Postdoctoral researchers Margalida Coll (Research Group in Mediterranean Archaeology, UPF) and Sergi Castellà Martínez (CERCCA) are organizing the workshop Experimental Genres in the Humanities: Theory Fiction, Imagined Narratives, and Practice-Based Research on Thursday, October 23. With a distinctly interdisciplinary scope, and featuring international guests who are experts in fields ranging from archaeology and philosophy to art curation, the workshop presentations aim to explore the virtues and challenges of introducing diverse creative practices into academic writing.

The event is open to everyone, with no prior registration required, and is addressed to faculty and students in the humanities and social sciences.

For more information, please write to [email protected] o [email protected]. 

Experimental Genres in the Humanities

Thursday, October 23rd - Auditori Mercè Rodoreda

Programme

9:30h Welcome by Margalida Coll and Sergi Castella-Martinez (UPF)

Session 1 – Moderation by Júlia Lull (UPF)

10:00h – From “setting the mood” to intellectual partnerships. Exploring the emerging relationships between Archaeology, Art, Design, and public engagement - Liv Nilsson Stutz Linnaeus University

10:45h - Navigating multiplicity, emotions and varying standpoints. The art of curating societally involved exhibitions - Lieke Wijnia Stedelijk Museum Schiedam

11:30h – Coffee Break

Session 2 – Moderation by Maria Pinell (UPF)

12:00h - Bringing Objects to Life. Illustrating Iberian Iron Age Ritual Practices - Sonia Machause López Universitat de València / Lydia Sánchez Marco Universitat Politècnica de València / Illustrator

12:45h - Libro Vivo: sounding, writing, and watering mystical texts - Harri Hudspith UWE Bristol / Tomer Damsky Antwerp University, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, Orpheus Institute Ghent

14:00h – Lunch Break

Session 3 – Moderation by Margalida Coll and Sergi Castella-Martinez (UPF)

16:00h - Archaeology’s rational monsters. How fiction, storytelling, and an openness to human experience may lead to a fuller understanding of the archaeological past - Daniël Paul van Helden University of Leicester

16:45h - From deep-time onomatophores to Martian buddhists. Using theory fictions, found genres and performance to explore scientific and religious futures - Bronislaw Szerszynski University of Lancaster

17:45h – Closing Remarks

18:00h – Reception