The UCD School of Archaeology, in association with the John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies, is hosting a symposium entitled Tara – From the Past to the Future. ————- LIVE WEBSTREAM: http://www.ucd.ie/archaeology/tarasymposium2009/livestream/ ————- Featuring approximately forty papers by an international group of scholars, the symposium promises to be the most extensive review of the…
Author: Ian Russell
Michael Shanks’ intervention into Tara 2009
Michael Shanks has intervened in the proceedings of the Tara 2009 Symposium at UCD via iChat from Stanford University. You can read his paper here: http://documents.stanford.edu/MichaelShanks/400 ————————- Ian Russell – www.iarchitectures.com
Present absences: The ‘Home’ Project is installed in Dublin
The street art stencils for The Home Project were completed this week on Clanbrassil Street in Dublin. Activating heritage, community, identity and public space, the powerwasher stencils will be in situ until the foot traffic of Clanbrassil Street erases them through the accumulation of new residues and traces. Why not have a walk down Clanbrassil…
WAC Artist in Residence Kevin O’Dwyer’s installation at UCD
Installation of ‘Na Fáná Fuachtmhar’, a new sculpture by Kevin O’Dwyer, artist in residence at the Sixth World Archaeological Congress at University College Dublin. With an excerpt from UCD Scholarcast: Archaeologies of Art. ‘Na Fáná Fuachtmhar’ was inspired by the incised chevron motifs found inside the Megalithic Passage Tomb at Fourknocks, Co. Meath. The chevron…
Archaeologies of Art Podcast Series Launched!
UCD Scholarcast has released a podcast series featuring highlights from the Sixth World Archaeological Congress’ theme ‘Archaeologies of Art’. Edited by Ian Russell, the series features contributions from Douglass Bailey (San Francisco State University), Blaze O’Connor (University College Dublin), Andrew Cochrane (Cardiff University) and Kevin O’Dwyer (WAC6 Artist-in-Residence). The series responds broadly to the themes…
Archaeological Theory? Legacies, burdens, futures
What are the states (past, present, future) of theory in archaeology today? What are the agendas? Is the political commitment still alive? What has changed? Have we fallen into a state of post-hypercritical apathy, malaise, fragmentation? Where is archaeological theory going? We wish to explore these questions, which connect with recent discussion (see Holtorf and…