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'Tara': Deep maps and psychogeographies
Where: Tara 2009 Symposium: UCD School of Archaeology & The John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies Dates: 23rd October 2009 - 26th October 2009 When: 5pm - 6pm
The Hill of Tara is one of the most famous historical and archaeological sites in Ireland. Although the archaeological surveys and excavations have provided significant knowledge about the sites and features on the hill, this paper argues that the significance of 'Tara' is not found directly in data or in the tangible qualities of the landscape but in the deep, shifting and dynamic relations between people and the many places and stories which are bundled within the name 'Tara'. Applying theories of deep mapping and psychogeographic study, the paper will explore the consonances and dissonances within the heritages of 'Tara' and suggest new ways of engaging with its ongoing narrative.
LikeWhere: Trafalgar Square, London When: 25th September 2009, 5am - 6am
Art, archaeology and the contemporary
Where: Sixth World Archaeological Congress, UCD Scholarcast When: November 2008
In the summer of 2008, Ian Russell curated a series of contemporary art projects entitled Ábhar agus Meon as part of Ireland’s hosting of the Sixth World Archaeological Congress at University College Dublin. The projects were placed in the shared spaces between the contemporary arts, archaeology and heritage in Ireland. This introduction is a reflective statement and contextualization of the projects and the intellectual history of the relationship between art and archaeology.
Archaeoclash: Mediating Art and Archaeology
Where: Sixth World Archaeological Congress, UCD Scholarcast When: November 2008
Andrew Cochrane
Is archaeology a science? Is archaeology a humanity? What are the politics of spectatorship and archaeological representation? These initial thoughts form the basis for our archaeological explorations. Within current archaeological discourse, there are a growing number of requests for expressions, which illuminate and expose the interpretive and artistic qualities of presentation and narration. Yet few scholars actively utilise expressive practice to explore these philosophical issues. As such, we feel that this is an opportune time to intervene in the visual and textual discourse by issuing a manifesto for our project, building upon our previous works (e.g. Cochrane and Russell 2007). We call for the development of a critically reflexive practice of visual archaeological expressionism, which seeks to contest traditional modes of thought and action.
An earlier form of this Manifesto, where we present a fuller and more detailed list of authors we have been inspired by, can be found in Cochrane and Russell (2007).
‘An Ireland against Archaeology: The Crisis of Archaeology, Heritage and Development in Ireland'
Where: American Conference of Irish Studies - New York, NY, U.S.A. When: 2007
‘Object Agency vs. Internalization: The Objects and Images of the Archaeological Imagination’
Where: Theoretical Archaeology Group – Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. When: 2004
'Artefacts, Souvenirs and Images of the Past'
Where: Theoretical Archaeology Group – Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. When: 2004
‘Ireland on the Couch: An Applied Psychoanalysis of Ireland’s Symbolic Vernacular’
Where: Virginia Psychoanalytic Society – Richmond, VA, U.S.A. When: 2004
‘Artefact and Image: Archaeology and the Crisis of (re)Presentation of the Past’
Where: European Association of Archaeologists – Cork, Ireland When: 2005
‘The Crisis of (re)Presenting Ireland’
Where: National Gallery of Ireland – Dublin, Ireland When: 2006
‘Archaeology and Identity in Ireland: The Modern Romance’
Where: Crosscurrents – Belfast, U.K. When: 2006
‘Nostalgic Futurism, Conflicting Temporalities and Archaeological Epistemic Conflict’
Where: European Association of Archaeologists – Cracow, Poland When: 2006
‘Art and Art(e)fact: The Crisis of (re)Presenting Ireland’
