and using pottery. These texts examine how humans and things are intertwined though practices and various rhythms of movement and mobility. Thereby it can be shown how cultural forms are reproduced but also transformed by humans and things, like pots, potters, pottery mongers and pottery users that are intermittently on the move.ContentsForeword - Albert HafnerPart 1. Changing perspectives, changing insights'Mobility and pottery production', what for Introductory remarks - Caroline Heitz, Regine StapferPrehistoric archaeology, anthropology and material culture studies: aspects of their origins and common roots - Albert HafnerMaterial culture and mobility: A brief history of archaeological thought - Astrid Van OyenPart 2. Object-centred perspectives: From 'cultures' and chronology to relations and mobilityThe Munzingen culture in the southern Upper Rhine Plain (3950-3600 BC) - Loïc Jammet-ReynalFrom typo-chronology to inter- and intra site variety: the 'Michelsberg' pottery of South Germany (4300-3600 BC) - Ute SeidelSocial dynamics and mobility: Discussing 'households' in Linear Pottery Culture research (6 ML BC) - Isabel HohleSpecial pottery in 'Cortaillod' settlements of Neolithic western Switzerland (3900-3500 BC) - Regine StapferCultural and chronological attribution of pottery on the move: from rigid time-space schemata towards flexible microarchaeological 'messworks' - Eda GrossPart 3. Actor-centred perspectives: Movements of making - mobilities of pots, potters, skills and ideas Movement in making: 'Women working with clay' in northern Côte d'Ivoire - Iris KöhlerForm follows fingers: Roman pottery, the producer's perspective and the mobility of ideas - Nadja MelkoPractice, social cohesion and identity in pottery production in the Balearic Islands (1500-500 BC) - Daniel Albero SantacreuMaking things, being mobile: pottery as intertwined histories of humans and materials - Caroline HeitzPots on the move become different: Emplacement and mobility of pottery, specific properties of pots and their contexts of use - Hans Peter HahnAfterword - Philipp Stockhammer 322 pp. Englisch.…

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - For many past and present societies, pottery forms an integral part of material culture and everyday practice. This makes it a promising case example to address human-thing-relations on a more general level, as well as social life itself. Humans organise their lives not only by engaging with materials and things but also by oscillating between movement and stasis. In these various rhythms of mobility - from daily subsistence-based movements to long-term migrations - things like ceramic vessels are crafted, but also act as consumer goods. From their production until their deposition as waste, grave-goods, collectibles etc. pottery vessels can move with their owners or be passed on and may thus shift between spatial, temporal, social, economic and cultural contexts. This volume unites contributions addressing such phenomena from archaeological and anthropological perspectives. Evolved from an interdisciplinary workshop held at the Institute of Archaeological Sciences (University of Bern) in 2015, the aim is not to promote one single epistemic approach or any elaborated empirical findings but to trigger thoughts and foster discussions. While the first part of the book contains introductory texts, the second part includes archaeological contributions that address mobility and social ties by focussing on variability in pottery production within, as well as between, settlements and regions. Taking a more object-centred perspective, they comprise attempts to think beyond established concepts of 'archaeological cultures' and chronological issues. The third part unites anthropological and archaeological texts that take more actor-centred perspectives of making, distributing and using pottery. These texts examine how humans and things are intertwined though practices and various rhythms of movement and mobility. Thereby it can be shown how cultural forms are reproduced but also transformed by humans and things, like pots, potters, pottery mongers and pottery users that are intermittently on the move.ContentsForeword - Albert HafnerPart 1. Changing perspectives, changing insights'Mobility and pottery production', what for Introductory remarks - Caroline Heitz, Regine StapferPrehistoric archaeology, anthropology and material culture studies: aspects of their origins and common roots - Albert HafnerMaterial culture and mobility: A brief history of archaeological thought - Astrid Van OyenPart 2. Object-centred perspectives: From 'cultures' and chronology to relations and mobilityThe Munzingen culture in the southern Upper Rhine Plain (3950-3600 BC) - Loïc Jammet-ReynalFrom typo-chronology to inter- and intra site variety: the 'Michelsberg' pottery of South Germany (4300-3600 BC) - Ute SeidelSocial dynamics and mobility: Discussing 'households' in Linear Pottery Culture research (6 ML BC) - Isabel HohleSpecial pottery