[...] ='lgc'>[a='lgc'>] ="ppl">Heideggerian idea='lgc'>: ='strcls'>*the ="trms">world we encounter is pre="trms">interpretive='strcls'>*

posthuman ='lgc'>~ nonre="trms">presentational ='lgc'>~ rea="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list ='lgc'>~ new ="trms">materialism

(realism='lgc'>: an ="trms">ontological approach)

="large lg2" stl="font-size:112%"> ="lsts lst1">•="ppl">="ppl">Latour's ="trms">network
="lsts lst1">•Ingold's meshwork (commonality of processes across the ‘life ='lgc'>=/= not life’) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> processes ='lgc'>~ becoming ='lgc'>~ growth ='lgc'>~ decay
="lsts lst1">•="ppl">="ppl">Barad's entanglement (="trms">relations are primary and ="trms">relata are a consequence of relating ='lgc'>==dynamics='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ="trms">intra-action ='lgc'>{="trms">phenomenon='lgc'> = experiment ='lgc'>+ ="trms">measuring device ='lgc'>+ techician ='lgc'>+ previous results ='lgc'>+ setting ='lgc'>+ ...='lgc'>})
="lsts lst1">•DeLanda's assemblage (how humans and nonhumans produced ="trms">communities that changed in com="trms">position and through time... ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">linguistic model of context)
="lsts lst1">•

='strcls'>**="trms">relational ="trms">ontology ='lgc'>: stronger your “allies” are, the more reality you can claim='strcls'>** ='lgc'>[= (="ppl">="ppl">Latour's notion of) truth='lgc'>]

='lgc'>[critique of human exceptionalism ='lgc'>='lgc'>==>='lgc'>] open ="trms">ontology ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">contingent ="trms">categories='lgc'>: ="trms">phenomena and assemblages are temporary, ="trms">contingent, and unbounded

flat ="trms">ontology='lgc'>: one made ex="trms">="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">clusively of unique, singular individuals, differing in spatio-temporal scale but not in ="trms">ontological status ='lgc'>--="trms">symmetry='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*to get at ="trms">differences without determining what they are in advance='strcls'>* (='lgc'><='lgc'>-- useful for ="nms">ajayeb studies)
="lsts lst1">•archaeological types/objects='lgc'>: reified sets of ="trms">relations
="lsts lst1">•job of the archaeologists='lgc'>: establish alternative taxonomies of being

ruin ="trms">memories

nonre="trms">presentational ='lgc'>=/=='lgc'>{"="trms">world of ideas ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">world of things” ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= the ideas must cor="trms">respond to a truth de="trms">monstrable in the ="trms">world of things='lgc'>}

(Lucas's) ="trms">materialization='lgc'>: we can still say things about the ="trms">past with great certainty

theories ='lgc'>+ ="trms">apparatuses ='lgc'>+ ="trms">material remains

="trms">ontological realism ='lgc'>--claim='lgc'>='lgc'>--> objectivity and truth may be ="trms">contingent but are nonetheless de="trms">monstrable and robust

archaeologist ="trms">ontological approach='lgc'>: working on “="trms">material ="trms">pasts in the ="trms">present” ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= ‘how ="trms">past actually gathers in the ="trms">present’ ='lgc'>=/= “="trms">material record='lgc'> = fragmentary evidence of ="trms">history”
="lsts lst1">•(="trms">material's temporary sensitivity ='lgc'>='lgc'>==>) ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]residue='lgc'>: ='thdf'>the idea of ="trms">memory objects, ="trms">material entities in which the ="trms">memory of a moment in time is recorded

(it is precisely the) ="trms">past ='lgc'>--endures-in='lgc'>='lgc'>--> assemblage


="trms">interpretive endeavors ='lgc'><='lgc'>--characterize='lgc'>-- extension of the meaning of the ="trms">social
="lsts lst1">•="trms">ontology as a new ="trms">interpretive tool
="lsts lst1">•additive (='lgc'>=/= reconstructive)

