CALL FOR PAPERS
NEW GROUND: AUSTRALASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY CONFERENCE 2007
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
21-26 September 2007
Conference Session:
ARCHAEOETHNOGRAPHY: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE RECENT AND CONTEMPORARY PAST
Session organisers:
Rodney Harrison (The Open University) and John Schofield (English Heritage)
Session Abstract:
While the concept of ethnoarchaeology, the use of analogies derived from observations of contemporary or historic behaviour to explain processes in the past is well known, this session inverts this pursuit to ask what happens when we turn the archaeological gaze to the recent and contemporary past. What fresh perspectives on that which we might think of as a familiar past emerge from the study of contemporary material culture? How can archaeology contribute to an understanding of modernity and the politics of the past in the present? This session builds on an exciting new body of work on the archaeology of the recent and contemporary past. We seek papers that explore both theoretical perspectives and case studies in the archaeology of the second half of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first; on archaeological forensics; on 'virtual' archaeology; on issues raised in the research and management of the heritage of the recent past; and on the archaeology of the future.
Conference Information:
New Ground: Australasian Archaeology Conference 2007 will combine the annual conferences of the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Inc (AIMA), the Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology (ASHA), the Australian Archaeological Association Inc (AAA) and the Australian Association for Maritime History Inc (AAMH). The Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Inc (AACAI) is also formally involved in the conference, with participation by the Australian Rock Art Association (AURA). The conference will be held on the beautiful and easily accessible Camperdown campus of the University of Sydney.
Further details are available at www.newground.org.au <http://www.newground.org.au/>
Instructions for those wishing to present a paper in this session:
In the first instance, those interested in presenting in this session should email Rodney Harrison ([log in to unmask]) and John Schofield ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ) with a title and abstract of their paper.
Paper proposals must be formally submitted online by 30th April 2007 using the electronic forms at www.newground.org.au <http://www.newground.org.au/> for consideration for inclusion in the programme. Please contact [log in to unmask] and <mailto:[log in to unmask] and> cc your email to Rodney Harrison and John Schofield if you have any problems using the forms.
We look forward to receiving your paper proposals.
Rodney Harrison and John Schofield
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Dr Rodney Harrison
Lecturer in Heritage Studies
Faculty of Arts
The Open University
Walton Hall
MILTON KEYNES MK7 6AA
UNITED KINGDOM
<http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/history/harrison.htm>
email: [log in to unmask]
web: http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/history/harrison.htm
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