Nov 29-Dec 2, 2022
Animal Materials as Multiple: Historical Problems in "Reading Animals"
- 15:30 to 17:00
- Workshop
- Dept. III
Bird feather. Optical microscopy technique, , magnified at 300x Josef Reischig, 2014
Hand-woven mid-twentieth century Amami Ōshima tsumugi (pongee) silk, magnified at 200x. Nicole Ong, Biomaterial Matters 2017
Lactose crystals. Growing period 121 days. 10% solution. Photo under polarized light. Maxim Bilovitskiy, 2011.
Animal traces have been unstable entities that scientists and practitioners have historically examined in different ways across multiple fields. This exploratory workshop is a space for scholars and practitioners in the humanities and sciences to discuss methodological, technical, political, and ethical challenges and responsibilities that come with endeavors of “reading animal materials,” that is, visualizing, analyzing, and characterizing objects derived from animal bodies. Through multidisciplinary discussion bridging archaeologists, museum conservators, and historians, we strive to deepen our mutual understandings about how animal materials are studied and cared for as historical objects.
This workshop is envisioned as a plural environment for ideas exchange through a series of roundtable discussions and presentations.
November 29, 2022 15:30 - 17:15
November 30, 2022 09:30 - 16:30
December 01, 2022 10:00 - 18:00
December 02, 2022 09:00 - 15:30
Contact and Registration
lonaga@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de or ideoliveiradornelas@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
This is a closed event. Audience seating is limited.