in 'Cortaillod' settlements of Neolithic western Switzerland (3900-3500 BC) - Regine StapferCultural and chronological attribution of pottery on the move: from rigid time-space schemata towards flexible microarchaeological 'messworks' - Eda GrossPart 3. Actor-centred perspectives: Movements of making - mobilities of pots, potters, skills and ideas Movement in making: 'Women working with clay' in northern Côte d'Ivoire - Iris KöhlerForm follows fingers: Roman pottery, the producer's perspective and the mobility of ideas - Nadja MelkoPractice, social cohesion and identity in pottery production in the Balearic Islands (1500-500 BC) - Daniel Albero SantacreuMaking things, being mobile: pottery as intertwined histories of humans and materials - Caroline HeitzPots on the move become different: Emplacement and mobility of pottery, specific properties of pots and their contexts of use - Hans Peter HahnAfterword - Philipp Stockhammer. …

Condición: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Traditional archaeological ideas about Neolithic societies were shaped by questionable premises. The modern concept of social and cultural coherence of residence groups as well as the ethnic interpretation of archaeological cultures fostered ideas of stat.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Traditional archaeological ideas about Neolithic societies were shaped by questionable premises. The modern concept of social and cultural coherence of residence groups as well as the ethnic interpretation of 'archaeological cultures' fostered ideas of static and homogeneous social entities with fixed borders. Farming - as the core of the Neolithic way of life - was associated with sedentariness rather than with spatial mobility and cross-regional social networks. Furthermore, the widely used (neo-)evolutionist thinking universally assumed a growing social complexity and hierarchisation during prehistory. After all, such 'top-down'-perspectives deprived individuals and groups of genuine agency and creativity while underestimating the relational dynamic between the social and material worlds. In recent years, a wide array of empirical results on social practices related to material culture and settlement dynamics, (inter-)regional entanglements and spatial mobility were published. For the latter the adoption of the relatively new scientific methods in archaeology like Stable Isotope Analysis as well as aDNA played a crucial role. Yet the question of possible inferences regarding spatial and temporal differences in forms of social organisation has not been addressed sufficiently.The aim of this volume is therefore to rethink former top-down concepts of Neolithic societies by studying social practices and different forms of Neolithic social life by adopting bottom-up social archaeological perspectives. Furthermore, the validity and relevance of terms like 'society', 'community', 'social group' etc. will be discussed. The contributions reach from theoretical to empirical ones and thematize a variety of social theoretical approaches as well as methodological ways of combining different sorts of data. They show the potential of such bottom-up approaches to infer models of social practices and configurations which may live up to the potential social diversity and dynamism of Neolithic societies. The contribution shed light on spatial mobility, social complexity, the importance of (political) interests and factors of kinship etc. We hope that this volume, with its focus on the Neolithic of Europe, will contribute to the ongoing critical debates of theories and concepts as well as on our premises and perspectives on Neolithic societies in general - and the practices of social archaeology as such.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -For many past and present societies, pottery forms an integral part of material culture and everyday practice. This makes it a promising case example to address human-thing-relations on a more general level, as well as social life itself. Humans organise their lives not only by engaging with materials and things but also by oscillating between movement and stasis. In these various rhythms of mobility ¿ from daily subsistence-based movements to long-term migrations ¿ things like ceramic vessels are crafted, but also act as consumer goods. From their production until their deposition as waste, grave-goods, collectibles etc. pottery vessels can move with their owners or be passed on and may thus shift between spatial, temporal, social, economic and cultural contexts.This volume unites contributions addressing such phenomena from archaeological and anthropological perspectives. Evolved from an interdisciplinary workshop held at the Institute of Archaeological Sciences (University of Bern) in 2015, the aim is not to promote one single epistemic approach or any elaborated empirical findings but to trigger thoughts and foster discussions.While the first part of the book contains introductory texts, the second