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Heresy or History?: In Defense of the Forgotten Voices

Heresy or History?: In Defense of the Forgotten Voices Heresy or History? In Defense of the Forgotten Voices Jim Hills There's the story, then there's the real story, then there's the story of how the story came to be told. Then there's what you leave out of the story. Which is part of the story too. --Margaret Atwood IntroductIon This paper is in response to Richard D. O'Connor's criticism of my article, "Reconstructing a Miracle: New Perspectives on Mata Ortiz Pottery Making" (Hills 2012). Although both Journal of the Southwest and I, as guest editor, received dozens of complimentary e-mails and letters, my article provoked a strong negative reaction from a small group of Spencer MacCallum supporters who accept without question his "historic" narrative. In light of these reactions, Joseph Wilder, editor of the Journal, allowed Dr. Richard O'Connor1 to represent these opposing views in hope of expanding the conversation about this pottery phenomenon. O'Connor's "Analysis and Response" (this issue) offers an apparently hard-hitting, if often vitriolic, critique of my paper. I contend that he misquoted me, took passages out of context, misread statements to "prove" his arguments, and made the same kinds of errors of which he accuses me. Ironically, one of his major complaints is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the Southwest Southwest Center (Univ of Arizona)

Heresy or History?: In Defense of the Forgotten Voices

Journal of the Southwest , Volume 56 (4) – Feb 2, 2014
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Heresy or History? In Defense of the Forgotten Voices Jim Hills There's the story, then there's the real story, then there's the story of how the story came to be told. Then there's what you leave out of the story. Which is part of the story too. --Margaret Atwood IntroductIon This paper is in response to Richard D. O'Connor's criticism of my article, "Reconstructing a Miracle: New Perspectives on Mata Ortiz Pottery Making" (Hills 2012). Although both Journal of the Southwest and I, as guest editor, received dozens of complimentary e-mails and letters, my article provoked a strong negative reaction from a small group of Spencer MacCallum supporters who accept without question his "historic" narrative. In light of these reactions, Joseph Wilder, editor of the Journal, allowed Dr. Richard O'Connor1 to represent these opposing views in hope of expanding the conversation about this pottery phenomenon. O'Connor's "Analysis and Response" (this issue) offers an apparently hard-hitting, if often vitriolic, critique of my paper. I contend that he misquoted me, took passages out of context, misread statements to "prove" his arguments, and made the same kinds of errors of which he accuses me. Ironically, one of his major complaints is

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Published: Feb 2, 2014

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