Open AccessAn Ivory Tower in Archaeology? A Conversation with Leo S. Klejn
Author(s) -
Mats Burström
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
current swedish archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.256
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2002-3901
pISSN - 1102-7355
DOI - 10.37718/csa.1994.01
Subject(s) - ivory tower , conversation , prehistory , archaeology , relation (database) , tower , history , prehistoric archaeology , anthropology , sociology , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , communication , database
During a conversation between Professor Leo S. Klejn from St. Petersburg in Russia and the author some controversial issues were discussed. These include aspects of feminist and gender archaeology, the nature and function of archaeological theory, the separation of archaeology and prehistory as scholarly disciplines, and the relation between archaeology and contemporary society. The latter issue leads to the question of whether or not we as archaeologists ought to build ourselves an ivory tower.