@misc{10481/75572, year = {2013}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/75572}, abstract = {Eudald Carbonell is mainly known for being the co-director of the Atapuerca research project, a hominid site in Northern Spain that boasts the «oldest European». In the course of his career as an archaeologist, he has become a highly visible figure, not least because of his incessant attempts to communicate his ideas to the general public. In these past four decades, Carbonell has taken on a host of diverse roles: scientific but also social and political ones. The political and scientific context of Catalonia and Spain since the early 1970s proves crucial in these activities. Carbonell’s claim to belong to a «peripheral» scientific community (be it Catalan or Spanish) is a central element in the construction of these roles. At the same time, Carbonell provides an instructive example of the «medialization» of science, transforming himself from an outsider into a celebrity and ultimately into a commodity.}, organization = {HAR2009-12918-C03-02; HAR2012-36204-C02-02 (both Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad)}, organization = {2009SGR887 (AGAUR-Generalitat de Catalunya)}, publisher = {Universidad de Granada}, keywords = {Arqueología}, keywords = {Papel social}, keywords = {Identidad nacional}, keywords = {Ciencia y medios de comunicación}, keywords = {Archaeology}, keywords = {Social role}, keywords = {National identity}, keywords = {Science and the media}, title = {The multiple Eudald Carbonell: The various roles of Catalonia’s most popular archaeologist}, author = {Hochadel, Oliver}, }