Failure is in the eye of the beholder: a response to Price & Jaffe

• Autores: Edward Swenson
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 97, Nº 396, 2023, págs. 1610-1612
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Price and Jaffe (2023) develop a compelling argument that archaeologists have under-theorised the role of failure in past human societies. The authors contend that we must adopt a flexible approach to failure and recognise that power asymmetries, distributed agency and the temporalities of outcomes all play a critical, if variable, role in the success or breakdown of a technology, cultural practice, or institution.