CHAT 2006
Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Bristol
Friday 10 - Sunday 12 November 2006
image: archaeological test pit, Coleford, Gloucestershire, 1999 (photo: Dan Hicks)
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CHAT 2006 Theme: 'Doing Contemporary and Historical Archaeology: Method and Practice in Archaeologies of the Recent and Contemporary Past'
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Archaeological studies of the recent and contemporary past are characterised by an increasingly wide range of methods and practices, made possible by the proximity and sheer quantities of their material. These methodologies form an increasingly significant part of the field's broader contributions to interdisciplinary studies of materiality and material culture, and to theory and practice in other periods of archaeology. Returning to Bristol, CHAT 2006 takes stock of them.
CHAT is an international conference group bringing together archaeologists and others working on the recent and contemporary past. For further details, see the CHAT homepage.
The 2006 meeting asks: What do contemporary and historical archaeologists do? In the field, at their desks, and elsewhere? The conference considers, compares and celebrates the distinctive, diverse and creative methods and practices that are emerging in this field of archaeology, considering interdisciplinary relationships - especially with social anthropology, cultural geography and the creative arts - and future possibilities.
image: Excavation of Viking farmstead in Iceland in 1995 (left) and 1908 (photos: Gavin Lucas/Fornleifastofnun Islands)
CHAT 2006 Programme
CHAT 2006 runs from 2pm on Friday 10 November 2006 until 1pm on Sunday 12 November 2006. All sessions are plenary. The full timetable with links to paper titles and abstracts is provided below. Chairs and discussants will be announced shortly. The Keynote Speakers at CHAT 2006 are Professor Laurie Wilkie (Department of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley) and Dr Gavin Lucas (Assistant Director of the Institute of Archaeology in Reykjavik).
Timetable
Friday 10 November 2006
2pm – 5.30pm Session 1: Method and Materiality [view papers and abstracts]
6pm Wine Reception & Keynote Papers:
Aspects of Method and Practice in Historical Archaeology (Gavin Lucas, Institute of Archaeology, Iceland)
Bringing a Literary Bent to Archaeologies of the Recent Past (Laurie A. Wilkie, University of California, Berkeley)
Sat 11 November 2006
9.30-11am Session 2: Method and Politics [view papers and abstracts]
Coffee
11.30-1pm Session 3: Archaeology, Oral History and Memory [view papers and abstracts]
1pm LUNCH (provided)
2pm-5pm Session 4: Method in Community Archaeology and Contemporary Archaeology [view papers and abstracts]
5pm-8pm Break in proceedings for an Early Dinner: Delegates to arrange own, and to make their way to the Cube Arts Centre, where the bar will be open from 7pm. A walking party will leave the conference venue for the Cube at 7.30pm (the Cube is a short 10-minute walk away).
8pm-10pm Session 5: Hybrid Archaeologies: Archaeological Method and Artistic Practice (at The Cube Microplex Cinema and Venue, Stokes Croft, Bristol [view papers and abstracts]
11pm Cube bar closes
Sun 12 November 2006
9am-10.30am Session 6: Method and Documents [view papers and abstracts]
Coffee
11am-12.30pm Session 7: Method and Modernity [view papers and abstracts]
12.30pm Concluding Remarks: Prof. Peter S. Wells (Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota)
1pm Close
Registration for CHAT 2006
The delegate fee for CHAT 2006 is £30, including tea & coffee over the 3 days. Delegates are responsible for their own accommodation in Bristol. Nearby hotels include the Clifton Hotels Group, Premier Travel Inn, Haymarket or the Hawthorns (University of Bristol), and there are many other options within walking distance of the conference venue (Wickham Theatre, University of Bristol (Bristol, BS8 1UP).
To register for CHAT 2006, please complete the registration form - doc or pdf and send with payment to
Sam Barlow (Administrator), University of Bristol,
Graduate Centre, 7 Woodland Rd, Bristol BS8 1TB, United Kingdom;
email: Sam.Barlow@bristol.ac.uk;
tel: (+44) (0)117 928 8892; fax: (+44) (0)117 331 7469.
CHAT 2006 is hosted by the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology. The Organising Committee for CHAT 2006 is Dan Hicks, Angela Piccini, Laura McAtackney, John Schofield, Christine Finn, Cassie Newland and Lisa Hill.
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