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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology

 

 

Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World
Brown University
Box 1837 / 60 George Street
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: (401) 863-3188
Fax: (401) 863-9423
[email protected]

Week 1 - Feb 1. Introduction: overview of the course.

Week 2 - Feb 8. Body and its performances in recent critical theory and archaeology

Week 3 - Feb 15. Body, image and knowledge: rock art and shamanistic performance

Week 4 - March 1. Performance and performativity: towards an understanding of performed and embodied spaces, subjects, societies.

Week 5 - March 8. A performative theory for prehistoric figurines