="ppl">Alberti's approach (in ="trms">ontological equivalence of bodies and pots in ="trms">anthropo="trms">morphic ceramics from northwest Argentina...)='lgc'>:
="trms">social ="trms">ontology ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> reconstruct the ="trms">ontologies of ="trms">past ="trms">societies ='lgc'>[='lgc'><='lgc'>~='lgc'>~ ='mywrk'>my work on ="nms">ajayeb='lgc'>]

="trms">ontological archaeology's background in feminism, queer, and ="trms">phenomenological
approaches ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ="trms">interest in the body


influence of the ="trms">animal turn in archaeology
non="trms">anthropocentric ="trms">zoological studies

(nomenological explorations of ="trms">animal re="trms">presentations in ="ppl">Attar and ="nms">tasavof)

what kinds of beings existed within the ="trms">social universe of pre-Columbian Andean peoples

(renovated concept of) animism='lgc'>: ethnographic ="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">meta-analogy for ="trms">past ="trms">ontologies ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> models of ="trms">relationality for archaeologists to ="trms">interpret ="trms">material patterning in the archaeological record

investigations of personhood

(building toward a) taxonomy of ="trms">past ="trms">ontologies ='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">ontological critique

(="ppl">Alberti >) ="ppl">Viveiros ="ppl">de Castro's project='lgc'>: to ="trms">systemize amerindian thought into a ="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphysics such that it can have a reciprocal effect on ="trms">anthropological thought and “="trms">natura="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list” or Western ="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphysics



="trms">ontological realism ='lgc'>='lgc'>==>='lgc'>{

new ="trms">language attempt to ="trms">imagine the complex topology of ="trms">relational realities='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•="ppl">="ppl">Latour ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">network='lgc'>: things exists as a consequence of the strength of their ="trms">articulation
="lsts lst1">•Ingold ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> meshwork ='lgc'>=/= Aristotelian hylo="trms">morphism
="lsts lst1">•="ppl">="ppl">Barad ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> entanglement='lgc'> = Quantum physics ='lgc'>+ queer theory ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> properties belong to the ="trms">phenomena in ="trms">question ='lgc'>=/= inherent to things
="lsts lst1">•DeLanda ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> assemblage='lgc'>: how humans ='lgc'>+ nonhumans produced ="trms">communities that changed in com="trms">position and through time in neolithic and bronze age

assemblage ='lgc'>--replace='lgc'>='lgc'>--> context

assemblage='lgc'> = ="trms">phenomena ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> temporary, ="trms">contingent, unbounded

="ppl">="ppl">Latourian critique of ="trms">categories ='lgc'>=/= beyond human cor="trms">relationalism

p="trms"nttrm="failure,blur,plur,lurk,tallur,slur">luralizing ="trms">ontology ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> charges of relativism ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- ‘objective knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">contingent foundations’ ='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> nonre="trms">presentational approach ='lgc'>=/= over ="trms">interpretation, abstraction

="trms"nttrm="search">archeology operates by seeking strong and effective ="trms">articulations between theories, ="trms">apparatuses, ="trms">material remains

="trms">ontological realism (='lgc'>=/= ="trms">naturalism, constructivist) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> objectivity and truth are ="trms">contingent, but also de="trms">monstrable and robust
='at'>@="frds scrmbld">Chloe


="trms">material record='lgc'>: an expression of ='strcls'>**how ="trms">past gathers in the ="trms">present='strcls'>** (='lgc'>=/= fragmentary evidence of ="trms">history ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- forensic approach)

="trms">past continuously un="trms">folding and therefore changing


Alberi ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (="trms">social) ="trms">ontology='lgc'>: a new ="trms">interpretive tool
additive work (='lgc'>=/= reconstructive)

="trms"nttrm="search">archeological accounts of other's ="trms">ontologies

="trms">animal turn in ="trms"nttrm="search">archeology ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> non="trms">anthropocentric ="trms">zoological studies
Willerselv
="ppl">Viveiros ="ppl">de Castro

Amazona ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> animism (more than any other ="trms">anthropological ="trms">material) has provided modes of ="trms">relationality to ="trms"nttrm="search">archeologists to ="trms">interpret ="trms">material patterning in ="trms"nttrm="search">archeological records ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]animism='lgc'>: an ethnographic ="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">meta-analogy for ="trms">past ="trms">ontologies
="lsts lst1">•b="trms"nttrm="failure,blur,plur,lurk,tallur,slur">lurring between ="trms">nature and culture
="lsts lst1">•="trms">relationship with other-than-human ="trms">agencies (="trms">animal, spirit, artifact)
='lgc'>==='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ="trms">ontological critique

