Course
Course 15 credits • ARKN11
Teaching – autumn semester of 2020
Due to the announcement from the Swedish Government issued May 29th, that returning to campus-based education is possible from June 15th, the following applies to teaching at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology during the autumn semester:
- Due to the ongoing corona (COVID-19) pandemic and the restrictions that have been issued, the courses taught this autumn will have a limited number of meetings on campus, depending on the availability of suitable lecture rooms. The major part of the teaching will take place online. Detailed information on what is the case for your course will be given below.
- If the teaching is campus-based, there will be assigned entry and exit passages for each teaching room regarding stairwells, corridors and entrances (doorways). Please be considerate and follow the instructions to the point. Hand disinfectant will be available in all lecture halls and group rooms.
Please pay attention to the start time of your teaching. The stated time in your course schedule is valid.
Material culture is the hub of archaeology. However, things do not speak to us; it is up to us to ask questions which enable us to elicit information about past lives. In this course we explore the theoretical debate in archaeology from the last decade, focusing especially on its impact on the study of material culture. Material culture studies is an interdisciplinary field that addresses the central core of archaeological inquiry, such as the relationship between form, function and meaning of objects, the interdependence of space, bodies and objects, crafting and performance, things and identity, etc. It does this by applying perspectives drawn from a broad field of disciplines including not only archaeology and anthropology, but also art history, museum studies, sociology, philosophy, psychology and cognitive science. The course is designed to explore these theoretical approaches from the perspective of a wide range of time periods, thus encouraging students to develop a critical understanding of the relationships between theory, method and material culture in a variety of temporal and spatial contexts.
Study period:
autumn semester 2020
Type of education:
both campus/online
Type of studies:
full time,
day
Study period:
2020-08-31 – 2020-11-08
Language of instruction:
English
Application code:
LU-30281
Eligibility:
Students must have passed the course ARKK04, ARKH04, AKSK04, HOSK04 or the equivalent.
Introductory meeting: Monday, 31 August at 10.15 – 12.00 in LUX:B237
Teachers:
Torbjörn Ahlström,
Susanne Berndt Ersöz,
Paola Derudas,
Fredrik Ekengren
Second Admission Round
Nationell ansökningsomgång
Autumn semester 2025
Late application
Opens 15 July