[Jornada] Experimental Genres in the Humanities: Theory Fiction, Imagined Narratives, and Practice-Based Research (23.10.2025)

[Jornada] Experimental Genres in the Humanities: Theory Fiction, Imagined Narratives, and Practice-Based Research (23.10.2025)

02.10.2025

Imatge inicial -

Los investigadores postdoctorales Margalida Coll (Grupo de Investigación en Arqueología Mediterránea, UPF) y Sergi Castellà Martínez (CERCCA) organizan la jornada Experimental Genres in the Humanities: Theory Fiction, Imagined Narratives, and Practice-Based Research el jueves 23 de octubre. Con un alcance marcadamente interdisciplinar, y con invitados internacionales expertos en distintos campos, desde la arqueología y la filosofía hasta la curaduría de arte, las presentaciones de la jornada tienen como objetivo explorar las virtudes y los retos de la introducción de diversas prácticas creativas en la escritura académica.

El acto está abierto a todo el público, sin necesidad de registro previo, y se dirige a profesores y estudiantes de humanidades y ciencias sociales.

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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