Place, Space, and Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes
Call For Papers: Two spatial themes will be discussed, both consisting of a mix of invited and open papers.
• The first theme is “Body and Spatial Experience.” Papers investigating corporeal experience in space, and how bodies influence, and are influenced by, space(s) will be welcomed. Consideration will also be given to papers that engage with things, or objects, in relation to the body and space. Contributions from diverse fields, e.g. textual studies, iconography, and archaeology will be welcomed. We encourage contributors to be innovative and utilize approaches from different fields, e.g. narratology, critical-spatiality, feminism, sociology, psychology, cognitive linguistics, philosophy and archaeology.
• The second theme is “Spatial Experience and Conceptions of the Afterlife.” Papers investigating ancient Mediterranean worldview(s), especially conceptions of the “afterlife” as “imagined space” will be welcomed. Contributions from diverse fields, e.g. textual studies, iconography, and archaeology will be welcomed. We encourage contributors to be innovative and utilize approaches from different fields, e.g. narratology, critical-spatiality, feminism, sociology, psychology, cognitive linguistics, philosophy and archaeology in their interpretation of ancient Mediterranean worldview(s) and conceptions of the afterlife.
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