tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930082701296988435.post1183892935192589270..comments2023-10-09T08:27:00.711-07:00Comments on Archaeopop: The Past in Popular Culture: Eulogy for the American MallUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930082701296988435.post-4640800530866135602011-02-16T17:52:03.553-08:002011-02-16T17:52:03.553-08:00I'd like to photoshop a picture of Orange Bone...I'd like to photoshop a picture of Orange Boner in front of the empty malls saying "SO BE IT!"Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930082701296988435.post-84849468881205318552010-01-12T22:55:08.457-08:002010-01-12T22:55:08.457-08:00@dig girl: the question is, who is the archaeologi...@dig girl: the question is, who is the archaeologist in an age of instant nostalgia? The people cataloguing these malls don't have any pro training, but they're doing a good job of recording these things and doing a kind of amateur ethnography via blogs. And more power to them, lord knows there's no money out there to pay people with archaeology degrees to do oral history of malls. <br /><br />Which still leaves the question: where does 'official' archaeological training fit in, when the body of material culture is so vast? I'm inclined to think that it must have something to do with training a hell of a lot of interested amateurs to think like archaeologists and record things well.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329252557621925902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930082701296988435.post-54360084925404239552009-12-16T19:03:21.341-08:002009-12-16T19:03:21.341-08:00Not at all! Archaeologists and especially anthropo...Not at all! Archaeologists and especially anthropologists are still needed to document that vast amount of personal stories, ethnographies if you will, of the American mall "experience." Archaeologists can also act as architectural historians when it comes to the history and repurposing of these unique and iconic spaces.Dig Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841464199996858164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930082701296988435.post-82046966756151880442009-12-15T09:07:36.487-08:002009-12-15T09:07:36.487-08:00It's interesting, given a certain part of the ...It's interesting, given a certain part of the populace's desire/tendency towards just being immersed in whatever new technological developments happen, i can see a future of people plugged into virtual worlds where everything is online & everything is virtual. At the same time, that sort of fake world then brings a heightened value to reality. There is definitely something in the wind because i have been obsessing over the shopping mall as a "thing" lately. I have always liked malls, but felt that they are hugely underdeveloped into what they could be, which is the pinnacle of organized material existence. Especially in areas with shitty weather! So, let's lay some flowers on the grave of the bubble mall & usher in the era of the intentional mall!SEANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18236717038521645585noreply@blogger.com