Yes, I suppose it could have been in China or India, where modern might  have 
yet another definition.
 
 
In a message dated 3/23/2009 8:16:35 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
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What's  old to Americans is new to others....the conference is in  England.
:)

> Things made in 1600 hardly seem "modern" to  me.
>
> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
>
>
>  In a message dated 3/23/2009 2:28:36 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>  [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> CHAT  2009
> KEBLE  COLLEGE, OXFORD UNIVERSITY
>
> Call for Papers
>
>  Modern  Materials:
> the archaeology of things from the early  modern, modern  and
> contemporary world
>
> Friday 16  - Sunday 18 October  2009
>
> How does the study of material  things contribute to our  understanding
> of the early modern,  modern
> and contemporary world?  What is the distinctive  contribution of
> archaeology in these  studies?
>
>  CHAT 2009 focuses on the archaeological study of ‘Modern  Materials’ 
 -
> from ‘small things forgotten’ to
> large and complex   technological artefacts; and from discrete, single
> objects to  large,  disparate
> assemblages.
>
> The study of  material things is a central  element of all archaeology.
> But  some have argued that  a
> concentration on materials fetishizes  things, focusing too much
> attention on the empirical detail of
>  materials or manufacture. Equally,  others have suggested that  material
> culture studies are too  often
> strangely  dematerialised – focused only on social relationships  and
> not  on the physicality of objects.
> Responding to both these   arguments, CHAT 2009 considers and celebrates
> the diversity   of
> archaeological studies of ‘modern materials’, and their
>  interdisciplinary contribution.
>
> Papers are invited that focus  on  the study of particular ‘modern
> materials,’ broadly  interpreted:  the
> many material dimensions of the early modern  and modern periods  and
> the contemporary world (c. AD
>  1600 to  present).
>
> Questions addressed by the conference  will include, but are  not
> limited to:
>
> - Is it  helpful to define the archaeology of  the modern world
> according  to its focus upon  material
> things?
> - How can  contemporary and historical archaeology  relate to
>  anthropological material culture studies?
> - How can we  rethink  archaeology’s distinctive approaches to studying
> things as   important tools and
> resources, rather than simply methods for  dry  empiricism?
>
> Keynote speakers and discussants: to be  confirmed March  2009.
>
> Registration: £40 (including tea  and coffee, wine reception,  excluding
>  accommodation)
>
> Abstracts of no more than 300 words   should be sent to the conference
> committee  at
>  [log in to unmask] by 31 May 2009 at the latest.  Any queries   should
> also be sent to the same
> email address.
>
>  The  conference website will be updated in the coming weeks:
>  http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk/
>
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Kelley Deetz  M.A.

Doctoral Candidate
PhD Program in African Diaspora  Studies
UC Berkeley

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