This photoblog is the first stage of a series of projects by The Other Acropolis Collective. We have a background in archaeology, anthropology, or media studies, and we all share a desire to intervene critically in the processes that often result in monolithic and exclusivist archaeological and heritage materialities in the present. Our aim is to produce a range of alternative media interventions which will take the iconic site of the Athenian Acropolis as their centre, their point of departure, or their target (in all senses of the word). This project is a follow-up from a number of other, more conventional academic projects, to do with issues such as the role of the Acropolis in nationalist and colonialist discourses and practices, the social, political, and sensual lives of its ruins, the ways by which the transformative power of archaeological and photographic apparatuses have produced and endlessly reproduced the site/sight of the Acropolis, the tourist experience of the site, and so on (see bibliography for some of these projects).
This project can be seen as the attempt to undermine the monolithic discourse on the Acropolis as an exclusively classical site, by bringing into the fore its other lives, from prehistory to the present (the Mycenaean, the Medieval, the Ottoman, the Muslim, the Christian, the contemporary…), especially through their material traces that still survive, despite the extensive processes of archaeological, but also photographic purification. We draw our inspiration from two concepts: the first is multi-temporality, and the second, multi-sensoriality. We believe that the site and the space around it constitute a unique locale which can re-activate different times, evoke different cultures, and reconnect with diverse and fluid identities. At the same time, we hope to encourage a fully embodied, multi-sensory appreciation and engagement with the materiality of the site, beyond the stereotypical, tourist gaze, or the national pilgrimage. We also favour the re-incorporation of this locale into the fabric of daily life, especially for the people who live around it. We hope that the thoughts and the material generated here will lead to other projects and interventions, some on site, some printed, some virtual, with more immediate a printed, portable alternative tourist guide for The Other Acropolis. We invite you to post your comment, share your thoughts, and if you are an artist or a researcher already working on a similar project, get in touch with us.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
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Open Access Week 2013: Journals
AWOL's List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies currently holds links to 2242 titles. It has crashed and burned a couple of times in the last year or two, so I have learned my lesson and keep a backup in a safe place so I can restore it quickly. I know that there are some titles that I indexed individually in AWOL, but which dropped out of the big list on one or another of these occasions, but I'm working to find and include them.
There are a great many sites indexing online journals out there, and there are about a dozen of them that I scan fairly regularly for new content on antiquity. The two I use most often are the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and the Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek of the Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg.
Two questions for readers of AWOL:
There are a great many sites indexing online journals out there, and there are about a dozen of them that I scan fairly regularly for new content on antiquity. The two I use most often are the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and the Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek of the Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg.
Two questions for readers of AWOL:
- What are your favored resources for discovery of open access content related to antiquity?
- What journals do you consider to be models of responsible and high quality open access publishing on antiquity?
Open Access Journal: Paléo: Revue d'Archéologie Préhistorique
[First posted in AWOL 3 September 2009. Update 22 October 2013]
Paléo: Revue d'Archéologie Préhistorique
ISSN: 2101-0420
Paléo: Revue d'Archéologie Préhistorique
ISSN: 2101-0420
Paléo accueille, sans limitation de champ géographique, toute contribution traitant des paléopopulations, activités humaines et comportements, paléoenvironnements physique et biologique, chronologie et datation numérique, stratigraphie (lithostratigraphie et biostratigraphie), géoarchéologie, art paléolithique, paléoanthropologie, étude des industries, archéologie expérimentale, ethnoarchéologie, processus de formation des sites, méthodologie, conservation et préservation des vestiges de tout type.
Paléo se compose de divers supports : un bulletin périodique annuel comportant des articles originaux d’intérêt national et international et des suppléments non soumis à périodicité (actes de colloque, thèses, monographies, etc.).
Derniers numéros
Numéros en texte intégral
See the full List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies
Monday, October 21, 2013
Open Access Week 2013
Today begins the sixth annual Open Access Week:
Open Access Week, a global event now entering its sixth year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research.
“Open Access” to information – the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results as you need – has the power to transform the way research and scientific inquiry are conducted. It has direct and widespread implications for academia, medicine, science, industry, and for society as a whole.
Open Access (OA) has the potential to maximize research investments, increase the exposure and use of published research, facilitate the ability to conduct research across available literature, and enhance the overall advancement of scholarship. Research funding agencies, academic institutions, researchers and scientists, teachers, students, and members of the general public are supporting a move towards Open Access in increasing numbers every year. Open Access Week is a key opportunity for all members of the community to take action to keep this momentum moving forward.
