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Aw... I was half way to submitting an abstract then realized that I had misread the title, and that something on the "Family von Trapp" might not be appropriate. Shame - it is one of my favourite films: nuns; nazis; tunes you can whistle. What more do you need? On 10 May 2013 15:38, John Schofield <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Sorry, maybe that was unclear ... this is a call for papers for an issue > of the peer-reviewed Routledge journal World Archaeology, due out in 2014. > Papers should not exceed 5000 words. The Notes for authors are available on > the journal's webpages at > http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=rwar20&page=instructions. > > > J > > > On 10 May 2013 15:18, John Schofield <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Do please forward as appropriate >> ** >> *The Archaeology of Sound and Music* >> Editor: John Schofield >> Deadline: Papers cannot be accepted if they appear after *31 October 2013 >> * >> >> >> Typically, archaeological studies explore what the past was like and how >> humans have interacted with their landscape. As archaeologists, we learn >> about artefacts, buildings and monuments, homes and families; how people >> responded to such things as conflict, death and climatic change. But >> recently we have become more ambitious and more experiential in our >> approach. We are learning to consider and interpret the past using all of >> our senses; and visitors to heritage sites are now often encouraged to do >> the same. We use evidence now to try to understand how the past smelt, and >> what particular foodstuffs tasted like. This collection of essays concerns >> the sound of the past, and its significance within current archaeological >> and heritage practices? Specific questions might address archaeologies of >> music and music-making. How important have music and sound been to people >> in the past, and what methods can we use to question this? To what extent >> have archaeological and historic sites influenced the production of music, >> or been designed and built for their acoustic properties? What is the >> material culture of music making, and how has this changed over millennia? >> It is the intention of this volume to question all of these and other >> connections between archaeology, music and sound, to the extent of also >> exploring whether the creative processes themselves correspond. Do >> archaeologists make good musicians, even, or musicians good archaeologists? >> >> >> With thanks. >> J >> >> >> -- >> Dr John Schofield MIfA FSA >> Head, Department of Archaeology >> Director of Studies, Cultural Heritage Management >> University of York >> King's Manor, >> YORK YO1 7EP >> >> t 01904 323968 | e [log in to unmask] >> w http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/academic-staff/john-schofield/<http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/academic-staff/john-schofield/> >> >> Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education 2011 >> Disclaimer: http://www.york.ac.uk/docs/disclaimer/email.htm >> > > > > -- > Dr John Schofield MIfA FSA > Head, Department of Archaeology > Director of Studies, Cultural Heritage Management > University of York > King's Manor, > YORK YO1 7EP > > t 01904 323968 | e [log in to unmask] > w http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/academic-staff/john-schofield/<http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/academic-staff/john-schofield/> > > Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education 2011 > Disclaimer: http://www.york.ac.uk/docs/disclaimer/email.htm > -------------------------- contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and > events in contemporary and historical archaeology, and for announcements > relating to the CHAT conference group. ------- For email subscription > options see: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html------- Visit the CHAT website for more information and for future meeting > dates: http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk -------------------------- > -- Dr James Symonds FSA, FSA SCOT, MiFA YAT Fellow in Historical Archaeology Department of Archaeology University of York The King's Manor York Y01 7EP UK Tel: ++44 (0) 1904 433901 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/academic-staff/james-symonds/ Academia.edu: http://york.academia.edu/JamesSymonds EMAIL DISCLAIMER http://www.york.ac.uk/docs/disclaimer/email.htm -------------------------- contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events in contemporary and historical archaeology, and for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. ------- For email subscription options see: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html ------- Visit the CHAT website for more information and for future meeting dates: http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk --------------------------