Some archaeologists posit that objects are imbued with agency, or at least an ability to evoke some sort of change or response in individual humans or in an entire society, by the very humans who create them. Explain what the theory is and how it is different from “animism”
Object Agency Theory in Archaeology Outline The philosophical background of agency in general. Define the term agency Questions of agency/self-determination from philosophers including Aristotle, Rousseau, Hume, Locke, Marx. Agency theory’s introduction to archaeology (history of agency theory in archaeology). How agency has been a trend in the recent past across social sciences. Durkheim’s normativism and […]