Get involved. Participating in Open Access Week can be as simple or involved as you like. It can also be a chance to let your imagination have full rein and come up with something more ambitious, wacky, fun.
OA Week is an invaluable chance to connect the global momentum toward open sharing with the advancement of policy changes on the local level. Universities, colleges, research institutes, funding agencies, libraries, and think tanks have used Open Access Week as a platform to host faculty votes on campus open-access policies, to issue reports on the societal and economic benefits of Open Access, to commit new funds in support of open-access publication, and more.
Learn more about what you can do.
FIRST, sign up at http://www.openaccessweek.org for access to all the support and resources you need, and to connect with the worldwide OA Week community.At the time of Open Access week 2012 AWOL was approaching one million page views, and had surpassed 5200 subscribers by email. As of today (21 October 2013) AWOL has had 1,809,830 page views, and has 6203 subscribers by email.
For examples of how others are advancing Open Access and taking action during The Week, click here if you’re a: RESEARCH FUNDER | RESEARCHER/FACULTY MEMBER | ADMINISTRATOR | PUBLISHER | STUDENT | LIBRARIAN
HAZİNE: a guide to researching the middle east and beyond
HAZİNE: a guide to researching the middle east and beyond
In the Ottoman Empire, the hazine was the treasury, a storehouse in which courtiers found books to read, scribes deposited documents, and clerks stowed away precious objects that arrived from around the empire.
We started HAZİNE in the hopes of creating a similar storehouse of information for scholars researching the Middle East and the Islamic world at large. There are so many archives, libraries, museums, and other research centers with material on the Middle East that it is often hard to know where to begin one’s research. At the same time, many smaller archives and collections are overshadowed by the massive resources of state institutions. Instead of each researcher beginning on his or her own, acquiring a few tricks of the trade from more seasoned researchers, we hope researchers will use HAZİNE to acquaint themselves with these collections, large and small, and jump directly into the research.
For the moment, our reviews focus on resources on the Ottoman Empire, but in the future we hope to expand further and provide resources for different geographical regions such as North Africa and South Asia. We also plan to include collections of material objects found in art or ethnography museums.
At the same time, we would like HAZİNE to become a forum for scholars to discuss different methods and techniques for conducting research and to delve deeper into the histories and ethics of the archives themselves. To this end, we have a series of short essays that are meant to be reflections on the nature of conducting research and the constitution and preservation of archives. We find these concerns particularly pertinent today as the increased digitization of manuscripts and documents transforms the way we research. As we continue to update our site, we also hope to include an increasing number of resources for researchers, such as specific guides to various types of source material.
So check back regularly for future developments. If you would like to stay updated, please follow us on our Facebook page.
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Open Access Journal: Gradhiva: revue d’anthropologie et de muséologie
Gradhiva: revue d’anthropologie et de muséologie
Fondée en 1986 par Michel Leiris et Jean Jamin, Gradhiva est publiée par le musée du quai Branly pour sa nouvelle série. La revue se veut un lieu de débats sur l'histoire et les développements actuels de l'anthropologie fondés sur des études originales et la publication d'archives ou de témoignages. Gradhiva privilégie aussi l'étude et l'analyse d'objets réels ou symboliques ainsi que des problématiques muséologiques et anthropologiques. Surtout, elle est ouverte à de multiples disciplines : l'ethnologie, l'esthétique, l'histoire, la sociologie, la littérature ou encore la musique. Elle s'attache enfin à développer par une iconographie souvent inédite et singulière une interaction entre le texte et l'image.
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Friday, October 18, 2013
Publications de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Publications de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Fondée en 1663, sous le règne de Louis XIV et à l’initiative de Colbert, l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres est l’une des cinq Académies de l’Institut de France. Sa principale mission consiste en l’avancement et la diffusion des connaissances dans les domaines suivants : histoire et étude des monuments et documents de l’Antiquité, du Moyen Âge, de la Renaissance et de l’Âge classique ; ensemble des civilisations de l’Orient proche et lointain ; sciences humaines appliquées aux langues et civilisations. Ses travaux portent donc sur l’histoire, l’archéologie et l’histoire de l’art, la philologie et la linguistique, la littérature, l’histoire des idées ainsi que sur les disciplines connexes (épigraphie, numismatique, diplomatique, etc.). |
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