2025 May: 14th Experimental Archaeology Conference #EAC14, Curitiba, Brazil.

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Organised by: EXARC & Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) in Curitiba (BR).

In the first experimental archaeology conference to be held outside of Europe, EXARC would like to extend our thanks to the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) - one of the oldest universities in Brazil - who will be hosting the conference on site at their campus in Curitiba, which is the capital city of the state of Paraná.

 

Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)

 

Registration Fee (online participation)

Online participation is free, but we still encourage you to register by sending an email to info@exarc.net

If you wish to present online, we will be charging a fee of €10,00 / R$ 60,00 to cover online processing costs.

 

Registration Fee (on site participation)

To register for on-site participation, please send an email to info@exarc.net stating your contact details (including name, address, email, and affiliation if any), and which category of registration fee you are paying (see below for full details). 

 Category 1Category 2Category 3
Students and retired€30,00 / R$ 175,00        €15,00 / R$ 100,00         €4,00 / R$ 25,00         
EXARC members (no student)€45,00 / R$ 280,00€25,00 / R$ 160,00€6,50 / R$ 40,00
Non-EXARC members (no student)€70,00 / R$ 420,00€40,00 / R$ 240,00€10,00 / R$ 60,00
Indigenous / quilombola participants         FREE

Category 1 includes all individuals from countries where the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) is above the EU average.

Those countries are: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bermuda, Brunei, Canada, Cayman Islands, Denmark, Falkland Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, San Marino, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, the United States of America. 

Category 2 includes people from countries where where the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) per capita is between the EU average and the World average. This also includes Students / Unwaged / Retired anywhere in the world who want to receive the EXARC Journal Digest (printed copy), the EXARC members pass and discount to EXARC activities. 

Those countries are: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Belarus, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Greece, Greenland, Guam, Guyana, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Montserrat, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Martin (French part), Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Uruguay.

Category 3 is meant for members from countries where PPP per capita is below the World average as well as Students / Unwaged / Retired anywhere in the world. Attention: you will only receive an EXARC Journal Digest as PDF and will have no discount at EXARC conferences and will not receive EXARC member pass.

Those countries are all the other countries not listed in category 1 and 2, for example: Thailand, Armenia, Ghana, Brazil, Egypt, Vietnam, India, Kenya. 


Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita

 

Excursions

There will be optional excursions on the 15th and 16th May. The details will be confirmed shortly.

 

Discord

Attending the #EAC14 Conference online is free and open access to all. It will be live streamed on YouTube via EXARCs official channel. Here you can follow each session, and ask questions in our Q&A. Speakers will be present to answer a number of these questions. Besides that, we have a free and open access "plus" platform, Discord. Here you can interact with one another in thematic text and audio channels. 

If you would like to join the conference online, please register by emailing info@exarc.net for further information.

Program
To be confirmed

The academic program of presentations will take place between 12th-14th May 2025. We would like to invite participants to send in their abstracts for papers relating to experimental archaeology around the world. The sessions will be split into several themes, and we encourage speakers to submit their papers related to one of these themes (although other papers are also welcome and will be fit into the program when possible):

Day 1: Leatherworking and textiles

Day 2: Flint and bone/antler

Day 3: Pottery and other technologies

To submit a paper, please send an abstract and your contact details (including name, country, and affiliation) to info@exarc.net before the deadline of 30th November 2024