2014-05-07 EA Conference Burgos, intro to EXARC (and OpenArch)
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DR ROELAND PAARDEKOOPER EXARC DIRECTOR EXARC and Experimental Archaeology 1
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2014 Introduction about EXARC and its goals, with extra attention to EU project - OpenArch, a cooperation of 10 EXARC members and EXARC itself (2011-2015)
Transcript of 2014-05-07 EA Conference Burgos, intro to EXARC (and OpenArch)
DR ROELAND PAARDEKOOPEREXARC DIRECTOR
EXARC and
Experimental
Archaeology
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EXARC is worldwide
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Archaeological Open-Air Museums Experimental Archaeology
Ancient Technology Interpretation
Four Legs
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EXARC AOAM Members
The EXARC Journal
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The EXARC Journal
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EU Experience
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A five year Culture project with 11 partners, building on the
success of EXARC. Our objective is to create a permanent
partnership of archaeological open-air museums throughout
Europe. The ultimate goal of OpenArch is to help museums and
their broader network to become more professional, and to
demonstrate the value of working on a European level for the
benefit of the visitor experience.
2011 - 2015
Meetings and Workshops
Staff Exchanges
Experimental Actions
EXARC’s task
Communication & Dissemination
Links with other museum organizations
Venues
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www.openarchaeology.info
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Social Media
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Links with other organisations
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The characteristics of an archaeological open-air museum (AOAM):
Museum
Archaeological
Life size architectural (re)constructions in the open air
Collection of immaterial cultural heritage
Link with scientific research
Appropriate interpretation
What is an AOAM?
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What is an AOAM?
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What is an AOAM?
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What is an AOAM?
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What is an AOAM?
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What is an AOAM?
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What is an AOAM?
We tell stories, relevant to
modern-day visitors, so they
can reflect on the past to
learn for the present.
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What is an AOAM?
What is EA?
• “A sub-field of archaeological research which employs a number of different methods, techniques, analyses, and approaches within the context of a controllable imitative experiment to replicate past phenomena (from objects to systems) in order to generate and test hypotheses to provide or enhance analogies for archaeological interpretation” (Mathieu 2002, 1).
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Verbal Theoretic Data &
Knowledge By Experience
Technical Approach&
Human Science
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What is EA?
• From www.openarchaeology.info • (10,000+ titles):• 7% was published before 1960
66% was published after 1990
80% are articles, chapters or conference papers
47% is in English, 29% in German
85% of the 5,500 authors, a one-time experiment?
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What is EA?
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What is EA?
Experiments do not only satisfy scientific purposes
You are forced to look at your data differently
A reconstruction is no experiment
Long term monitoring
It teaches us crafts, methods and techniques
It often is interdisciplinary work
It requires looking broader
It has become part of a toolkit of methods
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What is EA?
May Switzerland 4th Flint Knapping Week
August Norway 4th Norwegian EA Meeting
August Poland 11th Iron Smelting Symposium
September Austria 20th EXARC Conference
October Serbia 8th OpenArch Conference
October USA 5th US Conference on EA
October Germany 16th German EA ‘Tagung’
November Germany 4th Textile Forum
January Ireland 9th UK Conference on EA
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Become EXARC Member Students and Members from Spain and
Portugal pay EUR 35 a year.
full fee individual membership is EUR 60 for European Members and EUR 40 for none Europe.
Institutional Members from Spain and Portugal pay EUR 50 a year.
Contact us at this conference or register online at members.exarc.net
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Our limited offer Join us with a Light Membership
which includes ONLY access to our online Journal.
You can become Light Member up to the end of 2015 for EUR 10 a year (so total EUR 20).
Contact us at this conference or mail before 1 June to: [email protected], referring to this conference.
Conclusion
EXARC IS GOOD FOR YOU
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