Timothy Pauketat - Theoretical Foundations

Theoretical Foundations

In an interview with Peter Shea in 2013, Pauketet charcterizes his work as being about objects and their connections to families. He insists on the importance of a material interaction with the past. While respectful of the work of historians, he asserts that the written record misses important aspects of the past--he asserts that one can't simply read about the past, that one needs to experience its materiality. He describes his approach to the past as being "object heavy."