Theme:
The archaeology of material culture, bodies and landscapes
Session format:
Session, made up of a combination of papers, max. 15 minutes each
Title:
African cosmopolitans: the Horn of Africa and the world (1st-20th centuries AD)
Content:
The Horn of Africa is often depicted in negative terms in today's mass media, as a place of famine, ethnic conflict, war and terrorism. This negative picture reinforces ideas of Africa as a dark continent without history. However, the Horn has been historically the home of a bewildering variety of societies, both indigenous and diasporic, who have interacted in a myriad ways to create rich, hybrid cultures. In this session we will explore the place of materiality in the creation and development of religious, cultural, economic and political networks involving people from the Horn and societies along the Indian Ocean, Arabia ad Europe. We welcome papers that address issues of connectivity, hybridity and interaction from a long term perspective.
Keywords:
Trade, Landscape, Religious interaction, State-building
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
yes
Main organiser:
Doctor Jorge de Torres Rodríguez (United Kingdom) 1
Co-organisers:
Dr. Alfredo González-Ruibal (Spain) 2
Dr. Shane Balzano (United Kingdom) 3,4
Dr. Jacke S. Phillips (United Kingdom) 5
Affiliations:
1. British Museum
2. Institute of Heritage Sciences-Spanish National Research Council
3. London School of Economics
4. School of Oriental and African Studies
5. University of Cambridge
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