HSAXO0361U HELGA. Collecting and collecting practices from antiquity till today

Volume 2023/2024
Education

Forskningsområde knyttet til 3. semesterkurser på Saxo-Instituttet.

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HELGA. Collecting and collecting practices from antiquity till today
In archaeology an assemblage is traditionally defined as static and temporally fixed as “a group of artifacts recurring together at a particular time and place”. What happens if we instead understand assemblages as part of a collecting process? Collecting has become a major focus of modern museum studies. These studies show that collecting represents an enormous potential for understanding the values, mentality and dynamics of a society. In this course we will discuss some of the challenges associated with introducing collecting as a way of understanding archaeological assemblages in classical antiquity. New museology studies and in particular their focus on material agency and network theory are very helpful as an offset for studying collecting in antiquity. However, the recent studies that deal with collecting in antiquity have mainly taken a logocentric approach. In contrast to these studies we will in this course discuss what the concept of collecting adds to our understanding of the material culture. We will consider definitions for collections and collecting and identify and discuss theoretical frameworks which may work for collecting antiquity as well as in the modern era.

OBS:
"Forskningsområde" indgår som en integreret del af:
- Metode 2: dokumentation og analyse med forskningsområde (Arkæologistuderende)
- Kulturanalyse med forskningsområde (Etnologistuderende)
- Område 3: historieformidling med formidlingsteori og forskningsområde (Historiestuderende - se Historie, BA, lektionskatalog efterår 2023).

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Forudsætter tilmelding til:
- Metode 2: dokumentation og analyse med forskningsområde (Arkæologistuderende)
- Kulturanalyse med forskningsområde (Etnologistuderende)
- Område 3: historieformidling med formidlingsteori og forskningsområde (Historiestuderende).
Holdundervisning, forelæsninger, øvelser, ekskursioner
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Class Instruction
  • 42
  • Preparation
  • 88
  • Exam Preparation
  • 62
  • Total
  • 192
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Exam registration requirements

"Forskningsområde" indgår som en integreret del af:
- Metode 2: dokumentation og analyse med forskningsområde (Arkæologistuderende)
- Kulturanalyse med forskningsområde (Etnologistuderende)
- Område 3: historieformidling med formidlingsteori og forskningsområde (Historiestuderende)

Criteria for exam assesment

"Forskningsområde" indgår som en integreret del af:
- Metode 2: dokumentation og analyse med forskningsområde (Arkæologistuderende)
- Kulturanalyse med forskningsområde (Etnologistuderende)
- Område 3: historieformidling med formidlingsteori og forskningsområde (Historiestuderende)