[Archport] Fwd: [rome-arch] FW: Extended deadline for rebuilding cities panel

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Title: Fwd: [rome-arch] FW: Extended deadline for rebuilding citi

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> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:57:11
> -0600
> Subject: [rome-arch] FW: Extended
> deadline for rebuilding cities panel

> CALL FOR PAPERS-EXTENDED DEADLINE: March 1, 2007
>
> Up from the Ashes: Creativity and conservatism in rebuilding after
> disasters
>
> Wars, earthquakes, and other calamities can destroy homes and
> public
> buildings instantaneously, but in many cases, the inhabitants
> survive.
> Whether in Late Bronze Age Greece, Nero's Rome, or 19th century
> Chicago, the
> choices made concerning rebuilding can reflect not only the
> immediate
> physical and psychological effects of the fire, but can also
> illuminate ways
> in which survivors identify themselves in relation to their past and
> future,
> as well as how they view themselves within political and ideological
> spheres
> of the community. Thus, the shape of the new city often reflects
> aspects of
> the old, in a way that is influenced by many factors, including the
> rate of
> survival from the disaster, the nature of authority, the desire to
> prevent
> future disasters, and the community's reaction to the traumatic event
> or
> events which destroyed their environment. Cities that remain derelict
> also
> present an opportunity to clarify the relationship of survivors to
> their
> former homes. Whether a site is left in ruins or relocated to a more
> secure
> place, we can still learn much about the community's perception of the
> town
> and of the disaster. This colloquium invites student papers from all
> time
> periods, addressing the archaeology of rebuilding urban and
> village
> environments after natural and manmade disasters. We welcome
> papers
> examining the effects of memory, trauma, and ideology in establishing
> the
> post-disaster shape of cities, as well as studies of the
> archaeological
> evidence for the changing topography of urban environments.
>
> This colloquium will be the fifth annual paper session organized by
> the
> Student Affairs Interest Group (SAIG) of the Archaeological Institute
> of
> America. It is intended not only to provide expanded opportunities
> for
> student presentations at the Annual Meeting but also to showcase
> innovative,
> interdisciplinary scholarship. Under the title "Up from the
> Ashes:
> Creativity and conservatism in rebuilding after disasters" the
> organizers
> will submit the selected papers as a colloquium session to the next
> annual
> meeting of the AIA (January 3-6, 2008, Chicago). All papers in the
> colloquium will be subject to acceptance by the AIA Program for the
> Annual
> Meeting Committee, in accordance with standard procedures.
>
> The SAIG would like to remind all interested students that it is
> possible
> for an individual to submit papers for both a colloquium session and
> an open
> paper session at the AIA annual meetings. The latter is
> automatically
> withdrawn from consideration if the former is accepted.
>
> Please send a CV and an abstract of no more than 250 words by March 1,
> 2007
> to both session organizers, Lyra Monteiro (lmonteir@umich.edu) and
> Natalie
> Abell (abelln@email.uc.edu). In
> keeping with the regulations of the AIA, we
> will accept only electronic submissions. All abstracts must conform to
> AIA
> guidelines (see the American Journal of Archaeology style
> guidelines,
> published in AJA 104:3-24, or the Annual Meeting Section of the AIA
> website;
> esp. §§3.1-8, 6.5., www.archaeological.org). If the colloquium is
> accepted
> by the Program for the Annual Meeting Committee all whose papers
> are
> included must be members of the AIA in good standing by the time of
> the
> meeting.
>
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