Stephanie Moser

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Stephanie Moser is an archaeology professor and head of the department at the University of Southampton, England. Her work explores the exhibition and reception of the human past. Moser's research examines visual images from antiquity through the lens of modern anthropology.

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Education

Her B.A. was completed in 1989 at La Trobe University, Melbourne.[ citation needed ] In 1995, Moser was awarded a Ph.D in archaeology from the University of Sydney, with a thesis is entitled Archaeology and its disciplinary culture: The Professionalisation of Australian Archaeology.[ citation needed ]

Career

Since 1995 Moser has been a professor of archaeology at the University of Southampton, England. Moser is a member of the Society of Antiquaries of London. [1] She served as Council Member for the Society of Antiquaries from 2013 to 2016, and is a member of the Antiquity Trust, which supports the publication of the archaeology journal Antiquity. [2]

Research

For her thesis, Archaeology and its Disciplinary Culture: The Professionalization of Australia's Prehistoric Archaeology, Moser describes how professional archaeologists used their newfound methods and culture to exclude amateurs from their trade. [3] Archaeologists, according to Moser's thesis, need to go into "the field" to become "real" archaeologists. [4]

Establishing archaeological representation as a research field within anthropology was Moser's first major research enterprise. For "The visual language of archaeology: a case study of the Neanderthals," she investigated how one artist's depiction of Homo sapiens Neanderthalensis single-handedly forged our modern impression of the species. [5]

Since the late 1990s Moser has investigated how Ancient Egypt has been represented in 19th century England. [6] In addition to this, in 2002, she published a paper on how to collaborate with indigenous populations in the presentation of their cultural heritage. [7] In "Transforming Archaeology Through Practice: Strategies for Collaborative Archaeology and the Community at Quseir, Egypt," Moser and her colleagues outlined inclusive methods archaeologists should adopt when investigating people's heritage. [8] [9] The basis of the paper stemmed from Moser's training in Australia which involved working with Australia's indigenous people. [ citation needed ]

Moser's other research deals with how the mechanisms of museum displays contribute to knowledge. [10] She addresses the interplay of exhibition analysis, art collecting, and archaeological representation. [11]

In 2019, Moser was investigating the roots of archaeological illustration at the Society of Antiquaries of London and how it was used to facilitate their research ventures. [12] Moser was also researching Egyptologist and artist Joseph Bonomi and the ways he contributed to the understanding of ancient Egypt.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Fellows Directory - Society of Antiquaries". www.sal.org.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Antiquity Trust". Antiquity. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. ↑ Patterson, Thomas C. (1999). "The Political Economy of Archaeology in the United States". Annual Review of Anthropology. 28: 155–174. doi:10.1146/annurev.anthro.28.1.155.
  4. ↑ Holtorf, Cornelius (2004). "Doing Archaeology in Popular Culture". The Interplay of Past and Present.
  5. ↑ Tacon, Chippindale, Paul, Christopher (1994). "Australia's Ancient Warriors: Depictions of Fighting in the Rock Art of Arnhem Land, N.T.". Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 4 (2): 211–248. doi:10.1017/s0959774300001086. S2CID   162983574 – via AnthroSource.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Johnson, Matthew (2010). Archaeological Theory: An Introduction. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN   9781444360417. [ verification needed ]
  7. ↑ Meskell, Pels, Lynn., Peter (2005). Embedding Ethics. Oxford. ISBN   1845200470. [ verification needed ]
  8. ↑ Johnson, Matthew, 1962- (2010). Archaeological theory : an introduction (2nd ed.). Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN   9781405100144. OCLC   439212070.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ Embedding ethics. Meskell, Lynn., Pels, Peter. (English ed.). Oxford, UK: Berg. 2005. ISBN   9781845209964. OCLC   290552305.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. ↑ De Cesari, Chiara (2017). "The Devil is in the Detail: Museum Displays and the Creation of Knowledge". Museum Anthropology. 40 (1): 18–35 – via AnthroSource.
  11. ↑ Moser, Stephanie (2010). "The Devil is in the Detail: Museum Displays and the Creation of Knowledge". Museum Anthropology. 33 (1): 22–32. doi:10.1111/j.1548-1379.2010.01072.x – via AnthroSource.
  12. ↑ "Stephanie Moser".
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