Week 3 - all required readings Flashcards

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“Sublimated Spaces” by ___

A

Smith

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2
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In Archae, what replaced “cultural evolutionary theory”?

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post-processualism

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3
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Why was Olson’s approach bold and against the mainstream?

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He sought histories “created from space” rather than removed from it.

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4
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“a religion of history based on faith”

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social evolutionary theories

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5
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In defense of “social evolutionary theories” Marx noted what?

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They’ve been used to overthrow colonialism before (?)

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6
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Smith wants to use social evolutionary theory as … (new term)

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spatiotemporal ontology

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How did Newton alter the understand of space (compared to Aristotle)?

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Newton saw space as an object.

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8
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Cul Evo Theory represents simultaneity as …

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sequence

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9
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If Cul Evo Theory true, then Indigenous peoples are …

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contemporary ancestors (contradiction)

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10
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Who observed the radial diffusion of smaller towns around German cities and birthed “the central place theorists” – to add complexity to the linear idea of Soc Evo Theory?

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Fred Schaeffer

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11
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Combined with economics, “location theory” was used by Archaeologists to …

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justify classifications within Soc Evo Theory

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12
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The problem with “location theory” …

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How could it be reconciled with universal history?

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13
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Why are monuments not always symbols of great and affluent settlements?

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Monuments are often used to justify inequality / ideologically

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14
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The state is a relation between two things …

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space and time

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15
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“Location theory” / space and time / thought to correspond directly to …

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social evolutionary theories (Morgan & Tyler)

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16
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Mechanical laws / location theory – then challenged by …

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organic absolutism

17
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Childe’s word for how civilizations develop based on what is available / not available to them …

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spatiality

18
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Like Childe’s “spatiality”, Braudel used the word “_____”

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conjuncture

19
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WHAT was a move away from environmental determenism?

A

organicism

20
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Organicism’s main weakness …

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Could not explain convergent development of same features in different locations / with different resources …

21
Q

Like Childe’s “spatiality” and Braudel’s “conjuncture” – Lucian Febvre’s “word”

A

possibilism

22
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Spatial absolutism flaws

A

one dimensional / no historical dimension

23
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What does “historicism” say about the death of Caesar?

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It was an event in itself. Not a step in the development of anything (eschewing Soc Evo Theory)

24
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Kant’s view of ascribing perception to space …

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Bad idea. Space only exists as we perceive it (subjectively) -Kant

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2 kinds of Historicism ...
1) romantic historicism / romantic subjectivism (Biblical hermeneutics) 2) revivalist neohistoricism
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revivalist neohistoricism draws on ...
revivalist neohistoricism draws on phenomenology and semiotic theory
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Biblical / romantic subjectivism always leans in the direction of ...
an imagined victor (therefore can only serve the powerful)
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What kind of method are the "communicative traditions"?
phenomenological (letting things "talk to you" / reading the landscape like a book)
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Most ontologies cannot account for ...
power
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Without accounting for power, stone henge is just a configuration of large boulders = SO WHAT "NEO" METHOD CAN ATTEMPT TO TELL THE FULL STORY?
Neo-Subjectivism / Neo-Subjectivist Ontologies of Space
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What do Neo-Subjectivist Ontologies of Space allow for?
Attempts to understand power structures / historicity
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Alternate term for "Neo-Subjectivism"
Neo-Historicity
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3 ways we can understand how landscapes are created (Lefebvre)
1) experience 2) perception 3) imagination