part includes archaeological contributions that address mobility and social ties by focussing on variability in pottery production within, as well as between, settlements and regions. Taking a more object-centred perspective, they comprise attempts to think beyond established concepts of ¿archaeological cultures¿ and chronological issues. The third part unites anthropological and archaeological texts that take more actor-centred perspectives of making, distributing and using pottery. These texts examine how humans and things are intertwined though practices and various rhythms of movement and mobility. Thereby it can be shown how cultural forms are reproduced but also transformed by humans and things, like pots, potters, pottery mongers and pottery users that are intermittently on the move.ContentsForeword - Albert HafnerPart 1. Changing perspectives, changing insights'Mobility and pottery production', what for Introductory remarks - Caroline Heitz, Regine StapferPrehistoric archaeology, anthropology and material culture studies: aspects of their origins and common roots - Albert HafnerMaterial culture and mobility: A brief history of archaeological thought - Astrid Van OyenPart 2. Object-centred perspectives: From 'cultures' and chronology to relations and mobilityThe Munzingen culture in the southern Upper Rhine Plain (3950¿3600 BC) - Loïc Jammet-ReynalFrom typo-chronology to inter- and intra site variety: the ¿Michelsberg¿ pottery of South Germany (4300¿3600 BC) - Ute SeidelSocial dynamics and mobility: Discussing ¿households¿ in Linear Pottery Culture research (6 ML BC) - Isabel HohleSpecial pottery in ¿Cortaillod¿ settlements of Neolithic western Switzerland (3900¿3500 BC) - Regine StapferCultural and chronological attribution of pottery on the move: from rigid time-space schemata towards flexible microarchaeological 'messworks' - Eda GrossPart 3. Actor-centred perspectives: Movements of making ¿ mobilities of pots, potters, skills and ideasMovement in making: ¿Women working with clay¿ in northern Côte d¿Ivoire - Iris KöhlerForm follows fingers: Roman pottery, the producer¿s perspective and the mobility of ideas - Nadja MelkoPractice, social cohesion and identity in pottery production in the Balearic Islands (1500¿500 BC) - Daniel Albero SantacreuMaking things, being mobile: pottery as intertwined histories of humans and materials - Caroline HeitzPots on the move become different: Emplacement and mobility of pottery, specific properties of pots and their contexts of use - Hans Peter HahnAfterword - Philipp StockhammerBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 322 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Traditional archaeological ideas about Neolithic societies were shaped by questionable premises. The modern concept of social and cultural coherence of residence groups as well as the ethnic interpretation of ¿archaeological cultures¿ fostered ideas of static and homogeneous social entities with fixed borders. Farming ¿ as the core of the Neolithic way of life ¿ was associated with sedentariness rather than with spatial mobility and cross-regional social networks. Furthermore, the widely used (neo-)evolutionist thinking universally assumed a growing social complexity and hierarchisation during prehistory. After all, such ¿top-down¿¿perspectives deprived individuals and groups of genuine agency and creativity while underestimating the relational dynamic between the social and material worlds. In recent years, a wide array of empirical results on social practices related to material culture and settlement dynamics, (inter-)regional entanglements and spatial mobility were published. For the latter the adoption of the relatively new scientific methods in archaeology like Stable Isotope Analysis as well as aDNA played a crucial role. Yet the question of possible inferences regarding spatial and temporal differences in forms of social organisation has not been addressed sufficiently.The aim of this volume is therefore to rethink former top-down concepts of Neolithic societies by studying social practices and different forms of Neolithic social life by adopting bottom-up social archaeological perspectives. Furthermore, the validity and relevance of terms like ¿society¿, ¿community¿, ¿social group¿ etc. will be discussed. The contributions reach from theoretical to empirical ones and thematize a variety of social theoretical approaches as well as methodological ways of combining different sorts of data. They show the potential of such bottom-up approaches to infer models of social practices and configurations which may live up to the potential social diversity and dynamism of Neolithic societies. The contribution shed light on spatial mobility, social complexity, the importance of (political) interests and factors of kinship etc. We hope that this volume, with its focus on the Neolithic of Europe, will contribute to the ongoing critical debates of theories and concepts as well as on our premises and perspectives on Neolithic societies in general ¿ and the practices of social archaeology as such.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 294 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Rethinking Neolithic Societies | Caroline Heitz (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Open Series in Prehistoric Archaeology 5 | Englisch | 2023 | Sidestone Press Academics | EAN 9789464270662 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…

