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· 2013

Making: Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and Architecture

Tim Ingold

Short summary

This book proposes a novel integration of anthropology, archaeology, art, and architecture, viewing them as interconnected modes of 'making' that explore human life.

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Key points

  • Integrates anthropology, archaeology, art, and architecture under the concept of 'making'.
  • Proposes an anthropology and archaeology 'with' art and architecture, not just 'of' them.
  • Views these disciplines as crucial for exploring the conditions and potentials of human life.

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Abstract

Making creates knowledge, builds environments and transforms lives. Anthropology, archaeology, art and architecture are all ways of making, and all are dedicated to exploring the conditions and potentials of human life. In this exciting book, Tim Ingold ties the four disciplines together in a way that has never been attempted before. In a radical departure from conventional studies that treat art and architecture as compendia of objects for analysis, Ingold proposes an anthropology and archaeology not of but with art and architecture. He advocates a way of thinking through mak

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Field: Archeology (Arts and Humanities)

ArcheologyArts and Humanities