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On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Linda Derry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I can no longer find the Session Overviews with abstracts on line for the
> upcoming SHA conference in Washington D.C.. I looked at these a few days
> ago, but today, I can't find my way back to it. Can any one tell me the
> secret to finding these? Or have they been taken down for some reason. (I
> followed the instructions given to me upon registration, but to no avail).
>
> I hope someone can help me out, because, right now, I feel a little bit
> like an Alzheimer sufferer that all of a sudden can't find their way back
> home. The SHA webpage has me baffled.
>
> Linda Derry
> Site Director, Old Cahawba Archaeological Park
> Alabama Historical Commission
> 719 Tremont Street, Selma, AL 36701
> office: 334/875-2529
> park: 334/ 872-8058
> [log in to unmask]
>
> On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Rui Gomes Coelho <[log in to unmask]
> >
> wrote:
>
> > *Radical Archaeology Theory Symposium 2016*
> > *RADICAL ONTOLOGIES FOR THE CONTEMPORARY PAST*
> >
> > Binghamton, New York
> > 3-6 March 2016
> >
> > *CALL FOR PAPERS*
> >
> > *Abstract deadline: January 15th 2016*
> >
> > Recently, anthropologists have been trying to challenge Western practices
> > of knowledge production and understandings of existence. The theoretical
> > oppositions at the core of Western thinking gave way to relational and
> new
> > materialist endeavors.
> >
> > The so-called “ontological turn” has opened doors to investigate the ways
> > social scientists perform, produce, and disseminate their research. For
> > instance, many archaeologists saw this process as an opportunity to go
> back
> > to things and rethink archaeology as an ontological practice in itself,
> in
> > which the reassembling of objects defines forms of being and becoming.
> > However, very little has been discussed about its political implications
> > and what seems to be a fethishization of the word “ontology”. These
> recent
> > debates encourage scholars working with the materialities of the recent
> > past to think about their responsibilities in the quest for alternative
> > forms of being.
> >
> > The Radical Archaeology Theory Symposium (R.A.T.S.) 2016 is intended as a
> > forum to discuss the politics and ethics of the “ontological turn” and
> its
> > impacts on the archaeologies of the contemporary past. We invite
> > participants to discuss archaeology as a practice of becoming, and how it
> > can trigger larger social engagements with the politics and ethics of the
> > contemporary past. Issues to be addressed may include, among others:
> >
> > - The relevance of ontological-oriented analyses of the contemporary past
> > - Politics of ontology as practical ethics
> > - Activist and community-based archaeologies.
> >
> > Papers presenting case studies, and from intersecting fields are
> > particularly welcomed.
> >
> > *Submit your abstract up to 250 words, along with your name, contact,
> > institutional affiliation and three keywords, by December 15th 2015. The
> > selection of papers will be announced during the first week of January
> > 2016. *
> >
> > *Keynote speakers: *
> >
> > Maria Theresia Starzmann
> > *McGill University, Canada *
> >
> > Ruth Van Dyke
> > *Binghamton University, New York*
> >
> > Severin Fowles
> > *Columbia University, New York *
> >
> > Þóra Pétursdóttir
> > *University of Tromsø, Norway*
> >
> > *Organization committee: *
> >
> > Maura Bainbridge
> >
> > Rui Gomes Coelho
> >
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ph.D. Candidate
> > Department of Anthropology
> > Binghamton University
> > P.O. Box 6000
> > Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
> > U.S.A.
> >
>
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