Dear all
The conference below could do with some contemporary and historical
archaeologists!
Angela
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Seascape: Anthropological and archaeological approaches to the human
habitation of the sea
We welcome abstracts for the following panel which will take place during
the annual meeting of the Association of Social Anthropologists on April
6-9, 2009 at the University of Bristol, UK.
Convenors: Penny McCall Howard and Caroline Wickham-Jones (University of
Aberdeen).
Discussant: Professor Tim Ingold (University of Aberdeen).
Short abstract
We use 'seascape' to describe the modes of human habitation of the sea, the
importance of the sea to maintaining livelihoods, and the connections
between land and sea. We aim to synthesize and contextualise, and hope
that recent archaeological research may stimulate new anthropological
approaches.
Long abstract
This panel will examine anthropological and archaeological approaches to
the study of human relations with the sea. We use 'seascape' as a holistic
term to describe the depth and complexity of human relations with the sea,
the modes of human habitation of the sea, the importance of the sea to
maintaining livelihoods, and the connections between land and sea. Recent
archaeology has highlighted seascape as a resource locus as well as a
formative influence on identity, sense of place, and life history (see
World Archaeology, Vol 35(3)). 'Seascape' has also been invoked to invert
traditional land-centred views in archaeological interpretation. Yet
anthropologists have still to make a significant contribution to seascape
research despite the recent fluorescence of anthropological writings about
landscape and human-environment relations.
We welcome both ethnographic and archaeological submissions, particularly
those which contextualise research with reflections on historical and
theoretical approaches to understanding human relations with the sea. Such
studies are an opportunity to respond to increasing public concern about
the crisis of ocean sustainability, and contribute to a fuller
understanding of human relationships with their environments and how these
have changed over time.
The panel will attempt to synthesise the results of new seascape research
and to reflect on questions of mutual interest (or conflict) for
anthropologists and archaeologists. While we recognise a danger in
isolating research on land and at sea, we believe that seascape research
has been neglected yet can contribute to anthropological and archaeological
understandings of place-making, movement, environmental perception,
livelihoods, technology and habitation.
Submission of abstracts
Papers must be submitted online at
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/asa/asa09/panels.php5?PanelID=543. You must
supply a paper title, a short 300-character abstract, and a 250-word
abstract (NB: it is strict about this and the character count includes
spaces). You may also indicate the names (and emails) of any co-authors -
however to do this you must also provide their dates of birth (for
identification purposes). So please prepare your data before completing
the form.
Abstracts must be submitted by 6 February 2009, and decisions will be made
by 18 February 2009.
Paper proposers need not be members of the Association of Social
Anthropologists.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Penny McCall
Howard at [log in to unmask]
For general information on the conference, see
http://www.theasa.org/conferences/asa09/index.htm
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Dr A A Piccini
Drama: Theatre, Film, Television
School of Arts
University of Bristol
Cantocks Close, Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1UP
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Skype: aapiccini
W: www.bris.ac.uk/drama/staff_research/angela_piccini/
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From Jan-Aug 2009 I am a Visiting Scholar in the Centre for Cinema Studies
and the Department of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.
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