Prehistoric
#archaeology should engage more in public debates before other actors fill
#societalmemory with outdated narratives, historicizing political propaganda or new myths. This is the conclusion drawn by environmental ethicist Konrad Ott
#UniKiel in his publication "Epistomology, Economics, and Ethics. A Practical Philosophy of Prehistoric Archaeology". It has now been published as Volume 4 of
#ROOTSStudies:
https://www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-roots/details/news/2024-01-30-roots-studies-4-epistomology#OpenAccess #SidestonePress
A call for archaeology to take on a more prominent role in public debates
New ROOTS Studies scientific volume deals with connections between the past and the present from a philosophy of science perspective.
Mentale Konzepte der Stadt in Bild- und Textmedien der Vormoderne @ Sidestone Press
Der Band versammelt Beiträge aus verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen, die sich mentalen Konzepten, d.h. Vorstellungen oder Imaginationen der westeuropäischen mittelalterlichen Stadt widmen, die epochenübergreifend in unterschiedlichsten narrativen, diskursiven und visuellen Repräsentationen in Erscheinung treten. Stadt wird in den Beiträgen nicht nur als Teil der historischen Realität der Vormoderne betrachtet, sondern auch als fester Bestandteil des kulturellen Wissens und der kulturellen Erinnerung in den Blick genommen. In einer interdisziplinären Zusammenschau von Beiträgen aus den Bereichen Germanistik, Theologie, Archäologie, Geschichtswissenschaft und Kunstgeschichte werden mentale Konzepte der Stadt in unterschiedlichen medialen Formaten untersucht, darunter Stadtchroniken, säkulare Malerei, biblische Texte, mittelalterliche Stadtpläne und höfische Romane.…
The question of how human-environmental
#connectivities shaped fundamental processes in
#pastsocieties is the focus of research within the
#ClusterROOTS. Now, a new book titled "Connectivity Matters!" has been published in the
#ROOTSstudies series. It addresses the concept of connectivities in the human past, but also the importance of this concept for research in this field. Free download at
#SidestonePress:
https://www.sidestone.com/books/connectivity-matters #OpenAccess @archaeodons @histodons #archaeology #history
Connectivity Matters! @ Sidestone Press
This book is a presentation of the basic concept of social, environmental and cultural connectivity in past societies, as embodied in a diversity of disciplines in the Cluster of Excellence ROOTS. Thus, rather pragmatically driven ideas of socio-environmental connectivities are described, which form the basis of the Cluster of Excellence in its research. A discussion of the fluidness of the term ‘connectivity’ and the applicability of the concept opens the arena for diverse interpretations. With various case and concept studies, the reader may advance into the perspectives that develop from the new interdisciplinary interaction. These include both rarely considered dependencies…
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