Condición: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Traditional archaeological ideas about Neolithic societies were shaped by questionable premises. The modern concept of social and cultural coherence of residence groups as well as the ethnic interpretation of archaeological cultures fostered ideas of stat.…

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Gebunden. Condición: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. This book combines findings from archaeology and anthropology on the making, use and distribution of hand-made pottery, the rhythms of mobility involved and the transformations triggered by such processes, discussing different theoretical perspectives and m.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -For many past and present societies, pottery forms an integral part of material culture and everyday practice. This makes it a promising case example to address human-thing-relations on a more general level, as well as social life itself. Humans organise their lives not only by engaging with materials and things but also by oscillating between movement and stasis. In these various rhythms of mobility - from daily subsistence-based movements to long-term migrations - things like ceramic vessels are crafted, but also act as consumer goods. From their production until their deposition as waste, grave-goods, collectibles etc. pottery vessels can move with their owners or be passed on and may thus shift between spatial, temporal, social, economic and cultural contexts.This volume unites contributions addressing such phenomena from archaeological and anthropological perspectives. Evolved from an interdisciplinary workshop held at the Institute of Archaeological Sciences (University of Bern) in 2015, the aim is not to promote one single epistemic approach or any elaborated empirical findings but to trigger thoughts and foster discussions.While the first part of the book contains introductory texts, the second part includes archaeological contributions that address mobility and social ties by focussing on variability in pottery production within, as well as between, settlements and regions. Taking a more object-centred perspective, they comprise attempts to think beyond established concepts of 'archaeological cultures' and chronological issues. The third part unites anthropological and archaeological texts that take more actor-centred perspectives of making, distributing and using pottery. These texts examine how humans and things are intertwined though practices and various rhythms of movement and mobility. Thereby it can be shown how cultural forms are reproduced but also transformed by humans and things, like pots, potters, pottery mongers and pottery users that are intermittently on the move.ContentsForeword - Albert HafnerPart 1. Changing perspectives, changing insights'Mobility and pottery production', what for Introductory remarks - Caroline Heitz, Regine StapferPrehistoric archaeology, anthropology and material culture studies: aspects of their origins and common roots - Albert HafnerMaterial culture and mobility: A brief history of archaeological thought - Astrid Van OyenPart 2. Object-centred perspectives: From 'cultures' and chronology to relations and mobilityThe Munzingen culture in the southern Upper Rhine Plain (3950-3600 BC) - Loïc Jammet-ReynalFrom typo-chronology to inter- and intra site variety: the 'Michelsberg' pottery of South Germany (4300-3600 BC) - Ute SeidelSocial dynamics and mobility: Discussing 'households' in Linear Pottery Culture research (6 ML BC) - Isabel HohleSpecial pottery in 'Cortaillod' settlements of Neolithic western Switzerland (3900-3500 BC) - Regine StapferCultural and chronological attribution of pottery on the move: from rigid time-space schemata towards flexible microarchaeological 'messworks' - Eda GrossPart 3. Actor-centred perspectives: Movements of making - mobilities of pots, potters, skills and ideasMovement in making: 'Women working with clay' in northern Côte d'Ivoire - Iris KöhlerForm follows fingers: Roman pottery, the producer's perspective and the mobility of ideas - Nadja MelkoPractice, social cohesion and identity in pottery production in the Balearic Islands (1500-500 BC) - Daniel Albero SantacreuMaking things, being mobile: pottery as intertwined histories of humans and materials - Caroline HeitzPots on the move become different: Emplacement and mobility of pottery, specific properties of pots and their contexts of use - Hans Peter HahnAfterword - Philipp Stockhammer 322 