Photo Credit: Laura Muñoz-Encinar
26 - 28 September 2023, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
26 September 2023
9:30h Welcome
Forensic Archaeology Laboratory
Trainers: Laura Muñoz-Encinar (INCIPIT CSIC); Zahira Aragüete-Toribio (University of Neuchâtel)
10:00- 11:00h Module 1: Forensic Archaeology
11.00h-11:30h Coffee break
11:30-13:30h Module 1: Forensic Archaeology
13:30-15:00h Break
15:00- 17:00h Module 2: Ethnography of objects
17:00-17:30h Break
17:30- 18:30h Module 2: Ethnography of objects
27 September 2023
Experimental Ethnography Laboratory (EEL)
Trainers: Iñigo Sánchez-Fuarros(INCIPIT CSIC); Zahira Aragüete-Toribio (University of Neuchâtel); Laura Muñoz-Encinar (INCIPIT CSIC)
10:00- 11:00h Module 3: Ethnography Fieldwork
11.00-11:30h Coffee break
11:30-13:30h Module 3: Ethnography Fieldwork
13:30-15:00h Break
15:00- 17:00h Module 4: Experimental Ethnography
17:00-17:30h Break
17:30- 18:30h Module 4: Experimental Ethnography
28 September 2023
Re-presentation Strategies in a Digital Age
Trainers: César Parcero Oubiña (INCIPIT CSIC); Laura Muñoz-Encinar (INCIPIT CSIC); Jesús García Sánchez (IAM CSIC); Jesús Jiménez Chaparro (University of Cantabria)
10:00- 11:00h Module 5: Introduction to the module and presentation of a Case Study
11.00-11:30h Coffee break
11:30-13:30h Module 5: New technologies for the study of the traces of conflicts
13:30-15:00h Break
15:00- 17:00h Module 6: Final remarks
18:00-19:30h Visit to Santiago de Compostela
20:00h Closure
Workshop Leaders
Laura Muñoz-Encinar INCIPIT CSIC
César Parcero Oubiña INCIPIT CSIC
Iñigo Sánchez Fuarros INCIPIT CSIC
Zahira Aragüete-Toribio University of Neuchâtel
Workshop Collaborators
Jesús García Sánchez IAM-CSIC
Jesús Jiménez Chaparro University of Cantabria
Host Institution
Institute of Heritage Sciences of the Spanish National Research Council (INCIPIT CSIC)
Fontán Building, block 4 Monte Gaiás, s/n
15707 Santiago de Compostela
Spain
Photo credit: Laura-Muñoz Encinar
September 26-28, 2023
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
a TRACTS multimodal training school
What?
This international training school aims to analyse the material traces of conflict and their impact in the present through the conceptual lens of different disciplines: Archaeology, Forensic Sciences, Social Anthropology and Memory Studies.
By focusing on the three main themes of Materiality, Memory, and Technology the training school explores the traces of contemporary European conflicts. It will bring together scholars from the social sciences, humanities and forensic sciences with memorialization and advanced technology experts to examine the remnants of 20th century conflicts and develop inclusive strategies for historical knowledge dissemination.
The summer school will be developed for three days at the Institute of Heritage Sciences of the Spanish National Research Council (INCIPIT CSIC) in Santiago de Compostela (Spain), and is open, among others, to MA students, PhD candidates, early career researchers, technicians, memorial experts, and activists.
Combining theoretical and practical contents, participants will explore archaeological, forensic, and ethnographic materials to learn about innovative methodological approaches based on three axes:
-Forensic Archaeology Laboratory: Training in theoretical and practical methodologies of fieldwork and laboratory techniques for the analysis of the material culture and human remains found in contemporary conflict-affected sites.
-Experimental Ethnography Laboratory: Training in methodological, theoretical, and practical contents for ethnographic fieldwork.
-Re-presentation Strategies in a Digital Age: Training in the use of non and minimally invasive archaeological methods, 3D scanned landscapes and artefacts. We will also examine and use digital tools and discuss their potential to provide local, national, and global audiences with access to conflict-related heritage.
Workshop Leaders
This TRACTS workshop and training school will be facilitated by researchers, image and sound makers, and writers who are actively engaged in multimodal forms of knowledge production in relation to mass violence sites, including from archaeological, anthropological, and historical perspectives.
Laura Muñoz-Encinar INCIPIT CSIC
César Parcero Oubiña INCIPIT CSIC
Iñigo Sánchez Fuarros INCIPIT CSIC
Zahira Aragüete-Toribio University of Neuchâtel
Available Fellowships
TRACTS is offering several fellowships for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers based in Europe. Through a reimbursement scheme, these fellowships will cover travel and accommodation expenses. Students based locally will be eligible for local travel reimbursements. The workshop itself is free of charge.
Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers outside of Europe can also participate, but their travel and accommodation will not be reimbursed.
Applications/Pitches
Interested participants should send a short version of their CV (2 pages maximum), a brief motivation statement about why you would like to take part in the training school, and a biography (100 words maximum) by 11pm (GMT) on Monday, June 26th.
