Dear List Members, As my session has now been accepted at TAG, I'd like to
advertise it on contempt-hist-arch. Do get in touch if you'd like to offer
a paper. Best wishes, Gilly Carr University of Cambridge.
Archaeologies of Military Occupation
Within the discipline of Conflict Archaeology, the study of the
materiality, battlefields, landscapes, and war memorials of WWI and WWII
have emerged as a rich source of archaeological information. This session
proposes to explore another aspect of conflict archaeology: the archaeology
of military occupation. Papers which deal with aspects of military
occupation of the historical past, specifically WWI and WWII, are sought
for this session, although case studies of military occupation further back
- or forwards - in time will also be welcome.
Particular themes to be addressed might include:
~ Heritage issues, such as the commemoration and memorialisation of
occupation today, and how it is presented to the public in museums. ~ How
military occupation affected the landscape, and how that landscape is
understood or used today. ~ Looting and destruction of cultural heritage
during military occupations. ~ The materiality of occupation and how the
material culture of the period typifies the shortage of food, fuel and raw
materials and the experience of occupation more generally ~ The materiality
of resistance, whether passive, active or silent.
To offer a paper, please get in touch with:
Dr Gilly Carr
University of Cambridge.
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