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Writing for Many: Interdisciplinary Communication, Constructionism, and the Practices of Writing

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Though each of us works in different geographical areas (Ghana, the Lower Mississippi Valley, and the Great Lakes), our research is unified by our use of multiple sources to explore the history of colonial encounters and commitment to demonstrate the value of archaeological sources in exploring the materiality of those encounters. Yet, each of us has struggled with writing about these encounters, particularly as we publish in a variety of venues serving multiple audiences of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists, and lay people. We examine the “split literatures” that develop from our efforts to write for a variety of audiences and assess how tensions between scientific discourse and narrative shape these literatures. The interdisciplinary collaboration that is celebrated as part of a rapprochement among history, anthropology, and archaeology requires new approaches to writing, which we explore here.

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  1. Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 13902-6000, USA

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  2. Regional Archaeology Program, Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803-3216, USA

    Rob Mann

  3. Peabody Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138-2019, USA

    Diana DiPaolo Loren

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Stahl, A., Mann, R. & DiPaolo Loren, D. Writing for Many: Interdisciplinary Communication, Constructionism, and the Practices of Writing. Hist Arch 38, 83–102 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03376644

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