‘Gavdos: The House’. A Theatre/Archaeology Narrative and Pieces of Knowledge of Diachronic Home Life
| Autor: | Katerina Kopaka, Efthimis Theou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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archaeology and anthropology
Archeology History Materials Science (miscellaneous) Performative utterance Conservation Contemporary art Prehistory dwelling Gavdos Island Bronze Age 0502 economics and business 0601 history and archaeology Narrative lcsh:CC1-960 Stratigraphy (archaeology) theatre and archaeology Gavdos interdisciplinary project 060102 archaeology Field (Bourdieu) 05 social sciences Excavation 06 humanities and the arts Archaeology lcsh:Archaeology University of Crete 050212 sport leisure & tourism |
| Zdroj: | Heritage, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 1286-1299 (2019) Heritage Volume 2 Issue 2 Pages 83-1299 |
| ISSN: | 2571-9408 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/heritage2020083 |
| Popis: | At the site called Katalymata, on the island of Gavdos off the south western Cretan shores, the University of Crete is excavating a spacious building complex dating back to the Bronze Age (3rd and mainly 2nd millennia BC). In this paper, we discuss a theatrical performance inspired by this discovery and investigation, which was first presented in situ on the field in 2012. The play was created by young members of the research team, who are themselves both archaeologists and actors. It is based on the accounts in the excavation notebooks of the prehistoric activities revealed in the building&rsquo s stratigraphy and enlivened by the memories of the modern islanders of their happenings at home. It also draws upon wider cognitive pieces of relevant knowledge&mdash philosophical, literary and other. This combination was moulded to produce a structured narrative of domestic life on the island through time, and illustrate some specific aspects and overall meanings, material and symbolic, of &lsquo dwelling&rsquo down the ages. Since its Gavdiot premiere, the work has been adapted for different media to travel in Greece and elsewhere in Europe, as a performative guided tour played in historic houses, as a lecture performance for conferences and art venues, and as an audiovisual installation in museums of contemporary art. |
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