The Ruins We Live In
Lori Khatchadourian is an archaeologist working at the intersection of methodological approaches emanating from social anthropology, critical heritage studies, and of course also archaeology. Geographically, her research has focused on Armenia and the South Caucasus. We sat down with Dr. Khatchadour...
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Études arméniennes contemporaines
2026
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| Shrnutí: | Lori Khatchadourian is an archaeologist working at the intersection of methodological approaches emanating from social anthropology, critical heritage studies, and of course also archaeology. Geographically, her research has focused on Armenia and the South Caucasus. We sat down with Dr. Khatchadourian to discuss at length the role of material objects and the material world in her research, her ongoing interests in material culture and its impact on social life, as well as her public-facing, engaged research through the Caucasus Heritage Watch project. We talked about the excavation of (hidden or neglected) objects, the stories that can be told and the new inspirations that can be drawn from them. We also addressed the specific yet diverse ways in which the materiality of the past (be it Persian antiquity or socialist modernity) shapes contemporary political, economic, and ethical questions and relations, yet, at the same time, how being attentive to the present enables to grasp and to reconsider the remnants and debris of the past in novel ways. |
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