Public archaeology provides us with the means and opportunity to
critique the socio-political and epistemic foundations of archaeology. This
paper explores an interconnected set of issues in public archaeology,
focusing in particular on the historical archaeology of conflict. It outlines
some proposals for a practice of public archaeology that transcends the
everyday commoditization of archaeology and the resulting transactional nature
of the relationship between archaeologists and the public. To do so it draws
on the works of, amongst others, Guy Debord and the Situationist
International