Dear Histarch Network:
I am organizing a symposium with Sam Ellens for the SHA meeting in Oakland
about co-relational approaches to agriculture, labor, and
plants/commodities. The abstract is below. Please reach out to either of us
if you are interested in participating!
Thanks,
Elizabeth
Open & In-person: Co-Producing Space: Relational Approaches to Agrarian
Landscapes, Labor, Commodities, and Communities
Organizers: Elizabeth Clay ([log in to unmask]) and Samantha Ellens (
[log in to unmask])
Abstract: This session brings together scholars working at the intersection
of landscape, food, and labor studies within historical archaeology. We
will explore the following questions: what kinds of labor and knowledge go
into producing agricultural landscapes that become recognizable as such?;
in what historical circumstances do plants become commodities?; how do
different forms of labor (enslaved, free, indentured, migratory) and
knowledges (Indigenous, African, Euro-American) work together to produce
agricultural landscapes with their associated infrastructures, be they
plantations, farms, gardens, or other sites of organized crop production?
We conceptualize producers, products, and places of production as mutually
constitutive: taking inspiration from Anna Tsing (2011, 2015) and Sarah
Besky (2013), among others, we propose a multispecies approach to the study
of taskscapes, recognizing that the life of a given plant shapes both
landscapes and the everyday lives of laborers, allowing us to think
relationally and agentically about landscapes, plants, and people.
--
Elizabeth C. Clay, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Central Connecticut State University
1615 Stanley Street
New Britain, CT 06050
new email: [log in to unmask]
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