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Approaching Identity, Locality, and Community in Isotope Bioarchaeology

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Each contribution to this special issue represents an emergent effort to explicitly situate isotopic research within the theoretical perspectives that inform, and increasingly underlie, other approaches within bioarchaeology. An ontological turn in social bioarchaeology has facilitated a proliferation of studies interrogating and reimagining key concepts like identity, mobility, personhood, and embodiment. However, as the editors of this issue note, isotope analysis has lagged somewhat behind this new wave of research. In this invited commentary, I review recent work in isotope bioarchaeology that engages with or informs these theoretical perspectives, focusing in particular on dynamic and intersecting themes related to identity, locality and foreignness, and community. In this analysis, I include a discussion of identity and community among bioarchaeologists, as we grapple with our disciplinary history of exclusion and exploitation and imagine the future of who we collectively are and how we do our work. Cada una de las contribuciones a este número especial de la revista representa a un esfuerzo incipiente por situar explícitamente las investigaciones de isótopos estables dentro de las perspectivas teóricas que informan—y subyacen cada vez más—otros enfoques de la bioarqueología. Un giro ontológico en la bioarqueología social ha facilitado una proliferación de investigaciones que interrogan y reinventan conceptos claves como identidad, movilidad, y corporeidad. Sin embargo, tal como resaltan, los editores de este número, el análisis de isótopos se han quedado rezagados respecto a esta nueva oleada de estudios. En este comentario invitado, yo reseño estudios recientes de bioarqueología de isótopos que involucran o informan dichas perspectivas teoréticas, y me centro en temas dinámicos e interseccionales relacionados con la identidad, la localidad y la extranjería, y la comunidad. En este análisis, incluyo una discusión sobre las identidades y comunidades de les bioarqueóloges y su estado, mientras lidiamos con nuestra historia disciplinaria de exclusión y explotación e imaginamos el futuro de quiénes somos en tanto colective y cómo realizamos nuestro trabajo.
Title: Approaching Identity, Locality, and Community in Isotope Bioarchaeology
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Each contribution to this special issue represents an emergent effort to explicitly situate isotopic research within the theoretical perspectives that inform, and increasingly underlie, other approaches within bioarchaeology.
An ontological turn in social bioarchaeology has facilitated a proliferation of studies interrogating and reimagining key concepts like identity, mobility, personhood, and embodiment.
However, as the editors of this issue note, isotope analysis has lagged somewhat behind this new wave of research.
In this invited commentary, I review recent work in isotope bioarchaeology that engages with or informs these theoretical perspectives, focusing in particular on dynamic and intersecting themes related to identity, locality and foreignness, and community.
In this analysis, I include a discussion of identity and community among bioarchaeologists, as we grapple with our disciplinary history of exclusion and exploitation and imagine the future of who we collectively are and how we do our work.
Cada una de las contribuciones a este número especial de la revista representa a un esfuerzo incipiente por situar explícitamente las investigaciones de isótopos estables dentro de las perspectivas teóricas que informan—y subyacen cada vez más—otros enfoques de la bioarqueología.
Un giro ontológico en la bioarqueología social ha facilitado una proliferación de investigaciones que interrogan y reinventan conceptos claves como identidad, movilidad, y corporeidad.
Sin embargo, tal como resaltan, los editores de este número, el análisis de isótopos se han quedado rezagados respecto a esta nueva oleada de estudios.
En este comentario invitado, yo reseño estudios recientes de bioarqueología de isótopos que involucran o informan dichas perspectivas teoréticas, y me centro en temas dinámicos e interseccionales relacionados con la identidad, la localidad y la extranjería, y la comunidad.
En este análisis, incluyo una discusión sobre las identidades y comunidades de les bioarqueóloges y su estado, mientras lidiamos con nuestra historia disciplinaria de exclusión y explotación e imaginamos el futuro de quiénes somos en tanto colective y cómo realizamos nuestro trabajo.

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