Submission Details
Application documents should be submitted in one PDF file.
All dossiers must be submitted by email tracts@st-andrews.ac.uk by 11pm (GMT) on Monday, June 26th with the following subject heading: UNEARTHING - First Name Last Name - Institution.
We will announce the participants by the beginning of July 2023.
Host Institution
This Training School is organized by TRACTS (CA20134), supported by European Cooperation in Science and Technology. COST is a funding agency for research and innovation network.
A multimodal photo essay training school at ReCNTR, University of Leiden, June 8-9, 2023.
What?
This two-day multimodal photo essay workshop will bring together a maximum of 10 graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who are using photography as an integral part of their research practice. Drawing on theories and methods from the field of anthropology, visual studies, and geography, as well as from other fields of artistic, practice-based research and documentary image-making, this workshop and training school will equip participants with the skills needed to finalize photo essay projects. The workshop engages with the themes of memory, history and experience and draws from photography, its histories, and its potential as a tool for disseminating knowledge and producing more sensorial ways of engaging with these themes.
The workshop will focus on projects rooted in archival explorations. While projects can be diverse in terms of scope and subject matter, pitches should address inquiries into, engagements with, or analyses of archives and archival collections, be they official institutional collections or private, personal ones that are not typically understood as collections.
All participants will come to the training school workshops with a draft of a photo essay. They will leave with a completed version of this project and publication pitch that can be sent to academic journals or other editorial ventures that showcase image-driven research. The 2-day event will also culminate in a collective conversation about a potential special section to be published in Visual Anthropology Review. Training school workshops will be hands-on and experimental, and participants will be asked to contribute to this collaborative space via the presentation of their own work and their participation in crit reviews.
Workshop Leaders
This TRACTS workshop and training school will be facilitated by researchers, image-makers, and editors who are actively engaged in multimodal forms of knowledge production and in creating sustainable platforms for image-driven research, specifically Writing with Light Magazine and Visual Anthropology Review.
Craig Campbell University of Texas
Darcie DeAngelo University of Oklahoma
Lee Douglas Goldsmiths, University of London
Mark Westmoreland ReCNTR, Leiden University
Available Fellowships
TRACTS is offering 9 fellowships for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers based in Europe. Through a reimbursement scheme, these fellowships will cover travel and accommodation expenses. Students based locally will be eligible for local travel reimbursements. The workshop itself is free of charge.
Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers outside of Europe can also participate, but their travel and accommodation will not be reimbursed.
Applications/Pitches/Proposals
All participants are asked to submit a pitch for a photo essay project. The project must be a work in progress, and the final project pitch dossier must be submitted by 11pm (GMT) on Monday, March 20th.
It should include:
Images
A selection of 6-10 images that are part of a larger body of work about an issue or topic of your choice. The images must somehow relate to the concept of the trace and training school theme: “Archival Memories,” however, they can be directly from an archival collection and/or photos produced in relation to the theme. These images should not be captioned, but they can be sequenced or presented on the page in any format.
Conceptual Statement
A description of what you seek to achieve conceptually with your proposed photo essay. (Max. 250 words)
Questions relevant to a conceptual statement:
Work Plan
A description of how you will execute the work that highlights the steps you will take to transform your images into a self-contained photo essay ready for publication. (Max. 250 words)
Issues that you should address:
Image Ethics
As projects that deal with archives and/or archival collections, please address any ethical issues that will be addressed. You should consider image permissions and questions of representation. (Max. 150 words)
Submission Details
Project pitches should be in submitted in PDF format and be no larger than 20MB.
All dossiers must be submitted by email tracts@st-andrews.ac.uk by 11pm (GMT) on Monday, March 20th with the following subject heading: ARCHIVES - First Name Last Name - Institution.
We will announce the participants by the end of March 2023.
Host Institution:
Collaborating Institutions:
Collaborating Editorial Projects:
9 - 10 December 2022 in Ancona, Italy
Following WG4's Exeter workshop in June, we have the pleasure to bring the group's first Training School to Ancona – a port city steeped in a history of applying science and technology in policy and governance.
Trainers and trainees will benefit from this rare opportunity to learn from technology professionals who have extensive experience bringing diverse sectors together to advance a more inclusive, responsible, and sustainable future with technology.
The working speaker list includes experts from the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Università Politecnica delle Marche.
As part of the event, the trainees will visit Mole Vanvitelliana – a 18th century pentagonal structure in Ancona built on an artificial island for quarantine purposes. Commissioned by Pope Clement XII, the premise is a "living" trace of humans' history in applying technology into policy.
The structure hosts the State Tactile Homer Museum, a unique institution that traces the past through tactile objects and the sense of touch. It enables the visitors, including those with visual impairments, to share the journey of tracing as a multisensory process. The site of the training school reflects the WG's distinct priorities in promoting inclusivity and applying science and technology into practice.
The initial call for abstracts/EOI has closed for WG4. If you are interested in joining the reserve list or online participation, please contact s.chiu@exeter.ac.uk with the title "WG4 TRACTS Ancona".
Image by Claudio.stanco - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18803473
