Call for papers
“ROMANES EUNT DOMUS”, or the Archaeology of Resistance
A
proposal for an AIA Colloquium at the Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Meeting
Finding
evidence for (cultural) resistance has been a part of archaeological and art
historical research since the inception of these disciplines. Despite the
application of multiple models and a wide variety of approaches, however, there
is little consensus on how to identify resistance in the material record. The
purpose of this panel is to continue this discussion from the perspective of
the
For
the purposes of this panel we employ a broad definition of resistance,
including passive and active rejection of prevailing social norms as well as
challenges to ruling powers. We ask: when is persistence of local style or
traditions a form of resistance? How can we identify everyday subversive acts
through dress, eating habits, and other patterns of consumption? How is
architecture used to create alternative spaces? Why do textually documented
wars not always appear in the archaeological record? How is the past used in
the present? Should unselfconscious counter-narratives be considered
resistance? Other areas of inquiry might include religion, the body, space, the
everyday, theory, gender politics, ancestors, diasporas, visual culture,
historiography, and the post-colonial.
Despite
the title, we do not focus only on the Roman Empire but welcome any
contributions concerning the Mediterranean and
Organizers:
Lidewijde
de Jong (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Robyn Le
Blanc (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Lindsey
Mazurek (
Please
submit your abstract, including your contact information, presentation title,
length of time requested (15 or 20 minutes) by March 12 (2010) to [log in to unmask].
The abstract in English must not exceed 250 words and should conform to the
AIA Style Guidelines (http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10453).
Updates can be found at: http://humanitieslab.stanford.edu/deJong/Home.
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Lidewijde de Jong
Assistant Professor, Department of Classics
212 Murphey Hall, CB#3145
UNC-Chapel Hill
Office phone: 919 962 7655
Fax: 919 962 4036
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Website: http://humanitieslab.stanford.edu/deJong/Home