apologies for cross-posting -

SP Roskams schrieb:
> A second, rather different, conference announcement, perhaps a little
> more marginal to this group (but you never know!):
>
> Apologies for cross-posting.
>
> INTERPRETING STRATIGRAPHY
>
> Conference Announcement/Call for Papers
>
>
> Contemporary Approaches to Archaeological Fieldwork: theory vs practice,
> democracy vs hierarchy
>
>
> The next meeting organised by the Interpreting Stratigraphy Group will
> take place in York on Saturday, 29th September, 2001.  This year we have
> decided to build at least part of the day around a more general theme than
> on previous occasions.  Hence we will be looking at aspects of hierarchies
> on site, both in terms of recording procedures and the personnel who
> implement them.  Has the development of set proforma and descriptive
> criteria limited creativity and imposed unwieldy managerial structures, or
> is this the only way to achieve valid and directly comparable analyses of
> site data? Indeed, are both of these observations true at the same time?!
> What is the role of on-site interpretation, and how should it be related
> to post-excavation procedures?   Has the advent of greater
> commercialisation in fieldwork and an increased emphasis on mitigation
> strategies altered the terms of these debates?  And what of the
> relationship between fieldworkers adopting different approaches to
> recording and interpretation, and specialists dealing with the range of
> data which excavation generates, from structural and topographic evidence
> to artefacts and environmental samples?
>
> If you are interested in contributing a 20 minute paper to the meeting on
> any of the above issues, please send me a title and brief abstract
> (preferably by email as soft copy) to the address below by the end of
> June.  Alternatively, if you just want to come along and join in the
> debate, write back and I will ensure that you are circulated with a
> conference programme in July.
>
> Steve Roskams
>
> Dept. of Archaeology
> University of York
> Kings Manor
> YORK YO1 7EP
>
> Tel.            01904-433936
> Fax.            01904-433902
> Email:  [log in to unmask]
>
>
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Steve Townend wrote:
>
> > Apologies for cross-posting.
> >
> > Contributions are invited to the following session at TAG 2001 in Dublin :
> >
> > ARCHAEOLOGY TALKS BACK: CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTER- AND EXTRA-DISCIPLINARY
> > DIALOGUES
> >
> > The goal of this session is for archaeologists to share ideas on some of the
> > ways in which they can move beyond the ingestion of theories and techniques
> > from other disciplines (philosophy, sociology, anthropology,
> > physics, chemistry, etc.) and start to contribute something to those
> > disciplines. The problem of the distinctiveness of archaeology, and its
> > borrowing of ideas from other fields, has been on the agenda at least since
> > the advent of the New Archaeology. While some have claimed that archaeology
> > has a unique set of theoretical requirements, there is little doubt that
> > other disciplines have, directly or otherwise, contributed much to the
> > current shape of the subject. This session is intended to look at where this
> > process might be taken next. How can the particular developments of such
> > borrowings within archaeology allow archaeologists to make genuine
> > contributions to wider debates? Papers are therefore invited which are
> > addressed at discussions happening in other subject areas today, and which
> > attempt to rewrite the received wisdom of those disciplines using insights
> > derived from archaeology's focus on materiality and on conditions of being
> > other than those of the sociological or ethnographic present. In addition,
> > it would be appropriate to consider the contexts within which
> > inter-disciplinary dialogues take place, and how, indeed, archaeologists
> > can talk back to those from whom they have drawn inspiration.
> >
> > Please respond with a title before June 30th to either of the addresses
> > below.
> >
> > We look forward to hearing from you,
> > Steve Townend ([log in to unmask]) and Andrew Gardner ([log in to unmask])
> >
> > Institute of Archaeology,
> > 31-34 Gordon Square,
> > London WC1H 0PY
> > ENGLAND
> >


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