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Dear all
At the bottom of this email is a link to a forthcoming session at EAA2015, to be held in Glasgow 2nd-5th September.
"Creative Archaeologies: Emerging Theory and Practice from Art/Archaeology Interactions"
We are particularly keen to hear from people who have taken the discussion beyond the usual one-way art/archaeology discussions and who are exploring new ground through their practice. As such we are happy to hear from people who would like to present in
a non-traditional format, such as film or performance, as well as those who can offer theoretical perspectives on the subject.
Session Abstract
As disciplines, art and archaeology share common legacies and visions and the last decade has seen a wealth of art/archaeology interactions and collaborations. This session explores the legacy of these projects and questions what the future vision of the dynamic between art and archaeology might be.Recent trends in art / archaeology interactions and collaborations have aimed to break down disciplinary boundaries and explore common themes and practice, but Art and Archaeology are still frequently placed in opposition to one another. Many interactions remain one-way and constrained by disciplinary constructs. Nevertheless, there are also many examples of transdisciplinary collaborations which are challenging these paradigms and exploring new and innovative practice.
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session celebrates such approaches, and takes things a little further – focussing in particular on those projects for which collaboration and experimentation are the norm and which are exploring new forms of practice. Creative archaeologies, in this sense,
are innovative and varied practices that may not have conventional outcomes.As such, this session asks whether it is still valid to talk of art/archaeology as an interdisciplinary area, or does this term itself merely perpetuate a false dichotomy? Is it instead
more valid to think of new forms of creative practice, which we might term as neither art, nor archaeology, but something else? As appropriate to the subject, this session comprises academic papers alongside less traditional presentations such as film, photography
and performance. Together these will explore the possibility for creative archaeologies.
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EAA Glasgow 2015 | Creative Archaeologies: emerging theory and practice from art / archaeology interactions
As disciplines, art and archaeology share common legacies and visions and the last decade has seen a wealth of art/archaeology interactions and collaborations. This session explores the legacy of t...
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Please circulate to anybody who might be interested. The deadline for paper proposals is 16th February: proposals have to be submitted on the EAA website, but please feel free to contact me for informal enquiries regarding the session.
Best wishes,
Antonia Thomas, Daniel Lee, Ursula Frederick and Carolyn White