After the VI JIA held at Barcelona
(UB-CSIC) in May 2013, Arkeogazte (Association of young researches in
Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology) takes over and will organize the next
Young Conferences in Archaeological research at the Faculty of Letters of the
Basque Country University (Vitoria-Gasteiz), convinced of the idea that the JIA
are a good proposal of scientific meeting arose from young researches and aimed
to this collective, with a wide debate format. The standard left by previous
editions is very high, but we will try to fulfil the confidence and
expectations laid on us. We wait you all at Vitoria on the 7-10th of May 2014.
The slogan of the VII JIA that will
be held in Vitoria-Gasteiz is “SOCIAL
ARCHAEOLOGIES, ARCHAEOLOGY IN SOCIETY” and has two main objectives: on one
hand, the interpretation of the materiality in social terms; that is, to
understand Archaeology as an analysis discipline that allows a greater
knowledge of the current and past societies through their material records; on
the other hand, to analyse and develop the existing and/or possible links between
Archaeology and Society. In a moment of crisis, main theme analysed in the
Barcelona’s JIA, in which the Social Sciences seem to be less “useful” every
time in “profit” economic terms, we bring up the necessity to reinforce our
position as social scientists through the defence of these sciences in general
and Archaeology in particular, not only from a mere philosophical and
scientific point of view (search of the “truth”), neither from a strictly economical
one (“economically beneficial” use of Archaeology), but from its own social
necessity and its ability to provide its own point of view to current thematic
of social interest. To do this, the “ivory
towers” we are involved must be tear down and we need to link Archaeology and
society, through the scientific, professional work, as well as from the
patrimonial and institutional one.
Under these assumptions there will
be specially promoted in these JIA the sessions aimed to:
- The analysis in social terms of the material culture in different historic moments, from the Palaeolithic to the most recent past, with the objective of producing archaeological knowledge about the human societies.
- New methodological, technical and conceptual proposals about the social analysis of the material culture.
- The materiality as a reflection of the social, gender and age inequality; of economic exploitation and the unequal distribution of the resources.
- Public Archaeology as a renovation of the Archaeology in periods of crisis.
- Commercial Archaeology and its relation with the current economic, politic and social structures.
- The political, economic and ideological constrictions in the archaeological discipline, in the past as well as in the present.
CALL FOR SESSIONS
With this
first circular the conditions to accept the proposals are established, facing
toward the organization of the JIA 2014 sessions, and the admission deadline for
all your proposals is open, finishing the 15th December
2013. Among them, Arkeogazte and the JIA Scientific Committee will select the
accepted sessions, which will be published in January 2014 (when the
second circular will be published). From then on, the deadline to accept the
communications and posters included in the formed round tables and sessions
will be open. The only condition to take part in the JIA is not having read the
Doctoral Thesis at the time when the conference is held.
Collecting
the experiences of previous JIA, we suggest young researches conferences that
join as much as possible the most scientific-research aspect (the main purely
informative of scientific research carried out by young researches) with the
debate (based on the exchange of ideas about a common theme from different points
of view), trying to combine both sides. We understand that these two aspects
are not exclusive, but they are not always supplementary, so we think it is
necessary to give space for these two forms to understand the JIA (and
Archaeology in general), looking for the most positive aspects of each one.
Having this in mind, the JIA of Vitoria-Gasteiz will be divided into two main
sections: the traditional sessions and the round tables.
TRADITIONAL SESSIONS: These will consist in sessions with topics
mainly aimed to the historic-social study of the material culture, always
assuring that the accepted sessions would be the most interesting and
innovative regarding their thematic and theoretical proposal. Their basic
development will be the presentation of each communication individually,
followed by a brief question turn and a final debate of all the communications.
The
person/s who proposes a traditional session will
become coordinator/s of it, with the responsibility to contact with the
participant authors before, during and after the conferences.
To
formalize the different proposals it is necessary to send an email to secretariajia2014@gmail.com, indicating as a reference “traditional session” + NAME of the person responsible of it, the
following documentation:
- Detailed explanation (maximum 1000 words) of the motivations and objectives of the session. If the session is selected, this will be the text used as description and call for the communications, so a clear and expressive style is suggested.
- Personal data and institutional affiliation of the person/s responsible of the session: name, surname, email, postal address and telephone number.
- List of the researches who have confirmed their interest in taking part in the session. All the listed persons must have been consulted about their participation in the session.
ROUND TABLES: In this kind of sessions there will be suggested
themes for a collective debate with proposals coordinated through an outline
established by the coordinator/s. Once the table is approved by the
organization committee, the coordinator/s will receive participation proposals
which will discuss the suggested subjects encouraging the diversity of points
of view (around six proposals). With the proposals collected, a final script will be made as of the first
proposal in which a summary of the received contributions will be included.
This script (no more than 2000 words) will be uploaded in the official website
15 days in advance to the date of the conferences, so that everybody may gain
access to what will be discussed at the round table. The development of the
table during the conferences will consist in a brief intervention (no
longer than half an hour) by the coordinators or participants and a summary of
the proposals. Right after, the mentioned points will be discussed by the table
participants and the public. The last ten minutes will be used to raise some
conclusions by the coordinators where the main ideas will be collected.
The
person/s who proposes a round table will
become coordinator/s of it, with the responsibility of to contact with the
participant authors before, during and after the conferences.
To
formalize the different proposals it is necessary to send an email to secretariajia2014@gmail.com, indicating as a reference “round table” + NAME of the person responsible of it, the
following documentation:
- Title summarizing the discussion subject.
- Detailed explanation (maximum 1000 words) of the subject with problematic to discuss from a theoretical and/or methodological point of view; and a script of questions (5 minimum) that would be discussed at the table.
- Personal data and institutional affiliation of the person/s responsible of the session: name, surname, email, postal address and telephone number.
- List of the researches who have confirmed their interest in taking part in the table. All the listed persons must have been consulted about their participation in the session.
LAST REQUESTS AND COMMENTS
Facing toward
the elaboration of the proposals we point out some suggestions to facilitate
the task of the organization:
First of
all, once the deadline of proposals’ reception is open, if there are several
about the same subject, the organization will put the coordinators in touch,
trying to unify the proposals into one common session, improving in dynamism
and interest.
Secondly,
the duration of the communications will change in relation of their number;
this information will be provided in the next circular. The coordinators may
take part with a communication during the session they coordinate, with the
same duration as the rest of participants.
With this
first circular the path to the next JIA 2014 starts, where everybody is
welcome.
For any
consultations do not hesitate to contact us at secretariajia2014@gmail.com or take a look at
the website: jia2014.blogspot.com.
To download the First Circular click here
To download the First Circular click here
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