program (english version)
IMAGE . NARRATION . CONTEXT -VISUAL NARRATIVES IN THE CULTURES AND SOCIETIES OF THE OLD WORLD
March 18-21, FRIAS, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Narratives constitute fundamental components in the production of social meaning and identity. They are developed and articulated not only in oral and literal forms of expression, but also in images and artefacts. By virtue of their materiality, these narratives take place in specific contexts of, for instance, observation, use, veneration and destruction. How do these images and artefacts perform narration? Where are the social loci of their observation? How do these contexts – social practices, religious rituals, demonstrations of political power – interact with, and re-affect the images/artefacts in question? These questions and the complex network of visual media, narratives and social contexts constitute the central agenda of the conference. Special emphasis is given to early cultures of the Old World, ranging from Mesopotamia and Egypt through Classical and Late Antiquity including European Prehistory. Approaches from various fields of the cultural studies, including philosophy, literary theory and art history will complement the case studies both from archaeology and extra-European and contemporary cultures, thereby putting their findings into a broader methodological framework.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Wednesday, 18st of March
FRIAS, Albertstr. 19, 79194 Freiburg
16.00 Registration FRIAS
18.15 Welcome
Prof. Dr. Hans-Helmuth Gander, Dean
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Brather, Executive Director, IAW
18:30 opening lecture
Hans P. Hahn (Frankfurt)
Entangled in stories? What things tell – and not
19:30 Welcome Reception
Thursay, the 19st
9.15 INTRODUCTION: IMAGE . NARRATION . CONTEXT
Organizers
VISUAL NARRATIVES – APPROACHES AND ACCESSES
Chair: Nicole Falkenhayner
9.35 Luca Giuliani (Berlin)
About the difference between narrative and non-narratives images.
10:30 Antonius Weixler (Wuppertal)
‚Paratactic‘ vs. ‚consecutive‘ . Depicting time as a challenge in visual narration
11.05 Michael Ranta (Lund)
The Construction of Otherness – A Case Study: Establishing the Aryan Identity in the Third Reich
THE BEGINNING OF VISUAL NARRATIVES IN THE OLD WORLD
Chair: Hans-Peter Hahn
14:00 Marion Benz (Laufenburg)
Ideas without stories? Approaches to prehistoric narratives.
14:35 Michela Luiselli (Basel)
Visualising religion. Narration, performance and interaction in religious scenes of ancient Egypt
15:40 Gebhard Selz (Wien)
Narration beyond Language
16.15 Elisabeth Wagner-Durand (Freiburg)
Narration. Description. Reality - The Neoassyrian Royal Hunt
18:15 keynote speach
Davide Nadali (Rom)
The Power of Narratives in the Ancient Near East
Friday, 20st
IMAGE AND MYTH IN GREEK CULTURE
Chair: Martin Guggisberg
9.00 Ralf von den Hoff (Freiburg)
Narrating the hero. Forms of Visual Storytelling in ancient Greece
9:35 Alexander Heinemann (Freiburg)
Image – Narrative – Reflection. Seeing and being seen on greek mirrors
10.10 Caroline van Eck (Leiden)
Visual Retellings: the Medusa Rondanini and the rise of the tableau vivant
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IMAGESERIES AT THE FRINGES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Chair: Ralf von den Hoff
11:20 Michel Fuchs (Lausanne)
Romano-Celtic Rites in the Cryptoporticus of Meikirch Villa or a Daily Laugh
11:55 Monika Zin (München)
The Large-Scale Reliefs at Kanaganahalli, 1. cent. B.C.
12:30 Rainer Warland (Freiburg)
The ivory cathedra of Maximian in Ravenna and its Narrative Surplus of Images
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14:30 POSTERSESSION
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ARTEFACT AND NARRATIVE IN THE METAL AGES OF EUROPE
Chair: Christoph Huth
15:30 Peter Skoglund (Göteborg)
Narratives in Scandinavian Rock Art
16:05 Martin Guggisberg (Basel)
Images of Actions or Active Images? Narrative Constructions in the Art of the Iron Age North and South of the Alpes
17:00 Daniel Ebrecht / Barbara Fath (Freiburg)
Woven Stories: The Red Thread in the Early Iron Age
17:35 Jennifer Bagley (Palo Alto)
Early Latène Images and their Contexts – Thinking about Communication via Visual Culture
Saturday, 21st
BACK TO THE PRESENT: VISUAL NARRTIVES IN TIMES OF MEDIAL BOUNDLESSNESS
Chair: Martin Gessmann
9.00 Shane McCausland (London)
Intermediary Moments: Framing and Scrolling Devices Across Painting, Print and Film in Chinese Visual Narratives
9:35 Mary O’Neill (Lincoln)
Materiality and Narrative in Contemporary Art: The Story of Stuff
10:10 Cornelia Brink (Freiburg)
How much context does a photo need?
11:30 ROUND TABLE