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Robert Ascher: Archaeologist, Sculptor, Filmmaker
Ethnoarchaeology ( IF 1.8 ) Pub Date : 2016-01-02 , DOI: 10.1080/19442890.2016.1150628
Stephen C. Saraydar 1
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I came to know Bob Ascher quite well over a span of 46 years and yet I am somewhat at a loss when it comes to conveying an adequate sense of his persona and a remarkable career characterized by highly innovative, multidisciplinary, and thoughtprovoking explorations of the human experience. Genuinely genius-level intelligence, combined with some unique talents, boundless curiosity, creativity and energy, and a larger than life personality produced the most remarkable person I have met. Bob most certainly did not fit the mold of the traditional university professor in ways that aggravated some of his colleagues, endeared him to others, and drew students to his classes in droves. In an interview in the mid-1970’s he stated, “I clearly have an anti-professional attitude towards what I teach. A lot of students come in here [Cornell University] with good ideas which they really shouldn’t be diverted from just because they don’t conform to the outline of the course.” (Archibald 1975, 16). He also felt no need to conform to some of the unwritten rules of the establishment in which he worked when he found them to be counterproductive to his teaching or research. My first encounter with Bob came in Spring semester 1968 when, as a secondsemester freshman, I enrolled in an introductory course on human evolution. Every seat in the lecture hall was occupied and there were students sitting in the isles hoping for a chance to be added to the roster. A tall, lanky man with an unruly head of curly black hair bounded up to the podium and proceeded in short order to captivate the class. And so it went in each and every meeting— room filled to capacity waiting for the next installment of human evolution and the Professor Ascher show. Who else would introduce Homo erectus with images projected simultaneously from two synchronized slide projectors accompanied by a recording of jazz great Charles Mingus’s Pithecanthropus Erectus? Although I had always had an interest in archaeology and paleontology, I had never considered pursuing a major in anthropology and was, at the time, committed to astronomy and physics. But, a seed had been planted in Anthropology 102 and I knew I had to take more courses with this man. And I did just that. ethnoarchaeology, Vol. 8 No. 1, April, 2016, 90–96

中文翻译:

罗伯特·阿舍尔:考古学家、雕塑家、电影制片人

在 46 年的时间里,我对鲍勃·阿舍尔有了很好的了解,但在传达对他的人格的充分认识和以高度创新、多学科和发人深省的人类探索为特征的非凡职业时,我有点不知所措。经验。真正的天才水平的智慧,加上一些独特的才能、无限的好奇心、创造力和活力,以及超越生命的个性,造就了我见过的最杰出的人。鲍勃肯定不符合传统大学教授的模式,这会激怒他的一些同事,使他受到其他人的喜爱,并成群结队地吸引学生到他的课上。在 1970 年代中期的一次采访中,他说:“我显然对我所教的东西持反专业态度。很多学生带着好主意来到这里 [康奈尔大学],他们真的不应该仅仅因为他们不符合课程大纲而被转移。” (阿奇博尔德 1975, 16)。当他发现这些不成文的规则对他的教学或研究产生反作用时,他也觉得没有必要遵守他工作的机构的一些不成文规则。我第一次见到鲍勃是在 1968 年春季学期,当时我作为一名大一新生,参加了人类进化的入门课程。报告厅的每个座位都坐满了,小岛上也有学生希望有机会加入名册。一个高高瘦瘦的男人,一头乌黑的卷发,一头不羁的男人跳上讲台,为了吸引全班同学而迅速上台。每次会议都如此——房间坐满了等待人类进化的下一部分和阿舍尔教授的表演。还有谁会用两台同步幻灯机同时投影的图像和爵士乐大师查尔斯·明格斯 (Charles Mingus) 的 Pithecanthropus Erectus 的录音来介绍直立人?虽然我一直对考古学和古生物学感兴趣,但我从未考虑过攻读人类学专业,当时我致力于天文学和物理学。但是,人类学 102 已经种下了一颗种子,我知道我必须和这个人一起上更多的课程。而我就是这样做的。民族考古学,卷。8 No. 1, April, 2016, 90–96 还有谁会用两台同步幻灯机同时投影的图像和爵士乐大师查尔斯·明格斯 (Charles Mingus) 的 Pithecanthropus Erectus 的录音来介绍直立人?虽然我一直对考古学和古生物学感兴趣,但我从未考虑过攻读人类学专业,当时我致力于天文学和物理学。但是,人类学 102 已经种下了一颗种子,我知道我必须和这个人一起上更多的课程。而我就是这样做的。民族考古学,卷。8 No. 1, April, 2016, 90–96 还有谁会用两台同步幻灯机同时投影的图像和爵士乐大师查尔斯·明格斯 (Charles Mingus) 的 Pithecanthropus Erectus 的录音来介绍直立人?虽然我一直对考古学和古生物学感兴趣,但我从未考虑过攻读人类学专业,当时我致力于天文学和物理学。但是,人类学 102 已经种下了一颗种子,我知道我必须和这个人一起上更多的课程。而我就是这样做的。民族考古学,卷。8 No. 1, April, 2016, 90–96 致力于天文学和物理学。但是,人类学 102 已经种下了一颗种子,我知道我必须和这个人一起上更多的课程。而我就是这样做的。民族考古学,卷。8 No. 1, April, 2016, 90–96 致力于天文学和物理学。但是,人类学 102 已经种下了一颗种子,我知道我必须和这个人一起上更多的课程。而我就是这样做的。民族考古学,卷。8 No. 1, April, 2016, 90–96
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