Exact timings of each talk will be provided as soon as possible......
FRIDAY 14th DECEMBER
Registration from 11.00 onwards at the Department of Archaeology, The Kings Manor, York (the registration desk will be open throughout the conference for delegates who arrive later on)
Bookstalls open in the Huntingdon rooms from 12.00 onwards, every day
12.30-5.15 Afternoon sessions
THE P WORD: THE POSSIBILITIES AND PROBLEMS IN PHENOMENOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES IN ARCHAEOLOGY
TAKING ARCHAEOLOGY OUT OF HERITAGE
BIOGRAPHIES OF PEOPLE AND PLACE
WHEN DATA ARE HUMAN: REPATRIATION, PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, AND THE INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND BELIEF
5.30-7.30: Evening PLENARY on investigating slavery with 3 keynote speakers, Douglas Armstrong, Jim Walvin and Zoe Crossland and a panel, Tempest Anderson Hall (behind the Kings Manor)
7.30 onwards, Wine reception in the Yorkshire Museum, accessed from the plenary session or the Museum Gardens
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SATURDAY 15th DECEMBER
9.00-1.00 Morning sessions:
FRAGMENTING ARCHAEOLOGY, OR: TAKING A LEAF OUT OF SHANKS’ AND TILLEY’S BOOK
HOUSE-MAKING: THE PROCESS OF BUILDING AND BEING
LANDSCAPE AND MEMORY IN MOBILE PASTORALIST SOCIETIES
THE PAST AND THE POWER OF SPACE
TECHNOLOGIES AND ONTOLOGIES: ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUTHS AND SUBJECTIVE SCIENCES
RECONSTRUCTING THE UNDERWORLD: THE ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF OTHER-WORLDS
2.00-5.30/6.00 Afternoon sessions:
FRAGMENTING ARCHAEOLOGY, OR: TAKING A LEAF OUT OF SHANKS’ AND TILLEY’S BOOK (continued)
STAGING EVENTS: ATMOSPHERES OF PERFORMANCE IN ARCHAEOLOGY
MOVEMENT IN THE ANCIENT CITY: NEW APPROACHES TO URBAN FORM AND THEORY
CHANCE, CHOICE, AND CATASTROPHE: AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE UNPREDICTABLE
During the afternoon there will also be a DVD showing of:
Colin Renfrew, Mike Schiffer & Ezra Zubrow, recount "Personal histories in archaeological theory and method. The New Archaeology", also speaking and chaired by Graeme Barker, Robin Dennell, Rob Foley, Paul Mellars & Marek Zvelebil as discussants (recorded in 2006).
Henrietta Moore, Meg Conkey, Ruth Tringham and Alison Wylie, recount "Personal-Histories". The
panellists analyse their young experiences as they pioneered early post-processual feminist, gendered, symbolic and structural approaches (recorded in 2007).
3.30-6.00 TAG football
7.00- late TAG PARTY, At Judges Lodgings, near to Kings Manor. Antiquity Quiz, football prize giving, disco and food (BBQ- handmade burgers and kebabs by Michelin starred and Rosette chef- £5 vouchers behind bar).
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Sunday 16th December
9.00-1.00 Morning sessions:
ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE POLITICS OF VISION IN A POST-MODERN CONTEXT
EMPHEMERALITY: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF TRANSIENCE
CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
TOWER OF BABEL: ARE WE ALL TALKING PAST EACH OTHER?
TOO MUCH ‘PHENOMENA’ AND NOT ENOUGH ‘OLOGY’? METHOD IN PHENOMENOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
JUDICIAL ARCHAEOLOGY: CAN WE PROVE THE PAST BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT?
THE HISTORIC LANDSCAPE: MORE THAN JUST CHARACTER
1.00-2.00 TAG Committee meeting (K155)
2.00-5.30/6.00 Afternoon sessions:
ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE POLITICS OF VISION IN A POST-MODERN CONTEXT (continued)
EMPHEMERALITY: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF TRANSIENCE (continued)
DISCUSSING EVOLUTIONARY AND INTERPRETATIVE ARCHAEOLOGIES
RECONSIDERING THE ON-SITE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUBJECT, OBJECT, THEORY AND PRACTICE
DWELLING AND TELLING: ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ARCHITECTURE, SPACE AND THEORY
THEORISING IN ANIMAL BONE RESEARCH
Evening: Poetry in the pub
6.30 onwards, The Exhibition Hotel, Bootham (corner of Bootham and Gillygate)
Sit back with a glass of something delicious, and enjoy an evening of poetry. Bring your own to share, read a few favourites written by others, or merely listen and be grateful your TAG presentation went so well. Hosted by Rose Drew, who has emceed monthly poetry events here and in the US for almost five years.
For directions or info: 01794 271 871, rose@stairwellbooks.com