symmetrical archaeology (stanford)
"symmetrical archaeology avoids modernist divides (subject | object, structure | agency, nature | culture, etc.) altogether. In place of these ‘Great Divides,’ we articulate mixtures, imbroglios, hybrids of humans and things. In this way, symmetrical archaeology is “founded on the premise that things, all those physical entities we refer to as material culture, are beings in the world alongside other beings, such as humans, plants and animals” (Olsen 2003, 88)" (Webmoor, T. and C. Witmore 2005: Symmetrical Archaeology, Metamedia, Stanford University @ http://traumwerk.stanford.edu:3455/Symmetry/home, accessed 1.23.06)