[Archport] Agradecia a Divulgação: Call for papers for an Life and death panel at the 17th IUAES

[Francisca Alves-Cardoso <francicard@fcsh.unl.pt>]

Call for papers for an Life and death panel at the 17th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, in Manchester - August 2013

Panel Title: Identified skeletal collections: the testing ground of anthropology?

 

Abstract: Identified skeletal collections, i.e. collections composed of named individuals (whether complete or partial remains), exist in many countries. Their histories vary from recent cemetery clearances, donations, private collections, to archaeologically excavated skeletons with name plates, and even skeletons excavated in the context of war crimes, dictatorships, and politically repressive regimes. These skeletons are being increasingly transformed into means for developing methods to assess age-at-death, sex, diseases and migration patterns, and themes in human evolution. These methods are then applied within social and cultural sciences as well as medical and forensic disciplines. This session aims to bring together the variety of disciplines that use identified skeletal collections as subjects/objects in their research, and to promote discussion surrounding all aspects of their existence including:

 

• Testing ethnographical and osteological methods: their use and limitations

• History: how does their history affect their use and does it raise specific social, curatorial or ethical issues?

• Society: their importance for health, well-being and society

• Curation: do identified skeletal collections raise specific curatorial issues?

• Ethics: how can identified skeletal collections be justified in an era of repatriation and reburial?

 

Convenors:

Charlotte Henderson – CIAS – Centre for Research in Health and Anthropology, Universidade de Coimbra

Francisca Alves Cardoso – CRIA – Center for Research in Anthropology (FCSH – Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Sónia Vespeira de Almeida - CRIA – Center for Research in Anthropology (FCSH – Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Contact: c.y.henderson@uc.pt, francicard@fcsh.unl.pt, sonia.almeida@fcsh.unl.pt

 

All papers have to be submitted via the online system using the link (Propose a paper) at the bottom of the information on our panel. Deadline for abstract submission is the 13th of July. All papers will go through a peer review process prior to acceptance.

For More information and Abstract Submission: http://www.nomadit.co.uk/iuaes/iuaes2013/panels.php5?PanelID=1593

 

 

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Francisca Alves Cardoso, Ph.D.

Research Fellow / Investigador Integrado
CRIA – Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia / http://www.cria.org.pt 
Departamento de Antropologia / Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (FCSH) / 
Universidade Nova de Lisboa / Av. Berna,26-C1069-061 / Lisboa / Portugal/

francealves@gmail.com
francicard@fcsh.unl.pt