Archaeology, Activism and the Positivist Myths

Lecture by Ivan Foletti-Masaryk | Brno University

Bild: Copyright: Nicolas Marr, with his students and collaborators in Ani, 1912. © https://abaza.org/nikolay-marr-avtor-bezumnoy-teorii-v-yazykoznanii-i-abkhazoved

Starting with three case studies, of three figures from the past – the archaeologists Nikodim Kondakov (1844-1925), Nikolas Marr (1868-1935), and the Art Historian André Grabar (1896-1990) – I would like to reflect on the way in which three scholars who considered themselves as “objectivists” lived in harmony or rupture with their times. With a look from “afar,” I would like to reflect on how far their approach can be defined today: activist, opportunist, or naïve? Finally, I would like to discuss the semantic value we give to these three words today.

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»World Archaeology Seminars«

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26 March 2025, 5.30 pm CET

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Otto-Wagner Postsparkasse, Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Wien, Seminar room 1-2, 3rd floor

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