tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post6460421438709058584..comments2024-03-28T11:48:17.788-07:00Comments on Publishing Archaeology: Should graduate students write book reviews?Michael E. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942595266312225661noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-16632228948008363742011-02-12T08:17:18.861-07:002011-02-12T08:17:18.861-07:00Good post! I have a book review of Ruins of Modern...Good post! I have a book review of Ruins of Modernity in press for Visual Studies and several of the points you bring up were relevant. In a way the book was also an imperfect fit, as most of the authors were based in the humanities and I felt unsatisfied by the basis of their explanations. Most of the chapters (it is an edited volume) felt really light-weight and most of them didn't really engage with the materiality of the ruins they discussed. <br /><br />But...the review is good, for the most part. I did go out on a small limb and criticized an author for ignoring Nadia El Abu Haj's work on Israel, archaeology and nationalism...we'll see how that works out for me.<br /><br />I like reviewing books, but I probably wouldn't go for anything beyond edited volumes at this point.Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17260925828330801589noreply@blogger.com