="ppl">Viveiros ="ppl">de Castro ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">systemize amerindian thought into a ="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphysics ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> to have an reciprocal effect on ="trms">anthropological thought (western ="trms">natura="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">list ="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphysics)

reference to a “common ="trms">world”

new animism ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ="trms">ontology becomes another name for culture

="frds scrmbld"nttrm="Alex,Alert,Aleph,Alessi">Alebrti outlining='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•="trms">anthropological project that considers ="trms">ontology as a critical ="trms">question productive of conceptual engagement
="lsts lst1">•work of ="trms"nttrm="search">archeologists who theorize and practice ="trms"nttrm="search">archeology on the basis of indigenous theories
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> where new animists turn to animism for a source of analogies, critical ="trms">ontology turns to animism for a source of theory

perspectivism='lgc'>: multiple ="trms">natures (="trms">worlds) ='lgc'>+ singular culture (way of knowing those ="trms">worlds) ='lgc'>[='lgc'>~ working from ='strcls'>*commonality='strcls'>* rather than ='strcls'>*alterity='strcls'>*='lgc'>] ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a theoretical bomb ='lgc'>=/= analogies based on ethnographic content

spirits experienced as diminutive yet brilliantly decorated or huge and grotesque

the more intense ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> the more body it is

(the promise of thinking through) ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]thing='lgc'>: a non="trms">specified ="trms">ontological ="trms">category that can be “filled” through ethnographic observation that is designed to allow ="trms">ontological alterity to inform its content

recursive ="trms">anthropology ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> alterity='lgc'>: a function of the divergence between ethnographic ="trms">materials and the assumptions the analyst brings to them

(if) ="trms">ontology='lgc'>: what is ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> alterity='lgc'>: part of what others say ‘what is’ that does not make sense to us


(the d="trms"nttrm="danger,stranger">anger of) a new ="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">meta="trms">ontological orthodoxy becoming a immutable ="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphysic

="trms"nttrm="search">archeological alterity='lgc'>: things that do not make sense ="trms">ontologically (escape traditional frameworks)

="trms"nttrm="search">archeology's new kind of reflexivity
="lsts lst1">•openness
="lsts lst1">•="trms">wonder='lgc'>: an intentional naivete, naive ="trms">="trms">empiricism (='lgc'>='lgc'>==> sustain altering ='lgc'>+ enabling meaning, to be besieged ='and'>& committed to ='lgc'>-='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='gtrw'>go to ="nms">Cinderella ='lgc'>=/= moving beyond)
="lsts lst1">•emphasis on descriptive ='lgc'>=/= theoretical
="lsts lst1">•attentiveness to our ="trms">embodied ="trms">responses

(a ="trms">question of critical ="trms">ontology in ="trms"nttrm="search">archeology ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) how are we to mobilize ='and'>& manifest (describe ='and'>& transform) the new ="trms">past from things='qstn'>? ='lgc'>[='lgc'><='lgc'>-- my ="trms">question in ='mywrk'>my research on ="nms">ajayeb='lgc'>]
="lsts lst1">•how i am subjectively involved in the ="trms">past we investigate
="lsts lst1">•how i am objectively part of those ="trms">pasts


the all encompassing (nonlinear) descriptive ="trms">writings of ancient and antiquarian ="trms">travelers ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> what is encountered imposes itself ='lgc'>==force='lgc'>='lgc'>==> a choice ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> description

kinetic activity ='lgc'>+ the experience of being in the field

="trms">aesthetic attentiveness of ="trms">bestiaries


="trms">pragmatic use of the word ="trms">ontology in ="trms"nttrm="search">archeology ='lgc'>--signal='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the potential ="trms">world-shifting ="trms">nature of what is being studied

to be ="trms">ontological='lgc'> = entirety of the analytical ="trms">apparatus and what is being studied should be in="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">cluded in th[...]