[Bonetools] European ivories research network proposal

[Eva David]

Dear Sonia,
For 2) 3) 4) and 5) may be eventually usefull for you to contact  
Prof. Nicolas CONARD from Tübingen in charge of the oldest ivory  
sculptures found in Europe :


Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters
Abteilung Ältere Urgeschichte und Quartärökologie
Schloss
Burgsteige 11
D 72070 Tübingen

Tel: 0049/(0)7071/ 2978916
Fax: 0049/(0)7071/ 295714


nicholas.conard at uni-tuebingen.de

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All the best for your project,
Dr. Eva David


Le 22 sept. 08 à 17:26, S O'Connor a écrit :

> Dear All,
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> I have recently been involved in a grant application with Dr Paul  
> Lane ( http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/staff/Lane.htm ),  
> University of York, to set up a multi-disciplinary, ivories  
> research cluster in the UK. Paul is Project Coordinator of HEEAL  
> http://www.heeal.eu/ .  This four year project is funded by a  
> European Union Marie Curie Excellence Grant which aims to study the  
> historical ecology of east African landscapes over the last 500  
> years through a combination of archaeological, historical,  
> ethnographic and palaeo-environmental research and includes six sub- 
> projects, one of which is the bio-archaeology of the ivory trade.
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> In our discussions about the ivories research cluster, we  
> increasingly realised the value of having a far wider geographical  
> base for such a research network and now propose to bid for  
> European Science Foundation funding under their Research Networking  
> Programme.
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> The aims of this research network are to
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> 1)       Refine scholarly understanding across the natural  
> sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities boundaries of the  
> nature and diversity of different types of ivory and the range of  
> current methods of study and analysis;
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> 2)       Stimulate future cross-disciplinary research on ivory in  
> Europe and establish a set of research priorities and objectives,  
> with particular reference to archaeological material and museum  
> collections;
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> 3)       Develop protocols for the use of destructive and non- 
> destructive methods of study and analysis of ivory artefacts, with  
> guidelines that would allow curators, conservators and researchers  
> to make informed decisions on the merits and drawbacks of different  
> techniques and the type of information that might be gleaned  
> through their use;
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> 4)       Establish a network of experts across the disciplines  
> around specific issues, and to bring together their various areas  
> of expertise by contributing to a dedicated website on ?Researching  
> Ivories? and publishing, electronically, an annotated bibliography  
> on these topics;
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> 5)       Contextualise historically and geographically the changing  
> nature and pattern of different systems of ivory acquisition,  
> production, exchange, consumption and representation;
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> 6)       Develop collaborative research links with other experts  
> and research groups in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia;
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> 7)       Facilitate knowledge transfer through dissemination of the  
> work of the research network to the broader academic and museum  
> communities, relevant government, international and non- 
> governmental bodies and agencies, and a wider public.
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> It would be useful if you could
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> let me know what interest there would be for such a network amongst  
> members of the Bonetools list.
> suggest names for the Steering Committee of the research network
> supply contact details of other researchers and appropriate people  
> at museums with major ivory collections that we should approach  
> about the proposed network
> let me know of any particular topics you think such a network could  
> usefully tackle.
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> The deadline for applications for this funding is October 23rd so  
> time is short but we think it is worth trying.
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> All the best,
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> Sonia
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> Dr Sonia O'Connor FIIC ACR
> Research Fellow in Conservation
> Archaeological Sciences
> Division of AGES
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> University of Bradford
> Bradford
> West Yorkshire BD7 1DP
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> Tel 01274 236498 (office)
> Tel 01274 235210 (lab.)
> Fax 01274 235190
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> X-Radiography of Textiles, Dress and Related Materials by Sonia  
> O'Connor and Mary BrooksCheck it out at http://books.elsevier.com/ 
> uk//Elsevier/uk/subindex.asp?maintarget=&isbn=0750666323
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