Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, skeptic, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.
I often dig old crap out of the ground, so today's chore at the summer house provided some novelty. I won't say welcome novelty: I re-cut the cesspit and emptied the outhouse barrel, burying new crap.
In recent years, there has been a vogue among archaeological museums to host "incavations". Museum visitors are invited to bring stuff that has meaning to them, and it is ceremonially buried in the museum grounds. It's basically a pomo version of the time-hallowed custom where the town mayor and his buddies would bury a metal box with papers and coins under the cornerstone of the new post office.
In my mind, incavation sorts with the rest of pretentious pomo museum wankery. But I don't really belong to the museums' target audience. I guess anything that entertains the punters and keeps the place funded is good. And professionally, I must of course applaud any activity that leads to find combinations ending up underground. After all -- the only artefact I have buried today is toilet paper.
Humanities & Social Science
Comments
What's a "pomo"?
Posted by: Erik | July 11, 2008 11:21 AM
Whispers:
"Post-modernist"
Posted by: Mattias Niord | July 11, 2008 12:02 PM
Perfecto. "After all -- the only artefact I have buried today is toilet paper"
Posted by: Suki Fuller | July 11, 2008 12:05 PM
WORD!
Posted by: Roggae | July 12, 2008 3:04 AM
I read "p o r n o"...
Posted by: m | July 16, 2008 2:34 AM