CHAT 2007
Faith, Hope, and Charity: Finding Belief, Desire, and Benevolence in
Archaeologies of the Recent and Contemporary Past
Friday 23rd November - Sunday 25th November 2007
Hosted by ARCUS
@The Showroom Cinema, Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX UK
Organized by: CHAT Conference Group - Contemporary and Historical Archaeology
in
Theory.
Human lives are guided by faith; faith in families and friends, faith in those
that work with us or on our behalf, faith in the religious doctrines that shape
our beliefs and morals, faith in the secular institutions that govern our
day-to-day actions, and faith in the technologies that sustain us and the
material world. We keep faith, lose faith, and often doggedly adhere to faith;
faith is a belief that is held without evidence and cannot be disproved. When
faith is lost or contested we hope for change.
Hope is more than a wish, it is desire tied to expectation. Hope reveals itself
in the trivial, the everyday, the present and the momentary, it looks to the
future, but is grounded in the inheritance of the past. Hope is also found in
the most severe and seemingly hopeless circumstances, amid poverty or violence;
it is an expression of defiance, a rejection of rationality, a rebuttal of the
taken-for-granted. In some situations hope is lost, while in others hope can be
a way of thinking, a form of intelligence, or a kind of knowledge.
Charity draws upon altruism to extend compassion to individuals beyond our
immediate kith and kin. It strives to create social cohesion, yet often sets
individuals and groups apart. Charity creates institutions, buildings and
landscapes. By its very performance charity segregates the needy and draws a
dividing line between donors and recipients, or the haves and have-nots.
CHAT 2007 in Sheffield will explore some of the different meanings of faith,
hope, and charity in contemporary and historical archaeology (c.
AD 1500-present).
CHAT 2007 runs from 9.30a.m. on Friday 23rd November 2007 until 1.00pm on
Sunday
25th November 2007. All sessions are plenary. The outline timetable with links
to paper titles and abstracts is provided below. The Session Chairs and
Discussants will be Dr John Moreland (University of Sheffield) Dr Harold Mytum
(University of York) Professor Mary Beaudry (Boston University) Dr Dan Hicks
(Oxford University) and Dr Eleanor Conlin Casella (University of Manchester).
We are delighted to announce that the Keynote Speaker at CHAT 2007 will be
Professor Henry Glassie (Department of Folklore, University of Indiana).
For information on registering and links to timetable and abstracts see:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/conferences/chat-2007/index.html
Please note that the deadline for registration and payment by cheque or credit
card is Friday 16 November 2007. We will, however, be able to take cash
payments on the registration desk at the start of the Conference.
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