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Meeting – The Connected Past – Networks, History & Archeology (24-25 Aug, Poole GB)

The Connected Past 2017, August 24-25th 2017, Bournemouth University (UK)

THE CONNECTED PAST 2017: THE FUTURE OF PAST NETWORKS?

AUGUST 24-25TH 2017

BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY (UK)

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AUGUST 22-23RD 2017 PRACTICAL NETWORKS WORKSHOP

http://connectedpast.net/ [1]

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THE CONNECTED PAST 2017 is a multi-disciplinary, international two-day conference that aims to provide a friendly and informal platform for exploring the use of network research in the study of the human past.

IT WILL BE PRECEDED BY A TWO-DAY PRACTICAL WORKSHOP OFFERING HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH A RANGE OF NETWORK SCIENCE METHODS.

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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION (includes coffee breaks and lunch): £35

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION (includes coffee breaks): £20

KEYNOTES: Eleftheria Paliou and discussant Chris Tilley (tbc)

ORGANISERS: Fiona Coward, Anna Collar & Tom Brughmans

Five years have passed since the first Connected Past conference (Southampton 2012) brought together scholars working in archaeology, history, physics, mathematics and computer science to discuss how network methods, models and thinking might be used to enhance our understanding of the human past. Much has happened in these intervening years: applications of network analysis have expanded rapidly; a number of collected volumes dealing explicitly with network analysis of the past have been published (e.g. _The Connected Past_, OUP 2016; Special Issue of the _Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory_ 2015; _Network Analysis in Archaeology_, OUP 2013); and several dedicated groups of scholars are thriving, including the Connected Past itself which hosted conferences in Paris and London, but also the Historical Network Research group, Res-Hist and others. The Connected Past 2017 will provide an opportunity to take stock of the developments of the past five years and to discuss the future of network research in archaeology and history. How will new network models, methods and thinking shape the ways we study the past?

Topics might include, but are not limited to:

●        Missing and incomplete data in archaeological and historical
networks

●        Networks, space and place

●        Network change over time

●        What kinds of data can archaeologists and historians use to reconstruct past networks and what kinds of issues ensue?

●        Categories in the past vs categories in our analysis: etic or emic, pre-determined or emergent?

●        Formal network analysis vs qualitative network approaches: pros, cons, potential, limitations