"Experience, modes of engagement, archaeology" - WAC-6 Session, CFP
(co-chairs: Matt Ratto, Krysta Ryzewski, Michelle Charest)
We invite presentations that critically examine archaeological experience
and modes of engagement; we aim to include a broad range of perspectives
and approaches.
Our session asks, are multimedia, information technologies, digital
visualizations and web 2.0 forums indispensable (or quickly becoming so)
to the 21st century archaeologist's toolkit? Are they as instrumental
as "older" analog or paper-based technologies, such as 35mm film, 16mm
tape, and printed maps? This session embraces emergent, analog and paper-
based media and moves beyond the observation that they can be important
tools of practice by demonstrating how they affect practice and theory.
Participants will employ multimedia approaches to ask, how are archaeology
and heritage experienced by archaeologists and/or non-archaeologists? And,
how do these archaeologies of experience impact our practices,
interpretations, and theoretical agendas?
The session places emphasis on experience documented through media. This
emphasis raises questions about: archaeology and digital representation,
the creation and destruction of archaeological information, authenticity
in reconstructions/interpretations, how archaeologists create their own
identities, how archaeology affects non-archaeologists, the non-linearity
of archaeological practice, the documenting of individual histories, and
how the three dimensionality of multimedia recording affects contextual
relationships of materials. By approaching archaeology through the lens of
experience it is possible to blend the traditionally divided realms of
theory and practice. This session works with the interrelated agendas of
the present, and the changing pace and character of archaeology in the
future. Participants are strongly encouraged to offer creative, non-
traditional, or multimedia conference presentations.
Our abstract and contact information is posted on Archaeolog:
www.archaeolog.org <http://www.archaeolog.org/> -
http://traumwerk.stanford.edu/archaeolog/2007/11/experience_modes_of_engage
ment.html
This session is co-organized by Matt Ratto (Sweden/Canada), Krysta
Ryzewski (US), and Michelle Charest (US/Ireland), and will be part of the
Theme: Archaeological Theory? Legacies, Burdens, Futures, organized by
Andrew Cochrane, Ian Russell, Timothy Webmoor, and Christopher Witmore. We
invite presentations that critically examine archaeological experience and
modes of engagement; we aim to include a broad range of perspectives and
approaches.Multi-media presentations are strongly encouraged.
The submission deadline for presentation abstracts is 22 Feb. 2008.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Matt, Krysta, and Michelle
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