International Conference on Technology, Crafting and Artisanal Networks in the Greek and Roman World, Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Ceramics
Professor Eleni Hasaki (Anthropology/Classics) co-organized an international conference with Marco Serino, Marie Sklodowska-Curie European Commission Fellow, and Diego Elia, Professor at the University of Turin. The conference, in a hybrid format, will be held at the University of Turin, Italy, on October 6-7 2022. It is an initiative within the Marie Sklodowska-Curie European Commission funded project, A.G.A.T.H.O.C.L.E.S. Marco Serino is the PI of the project with Professors Elia and Hasaki as the supervisors for its duration.
Conference Abstract: This international conference aims to merge theoretical models with methodological approaches on ceramic technology and artisanal networks in the Classical world. This convergence of analytical frameworks will allow scholars to explore some traditional archaeological topics that usually have a very low-level of archaeological visibility, such as the skillful gestures of the craftspeople involved, the organization of the ceramic production, the dynamics of apprenticeship and knowledge transfer as well as intra and inter-regional artisanal mobility, in the Greco-Roman ‘communities of practice’. Invited speakers with highly interdisciplinary research profiles will present on case studies reconstructing the ancient savoir-faire of craftspeople working with clay in classical antiquity. They will discuss new holistic paradigms that promote interdisciplinary dialogues among various field of studies such as archaeology, archaeometry, anthropology, ethnoarchaeology, experimental archaeology, and digital humanities, such as Social Network Analysis, computational imaging and big data analysis.