* CALL FOR PAPERS*
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_Addressing the 'Multicultural Heritage' of the Later Historical Period_
Proposed Session for TAG 2000, Department of Archaeology, University of
Oxford, UK

The definition and presentation of 'multicultural heritage' in the UK and
USA have received increasing attention in recent years, and the previous
neglect of the material remains of historic ethnic and religious minorities
has been highlighted.

This session aims to ask:
- How can we define multicultural heritage?
- What is the relationship between 'rooted' identities and the historical
global processes which
influenced the genesis of modern ethnic identity?
- What are the theoretical implications of adopting the important political
agenda of 'inclusivity'?
- How can archaeologists address these issues, upon which, in their access
to the material remains of undocumented lives, they have a unique
perspective?
- Does archaeological practice have to change for a multicultural agenda to
be accommodated?

Papers dealing with historical ethnic diversity and contemporary
perspectives upon multicultural heritage *from all parts of the world* are
invited. The session will deal only with the period 1500-2000 AD. In
particular, papers are invited on

* the material culture of historic minority religious and ethnic communities
* the role of descendent communities in the interpretation, management and
presentation of multicultural heritage
* global interaction and local ethnogenesis
* 'rooted' identities and Afrocentrism
* the urban form of European slave trading cities
* New World historical archaeology
* equal opportunities in archaeology

Papers will be given in English. Further information about TAG 2000 is
available at http://units.ox.ac.uk/departments/archaeology/tag.htm

Abstracts of no more than 200 words are invited before 21 June, with the aim
to have the session fully organised by the end of June. These should be sent
by email to [log in to unmask]

Session convenor:
Dan Hicks, Department of Archaeology, University of Bristol, 43 Woodland
Road, Clifton, BRISTOL, UK
email: [log in to unmask]