[Archport] CALL FOR PAPERS - Tag Manchester 2014

[Joana Ferreira <jalvesferreira@gmail.com>]

TAG Manchester 2014 (15-17 December 2014)

Session 22: “RETHINKING COMPARISON IN ARCHAEOLOGY” 

Caros colegas, 

Aceitam-se propostas para comunicações (c. 250 palavras) até ao dia 31 de Outubro. Informa-se, ainda, que todas as propostas deverão ser enviadas directamente para as organizadoras da sessão.

Com os melhores cumprimentos, 

Joana Alves-Ferreira (jalvesferreira@gmail.com)

Ana Vale (ana.m.vale@gmail.com)

Irene Garcia Rovira (irene.garciarovira@manchester.ac.uk)

http://www.tag-manchester.org

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"Session Title: Rethinking Comparison in Archaeology

Organiser(s): Ana Vale (University of Porto/CEAACP), Irene Garcia Rovira (University of Manchester), Joana Alves-Ferreira (University of Porto/CEAACP)

Comparison in archaeology is used in a multitude of ways and on various different levels, and in some sense we are always comparing. We know that an object is a something and not something else because we can compare previous examples of objects to the object we are trying to understand. Whether we compare archaeological material between sites or general site plans, we establish correspondences of similarity and draw lines of connection between forms that can fit in the same morphological type, even when what we intend to do is compare to demonstrate the differences. Comparison necessitates the selection and hierarchy of archaeological features and things in order to structure what we are comparing. We compare in order to classify and to define parallels but also, and very often, in order to explain archaeological sites and objects as if the fixed form described by the archaeologist (by putting forward the similarities or studying the differences) brings with it its own explanation.

This session aims to promote reflection on comparison in Archaeology, its methods, contexts of use and limits. We welcome papers that address these questions with more theoretical approaches as well by the presentation of particular case studies.”

Joana Alves - Ferreira

CEAACP Junior Researcher

FCT PhD Grant Holder

Faculty of Arts University of Porto

jalvesferreira@gmail.com