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Traditional archaeological ideas about Neolithic societies were shaped by questionable premises. The modern concept of social and cultural coherence of residence groups as well as the ethnic interpretation of 'archaeological cultures' fostered ideas of static and homogeneous social entities with fixed borders. Farming - as the core of the Neolithic way of life - was associated with sedentariness rather than with spatial mobility and cross-regional social networks. Furthermore, the widely used (neo-)evolutionist thinking universally assumed a growing social complexity and hierarchisation during prehistory. After all, such 'top-down'-perspectives deprived individuals and groups of genuine agency and creativity while underestimating the relational dynamic between the social and material worlds. In recent years, a wide array of empirical results on social practices related to material culture and settlement dynamics, (inter-)regional entanglements and spatial mobility were published. For the latter the adoption of the relatively new scientific methods in archaeology like Stable Isotope Analysis as well as aDNA played a crucial role. Yet the question of possible inferences regarding spatial and temporal differences in forms of social organisation has not been addressed sufficiently.The aim of this volume is therefore to rethink former top-down concepts of Neolithic societies by studying social practices and different forms of Neolithic social life by adopting bottom-up social archaeological perspectives. Furthermore, the validity and relevance of terms like 'society', 'community', 'social group' etc. will be discussed. The contributions reach from theoretical to empirical ones and thematize a variety of social theoretical approaches as well as methodological ways of combining different sorts of data. They show the potential of such bottom-up approaches to infer models of social practices and configurations which may live up to the potential social diversity and dynamism of Neolithic societies. The contribution shed light on spatial mobility, social complexity, the importance of (political) interests and factors of kinship etc. We hope that this volume, with its focus on the Neolithic of Europe, will contribute to the ongoing critical debates of theories and concepts as well as on our premises and perspectives on Neolithic societies in general - and the practices of social archaeology as such.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Traditional archaeological ideas about Neolithic societies were shaped by questionable premises. The modern concept of social and cultural coherence of residence groups as well as the ethnic interpretation of ¿archaeological cultures¿ fostered ideas of static and homogeneous social entities with fixed borders. Farming ¿ as the core of the Neolithic way of life ¿ was associated with sedentariness rather than with spatial mobility and cross-regional social networks. Furthermore, the widely used (neo-)evolutionist thinking universally assumed a growing social complexity and hierarchisation during prehistory. After all, such ¿top-down¿¿perspectives deprived individuals and groups of genuine agency and creativity while underestimating the relational dynamic between the social and material worlds. In recent years, a wide array of empirical results on social practices related to material culture and settlement dynamics, (inter-)regional entanglements and spatial mobility were published. For the latter the adoption of the relatively new scientific methods in archaeology like Stable Isotope Analysis as well as aDNA played a crucial role. Yet the question of possible inferences regarding spatial and temporal differences in forms of social organisation has not been addressed sufficiently.The aim of this volume is therefore to rethink former top-down concepts of Neolithic societies by studying social practices and different forms of Neolithic social life by adopting bottom-up social archaeological perspectives. Furthermore, the validity and relevance of terms like ¿society¿, ¿community¿, ¿social group¿ etc. will be discussed. The contributions reach from theoretical to empirical ones and thematize a variety of social theoretical approaches as well as methodological ways of combining different sorts of data. They show the potential of such bottom-up approaches to infer models of social practices and configurations which may live up to the potential social diversity and dynamism of Neolithic societies. The contribution shed light on spatial mobility, social complexity, the importance of (political) interests and factors of kinship etc. We hope that this volume, with its focus on the Neolithic of Europe, will contribute to the ongoing critical debates of theories and concepts as well as on our premises and perspectives on Neolithic societies in general ¿ and the practices of social archaeology as such.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 294 pp. Englisch.…