CALL FOR PAPERS FOR PANEL

CARVING COLLECTIVE PRACTICE: WORKING AGAINST MONOLITHIC SCHOLARSHIP ON STONE

IONA: ISLANDS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE (KING'S COLLEGE LONDON, 26-28 JUNE 2024)

RUN BY MEG BOULTON, MEG BERNSTEIN, JILL HAMILTON CLEMENTS & CAROLYN

DUE FRIDAY, 5 APRIL 2024

We are seeking participants for Thinking with Stone, an interdisciplinary, experimental roundtable exploring collaborative methods and conversational approaches to studying stone in the medieval period. We welcome five- to ten-minute presentations on ideas for a work in progress on a stone object or structure, a particular methodological approach to stone, or new pedagogical ideas for engagement with stone. The session provides a forum for collaborative development of these projects in a way that looks outside traditional modes of single-authored expertise. Send your CV, project title, and short abstract (200 words) describing your project to the Google form linked (click here).

Thinking with Stone is Session III of a three-part series at IONA 2024 on Carving Collective Practice, which all are welcome to attend. Session I: Viewing Stone is a site visit and discursive workshop on early medieval stone sculpture, introducing questions about these multivalent and polyvocal monuments that will be further explored in Sessions II and III. Session II: Handling Stone is an immersive and interactive lab on the haptic qualities of stone. Used as we are to thinking about stone monuments as things not touched or moved, this hands-on lab focuses on the physical, material, and tactile properties of stone as a worked substance that was handled, carved, and subject to changes from weather and use.

Questions may be sent to jelements@uab.edu.

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