Where: New England American Conference of Irish Studies – Storrs, CT, U.S.A. When: 2006
‘Visualizing Archaeologies: Reflexive Representations’
Where: Contemporary Historical Archaeology in Theory – Bristol, U.K. When: 2006
Co-presented with Andrew Cochrane
‘An Artefact as Agent?: Images, Imaginations and the Perception of the Past’
Where: Theoretical Archaeology Group – Exeter, U.K. When: 2006
‘Nostalgic Futurism, Conflicting Temporalities and the Politics of Preservation’
Where: Theoretical Archaeology Group – Exeter, U.K. When: 2006
‘Visualizing Archaeologies: A Manifesto’ (Plenary Paper)
Where: Theoretical Archaeology Group – Exeter, U.K. When: 2006
Co-presented with Andrew Cochrane
‘The Archaeological Imagination: The Role of Archaeology in Social Imagination and Identity Construction’
Where: Associacão Arqueológica do Algarve – Algarve, Portugal When: 2006
‘“The History of Ireland in Silver or Gold”: Souvenirs, Archaeology and Identity Consumption in Ireland’
Where: European Association of Archaeologists – Lyon, France When: 2004
'The Crisis of Representing Ireland: Arts and Art(e)facts'
Where: Seeing Things: Irish Studies and Visual Culture - Limerick, Ireland When: 2007
'Heritage, identities and roots: A critique of arborescent models of heritage and identity'
Where: Heritage Values: The Past in Contemporary Society Workshop - Cumberland Island, Georgia, U.S.A. When: 2007
'"Now, I can see you.": Bringing an archaeological sensibility to bear on digital media through the politics of presence'
Where: Theoretical Archaeology Group - York, U.K. When: 2007
'"Now, I can see you.": Bringing an archaeological sensibility to bear on digital media through the politics of presence'
Where: Theoretical Archaeology Group - York, U.K. When: 2007
'L'Art du déplacement: Parkour & some physical re-engagements with archaeology'
Where: Theoretical Archaeology Group - York, U.K. When: 2007
Co-presented with Andrew Cochrane
'Archaeology and New Media: Some Interventions and Explorations'
Where: Stanford University Humanities Lab, Critical Studies in New Media Group - Politics of Presence Colloquium When: 2007
'Objects and Agency: Some Obstacles and Opportunities of Modernity'
Where: Stanford University, Archaeology Center When: 2007
'Humans, materials and media: Overcoming the modern invention of material culture'
Where: Columbia University, Center for Archaeology When: 2007
'Art and art(e)facts: Mediation, materials and mentalities in Ireland'
Where: University College Dublin, School of Archaeology When: 2007
'A heritage of constitutional racism: Heritage, archaeology and the making of an exclusive Ireland'
Where: American Conferece for Irish Studies - Davenport, IA, U.S.A. When: 2008
'Undercutting the roots of the great divides'
Where: Theoretical Archaeology Group - New York, U.S.A. When: 2008
Co-presented with Andrew Cochrane
'The Interventionist Manifesto: Mediating worlds'
Where: Theoretical Archaeology Group - New York, U.S.A. When: 2008
Co-presented with Andrew Cochrane
'Deploying an archaeological sensibility: Preforming an interventionist manifesto'
Where: Stanford University, Archaeology Center When: 2008
'Mediating post-Hibernian archaeologies: Archaeology, humedia and undercutting the discourses of "material culture" in Ireland'
Where: University of Notre Dame, Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies When: 2008
‘Vikings, Normans and Celts: The Archaeology, Politics and Protests of Wood Quay, Carrickmines and the Tara Motorway’
Where: Association of Young Irish Archaeologists – Dublin, Ireland When: 2004
‘Archaeology after Freud: The Role of Archaeology in the Construction of Large Group Identity’
Where: Theoretical Archaeology Group – Lampeter, Wales, U.K. When: 2003
‘Archaeology after Freud: The Role of Archaeology in the Construction of Large Group Identity’
Where: 5th World Archaeological Congress – Washington, D.C., U.S.A. When: 2003
‘Chosen Glories / Chosen Traumas: The Selection of an Archaeological Narrative in Ireland’
Where: 5th World Archaeological Congress – Washington, D.C., U.S.A. When: 2003
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