DIALOGUES IN ARCHAEOLOGY – VOLOS | 2019
The institution
The ‘Dialogues in Archaeology’ is a recently founded collectivity, a continuous critical and reflective debate on antiquities and archaeology in modern society. It takes the form of an annual, open conference/event/art show, a meeting of criticism, theory and practice, open to all archaeologists: students and professors, directors and those working on contracts, employed and unemployed, independently of individual expertise and regardless of any temporal, professional, theoretical or other designations, beyond any hierarchies and clichés. Moreover, it is open to specialists and non specialists from various fields, including anthropologists, social scientists, historians, art historians, curators, architects, artists, and anyone who wishes to contribute to the open discussion on the role and importance of antiquities and archaeology today. This dynamic collectivity attempts to lay the foundations of interdisciplinary cooperation around the social significance and appropriation of antiquities and cultural heritage today.
The Meetings’ Form
The meetings seek to transcend the form of a ‘traditional’ conference. Alternatively, they promote dialogues and not on parallel monologues. The presentations are short, while in addition to thematic sessions, round tables, open discussions are organized, followed by non-conventional forms of critical dialogue, including art installations, exhibitions, theatrical events, projections, and other forms, introduced by both organizers and participants. The meeting’s languages are Greek and English.
Publications
No proceedings in the conventional sense are to be published. If, however, participants and organizers decide that individual sessions or papers are worth publishing, they can do so on their own initiative. The publication of such discussions, sessions or papers could take a variety of forms: collective volume, special tributes in periodicals, websites and e-books, freely accessible videos, etc., with a reference to the meeting of the ‘Dialogues in Archaeology’.