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New Ground: Australasian Archaeology Conference

University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
21-26 September 2007

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

 

New Ground: Australasian Archaeology Conference 2007 will combine the annual
conferences of the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Inc
(AIMA), the Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology (ASHA), the
Australian Archaeological Association Inc (AAA) and the Australian
Association for Maritime History Inc (AAMH). The Australian Association of
Consulting Archaeologists Inc (AACAI) is also formally involved in the
conference.

 

New Ground will focus on presenting and discussing new research and advances
in theory, method and practice, building connections between archaeologists
and defining future directions for Australasian archaeology in regional and
global perspective. The forum will bring together educators, researchers,
consultants, government archaeologists, students and other practitioners
grappling with some of the most topical issues in archaeology today. The
focus will be on how together we can break "new ground".

 

There will be a combined panel-style plenary each morning followed by three
concurrent sessions for the remainder of the day. Each concurrent session
will normally comprise 4 x 20 minute papers, including questions and
discussion. Session coordinators may wish to vary the way they organise the
timing and order of content within their allocated time slots. Some sessions
may be allocated two or more time slots. 

The Committee has received an impressive range of session proposals (see
below) and now seeks offers of papers.

 

The Committee welcomes papers directly relevant to one or more of the
proposed session topics (see below). If you want to offer a paper which does
not obviously fit into an existing session, but is in keeping with the
general aims and spirit of the conference, please send this through also.
The program is still being finalised and there is still scope for new or
altered sessions. Papers may also be offered as posters.

 

Papers which incorporate opportunities for sub-disciplinary cross-over are
especially encouraged. The emphasis of the conference will be on moving
forward-using new contacts to inspire ideas, suggest possibilities and
initiate directions for archaeological research, education and heritage
conservation practice. 

 

The following is a selection of topics which have been proposed as sessions:

 

. A future for the past? Law reform and the protection of Australia's
archaeological heritage
. A New Landscape for Parramatta
. Agents and Agency: Archaeology, Heritage Management and the Role of
Government
. Intimate Encounters, Domestic Engagements: New Directions in Gender and
Sexuality Research
. More than mills and mines: Social approaches to the archaeology of
resource-driven communities
. New Approaches in Landscape Archaeology
. New Ground in Historical Archaeology Material Culture Studies
. Past, present and future directions for archaeology at Port Arthur
. Recent Archaeological Research Arising From Consulting Projects
. Redeveloping over Archaeological Remains - the physical challenges
. Secret visitors: understanding and confronting pseudo-archaeology
. The Archaeology of Aboriginal Missions
. The Missing Link: Common ground in archaeology
. 'We have the technology': Scientific and experimental archaeology today

 

( <http://newground.arts.usyd.edu.au/propsedsessionlistmarch07.pdf> Click
here  for full details of all sessions, including abstracts.)

 

Paper submissions will be accepted via an
<https://secure.formassembly.com/forms/36649> online form.  (If you are
unable to submit an online proposal, contact
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]) 

 

The call for papers has been extended to 30 April.

 

Visit the website www.newground.org.au <http://www.newground.org.au/>  for
more information about the format of the conference and other relevant
information for presenters.  

 

We look forward to receiving a wide range of submissions.

 

Regards,

 

Conference Organising Committee

New Ground: Australasian Archaeology Conference 2007 
University of Sydney 21-26 September 2007 
www.newground.org.au