The filth and the fury: 6 Denmark Street (London) and the Sex Pistols

Abstract

In case readers are wondering whether this paper is written tongue in cheek -or with tongue sticking out -it is worth recalling that modern archaeology includes recent periods in its remit, and uses recent materiality to help understand more ancient times as well as a critique on modernity itself. Here the authors find graffiti left by a notorious group of popular musicians and probe it for social meaning as earnestly as students of cave art. Their archaeological study finds an underlying driver that is part political, part personal and therefore also part (anti-)heritage.

‘The most awkward building in England’? The ‘Rotten’ heritage of ‘Tin Pan Alley’ revisited

“…The precise content of this interview has only recently come to light. Second are current works and further proposals to redevelop the area of Denmark Street (Figure 4), which, as was stated in our previous paper, has a rich musical heritage (Graves-Brown & Schofield 2011: 1387). Third is the recent listing of the building at 6 Denmark Street at Grade II*.…”

The Site of a Film Set as Material Heritage

“…Johnny Rotten). 33 Still, the emphasis on treating film sites as material heritage should be on their documentation rather than preservation. In the opposite case, the most likely outcome is a haphazard collection of locations that have been frozen in time through protective legislation.…”

Duchy miejsca – napisy (graffiti) w przestrzeniach publicznych i prywatnych jako przedmiot badań archeologii współczesnej przeszłości

“…doświadczając Przestrzeni -naPisy jaKo "duchy miejsca" Jak wynika z powyższych akapitów, podpisywanie się w różnych przestrzeniach jest praktyką społeczną odbywającą się od czasów starożytnych aż do dziś (por. Baird, Taylor 2010;Oliver, Neal 2010;Graves-Brown, Schofield 2011). Nie pozostaje ona bez wpływu na otaczający świat i przestrzeń, w której umieszcza się graffiti.…”