Author Archives: Marko Mikael

Kulttuurintutkimuksen selviöistä
Miten paradigma – itsestäänselvyyksien järjestelmä – toimii tavallisessa, paradigman varaan rakentuvassa normaalitieteessä? Veli Verronen on oivasti selventänyt paradigman käsitettä väitöskirjassaan The growth of knowledge (1986). Hän erottaa paradigman kolme pääasiallista merkitystä: metafyysinen, sosiologinen ja konkreettinen paradigma. Katson seuraavassa mitä ne

Kulttuurintutkimuksen selviöistä
Miten paradigma – itsestäänselvyyksien järjestelmä – toimii tavallisessa, paradigman varaan rakentuvassa normaalitieteessä? Veli Verronen on oivasti selventänyt paradigman käsitettä väitöskirjassaan The growth of knowledge (1986). Hän erottaa paradigman kolme pääasiallista merkitystä: metafyysinen, sosiologinen ja konkreettinen paradigma. Katson seuraavassa mitä ne
Pragmaticism – the new possibility of a scientific archaeology as seen in the light of the history of archaeology
An old paper of mine, originally written in 2011 or 2012, is now out in the Baltic series Interarchaeologia. It can be found by following this link to academia.edu.
Pragmaticism – the new possibility of a scientific archaeology as seen in the light of the history of archaeology
An old paper of mine, originally written in 2011 or 2012, is now out in the Baltic series Interarchaeologia. It can be found by following this link to academia.edu.
Animal pragmatism
My contribution to the 2012 EAA session Animal agency? is now available in extended article draft form over at academia.edu. The paper is called Animal pragmatism. Take a look if you’re interested. It’s unlikely the paper will ever be published.
Animal pragmatism
My contribution to the 2012 EAA session Animal agency? is now available in extended article draft form over at academia.edu. The paper is called Animal pragmatism. Take a look if you’re interested. It’s unlikely the paper will ever be published.

Things in Action – Interpreting the Meanings of Things in Archaeology
The proceedings of the XII Nordic Theoretical Archaeology Group Meeting held in Oulu, Finland, two years ago is now out. My contribution can be found by following this link.

Things in Action – Interpreting the Meanings of Things in Archaeology
The proceedings of the XII Nordic Theoretical Archaeology Group Meeting held in Oulu, Finland, two years ago is now out. My contribution can be found by following this link.
Understanding the archaeological record
You will find my review of Gavin Lucas’ Understanding the archaeological record in the latest issue of Fennoscandia archaeologica (XXX).
Understanding the archaeological record
You will find my review of Gavin Lucas’ Understanding the archaeological record in the latest issue of Fennoscandia archaeologica (XXX).
Article on abduction out
My article on abductive inference in archaeology can be found in the most recent issue of Muinaistutkija (3/2013). In it I argued for the fallible and open-ended nature of archaeological epistemology. With some examples from the history of archaeology I
Article on abduction out
My article on abductive inference in archaeology can be found in the most recent issue of Muinaistutkija (3/2013). In it I argued for the fallible and open-ended nature of archaeological epistemology. With some examples from the history of archaeology I
Get a free copy of my review of Ian Hodder’s Entangled
Just follow this link. The first 50 will be able to download a free full-text version of my recent review of Ian Hodder’s Entangled.
Get a free copy of my review of Ian Hodder’s Entangled
Just follow this link. The first 50 will be able to download a free full-text version of my recent review of Ian Hodder’s Entangled.

Entangled
In case anyone is interested, my review of Ian Hodder’s Entangled: An Archaeology of the Relationships between Humans and Things, published in the Norwegian Archaeological Review, is now available online.

Entangled
In case anyone is interested, my review of Ian Hodder’s Entangled: An Archaeology of the Relationships between Humans and Things, published in the Norwegian Archaeological Review, is now available online.

New Materialisms IV – Movement, Aesthetics, Ontology
Next week I will be taking part in the fourth New Materialisms conference held in Turku, Finland. The session description as well as the other papers in our panel session look very interesting. Here’s the panel description and my paper

New Materialisms IV – Movement, Aesthetics, Ontology
Next week I will be taking part in the fourth New Materialisms conference held in Turku, Finland. The session description as well as the other papers in our panel session look very interesting. Here’s the panel description and my paper