The event will be hosted at the IFEA (French Institute for Anatolian Studies) in Istanbul (Turkey) on 23rd and 24th May 2024.
Four thematic sessions have been outlined:
– The first will focus on the stratigraphic understanding of the landscape through the study of rock-cut structures and stone quarries. This session allows us to reflect on new approaches and conceptions of stone material as a stratified archaeological palympsest. Its integration into a historical landscape is made possible thanks to digital tools and technologies (GIS, relational database, data models). However, a challenge is presented in terms of effectively harmonizing the temporal dimension (stratigraphy) with the spatial one, landscape.
– The second will bring together researchers on stone ecology and multi-species interactions in carved landscapes. A particular emphasis will be placed on ecological aspects and the analysis of multiproxy data to gain insight into how the articulation of relationships between humans, rocks, animals and plants has evolved over the centuries.
– A third session will address landscape-scale concepts of technical environments and taskscape, bringing 20th century anthropological concepts to current anthropological research directions. This will address the issue of epistemology: the articulation, similarities and differences of notions of space and environment.
– A fourth session will focus on cultural sociology and the notion of heritage at different scales. The purpose of this panel is to open the debate on societal issues by involving sociologists, international relations researchers, geographers…
Contributions on the themes evoked in the call, and in particular abstracts with transdisciplinary aspects, are welcome. Funding will be available for students and PhD students presenting a contribution in the framework of the conference (more detailed information will soon be available).
The abstracts should be in English and no longer than 300 words.
Applications should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 18 December 2023.
