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Conference Review: Experiencing Experimental Archaeology, May 2020

Author(s)
Katharina Singer 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2020/3
The conference “Experiencing Experimental Archaeology / Experimentelle Archäologie Erleben” took place between May 9th - 10th 2020 at the Lauresham Laboratory for Experimental Archaeology, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Lorsch Abbey site, Germany. In previous years the event was held on site through lectures, information booths and presentations, providing the visitors with information about...

Open-air Music in Open-air Museum

Date
Organised by
Archäologisches Freilichtmuseum Oerlinghausen (DE)
Country
Germany

On the first weekend in August there is a solidarity concert in our museum for our museum. We are very moved by how strongly we are currently being helped by private people. Without this support, it would look bleak. Think of the Old Persian saying: If you have money for two loaves, buy one and roses instead of the second.

International Bushcraft Event

International Bushcraft Event
Date
-
Organised by
International Bushcraft Event
Country
the Netherlands

The International Bushcraft Event, will be held some time in 2022 in The Netherlands (Holland). This event will be quite unique in its kind since it will bring instructors from all over the world to the public at one and the same place. As the International Bushcraft Symposium focuses on professionals, the International Bushcraft Event will be focused on the general public.

Theme weekend: Art through the Millennia

Theme weekend: Art through the Millennia
Date
-
Organised by
MAMUZ Schloss Asparn/Zaya (AT)
Country
Austria

From Cave Painting to Graffiti

What does cave painting have in common with modern graffiti pictures in public spaces? What methods and materials did the ice age artists use? Why were the pictures created then and are they created today? Try to create your own picture with earth colors and the simplest tools!

Call for Papers TAG2020: Sensing Textiles and Cogitating Craft Technology

TAG 2020: Sensing Textiles and Cogitating Craft Technology
Date
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Organised by
Jennifer Beamer PhD
Country
United Kingdom

Call for Papers, deadline 21 September

TAG2020, Leicester, UK, Session 29: Sensing Textiles and Cogitating Craft Technology

The 2020 annual meeting of the Theoretical Archaeology Group will take place in Leicester from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th December

Session Abstract:

Book Review: The Routledge Handbook of Reenactment Studies by Agnew, Lamb & Tomann (eds)

Author(s)
Roeland Paardekooper 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2020/3
Re-enactment studies are booming, just like re-enactment, living history and role play are. This handbook, therefore, is a good introduction for those interested in the more academic aspects of re-enactment. However, as is often the case with an academic-only approach, this book is not meant for those interested in the backgrounds of re-enactment per se. The authors are academics, writing for their peers...

Western Carolina University (US)

Member of EXARC
No

Western Carolina University has a combined Anthropology and Sociology department, with 10 full-time anthropologists on faculty. The program offers undergraduate concentrations in Sociocultural Anthropology and Linguistics, Archaeology, and Forensic and Biological Anthropology.

Experimental Archaeology is offered every 4th semester (odd-numbered years) and has historically focused on questions arising from archaeological research in the southern Appalachians and often focuses on aspects of Cherokee prehistory. Projects have focused on a wide range of technologies, including bone, chipped stone, ground stone, rivercane, ceramics and local clay processing, and cooking.

Experience instead of Event: Changes in Open-Air Museums Post-Coronavirus

Author(s)
Roeland Paardekooper 1 ✉
Annemarie Pothaar 2
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2020/2
The year 2020 started out for museums as usual, with plans for new exhibitions, new buildings even, and above all many events and visitors. Soon we saw how wrong we were. Open-air museums who had prepared to open up for the season found out that COVID-19 meant they were sitting ducks: no visitors, no income, no life in the museum area. The situation will not return to 'normal'...