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Basketry and Beyond: Constructing Cultures - CALL for PAPERS
31 August 2010
The Beyond the Basket project began in 2009. Its aim is to investigate the place of basketry in human culture. It will culminate in a major exhibition Basketry: Making Human Nature at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts and the University of East Anglia, Norwich, from 8th February -22nd May 2011. To coincide with this event we are organising an international conference, entitled Basketry and Beyond: Constructing Cultures and scheduled for 14th – 16th April 2011 also at UEA.
Speakers include:
Prof David Guss (Tufts University); Mary Butcher (Basketmaker); Prof Tim Ingold (University of Aberdeen); Dr J M Adovasio (Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute)
Dr Willeke Wendrich (University of California, Los Angeles); Prof Mike H Hansell (University of Glasgow); Dr Penny Dransart (University of Wales, Lampeter)
In addition, the research team on the project will be giving papers:
Prof Sandy Heslop (University of East Anglia); Prof John Mack (University of East Anglia)
Prof Steven Hooper (Sainsbury Research Unit); Dr Aristoteles Barcelos-Neto (Sainsbury Research Unit); Dr Joanne Clarke (University of East Anglia); Dr Josh Bell (Smithsonian, Washington); Dr Helen Anderson (University of East Anglia)
However, we are also seeking contributions from those whose work complements our own. The purpose is to bring together and publish a collection of papers from the conference which is wide-ranging in scope and disciplinary perspectives. We envisage papers that are thematic, which review recent developments, or offer new insights into the subject, though any or all of those might be encompassed in a more specific case study. We would like the volume of papers to constitute an obvious starting point for anyone interested in understanding the place of basketry in human culture from a broadly academic perspective.
Outline proposals of up to 350 words for papers of about 30 minutes duration should be sent to Helen.Anderson@uea.ac.uk by Friday 1st October 2010.
