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
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On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Rui Gomes Coelho <[log in to unmask]>
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> *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
>
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>
>
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> Ph.D. Candidate
> Department of Anthropology
> Binghamton University
> P.O. Box 6000
> Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
> U.S.A.
>