Mediterranean Archaology

Özet Isparta, Pisidya Bölgesi'nin batı, kuzey ve güneyinde yer alan komşu kültürlerle iletişimini sağlayabilecek önemli bir konuma sahiptir. Isparta'da Mehmet Özsait'in 1970'li yılların ortasından bu yana büyük bir titizlikle sürdürdüğü yüzey araştırmaları ile Harmanören Nekropolü ve Pisidya Antiokheia'sında yürütülenler dışında sistematik arkeolojik kazının bulunmaması bölge kültür tarihi hakkındaki bilgilerimizin sınırlı kalmasına yol açmıştır. Bu nedenle tüm Pisidya'da geçerli olduğu gibi Isparta'da da bilimsel arkeolojik kazı ve yüzey araştırma sayısını ivedilikle artırmak gereklidir. Bunun yanı sıra Isparta Müzesi gibi bölge kentlerinde bulunan müzelerin envanterinde yer alan kazı ve yüzey araştırması yanı sıra diğer yollarla edinilmiş eserlerin incelenmesi ve yayınlanarak bilim dünyasına tanıtılması da büyük önem taşımaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı Isparta Müzesi'nden bir grup bronz eseri incelemek, tarihlendirmek ve tanıtarak kentin kültür tarihine yönelik yapılacak araştırmalara bir nebze de olsa katkıda bulunmaktır. Çalışmamızda incelenen Isparta Müzesi'ne ait 10 parça metal eser M.Ö. 8. yüzyıldan Bizans Çağı'na kadar değişen dönemlere tarihlendirilmiş olması Isparta'nın yalnızca Demir Çağ buluntuları açısından değil Klasik Çağ buluntuları için de büyük potansiyele sahip olduğunu göstermektedir. Abstract Isparta is located between the northern and eastern borders of Pisidia Region. The geopolitical position of Isparta has great importance in providing cultural communication with the western, northern and southern neighbors of Pisidia. There are only two systematic excavation and some field survey in Isparta. The surveys has been carried out with great care by Mehmet Özsait, since the middle of the 1970s. Our knowledge about the cultural history of Isparta is limited with data originated from excavations at Necropolis of Harmanören, Antioch of Pisidia and some field surveys. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the number of scientific archaeological excavations and surveys in Isparta. In addition, it is greatly important to publish small findings from Isparta Museum in order to understand the cultural history of the region. The aim of this article is to study, date and introduce a group of bronze objects from Isparta Museum and consequently contribute to the cultural history of the city. 10 bronze objects from Isparta Museum studied in this article are dated to the period between 8th. century B.C. and Byzantine Period. It indicates that Isparta has a great potential not only in Iron Age, but also during Classical Ages.

In 2020 Bethlehem will be celebrated as the cultural capital of the Arab World. The Arab Capital of Culture is an initiative of the Arab World under the UNESCO cultural capital program that aims at promoting and celebrating the Arab culture and promoting cultural exchange and cooperation in the region. In preparation for this event, Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture in cooperation with the Palestinian Ministry of Culture and Bethlehem Municipality are planning an international conference that will focus on the socio-cultural history of the city. 

Bethlehem has a unique setting on the edge between the fertile landscape to the west and the desert to the East. Its diverse environment made it a center for Baal & Adonis on the one hand, and the perfect setting for desert monasteries on the other.  Its historic and religious significant made it a place for pilgrimage and a tourist destination. Its location on one of the ancient trade routes made it a city for expansive cultural exchange. Its present-day inhabitants of Christian & Muslim Palestinians make it a unique place for inter-religious interaction.

At this conference we are looking at the socio-cultural history of the Bethlehem governate in general and Bethlehem city in particular. The conference aims at providing a forum for sharing recent research, for interaction and dialogue among participants, and for assembling results into a comprehensive monograph accessible to a wider public in time for the 2020 celebrations. An interactive website will be launched with the audio-visual material of the conference as well as other relevant content. The participation of scholars from different parts of the world will bring to the event not only an international scope, persuasions and perspectives, but will foster an ecumenical, interdisciplinary, inter-religious and multi-cultural environ, dialogues and philosophy.
The conference will take place in Bethlehem, Palestine, on August 21-23, 2019 (excluding travel). It will consist of three days of lectures, dialogues, and collaboration and includes several tours throughout the governate. The objective is to gather an interdisciplinary group of scholars, and experts involved with social history, cultural-anthropology, religious & political studies, history & archeology. The program will be conducted in English.








Title

Bethlehem: A Socio-cultural History

Aim

To spark an international research and dialogue on the socio-cultural history of Bethlehem.

Goals

● Exploring important aspect of the social history of the city and its surrounding
● Investigating the narratives and identities connected to Bethlehem
● Analyzing the complex interaction of religion, environment and culture
● Studying the development of the city over the centuries
● Exposing the political and economic factors that shaped the local socio-religious landscape


Themes

● Cultural and intellectual life in Bethlehem in certain eras (Byzantine, Ottoman etc.)
● Interfaith relations
● Demographic & social shifts in Bethlehem
● The cultural heritage in Bethlehem
● Popular, ancient & contemporary religions and religious practices
● Sites & people that shaped the landscape, history and culture of the city (Church of the Nativity, Artas, Battir, Ruth, David, Jerome, etc.)
● Geography, geology, archaeology & its impact on the city’s development
● The diverse economies and their socio-cultural impact throughout the centuries
● Pilgrimage Patterns and practices and its impact on the city.

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Session: 371
Hybridization, transculturation, assimilation and cultural change are crucial concepts in our society. In broad terms, they show how cultural links between different social groups are powerful indicators of the emergence of new societies. They rise spontaneously or triggered by external events, but the picture is not so simplistic: it is worth to address shades and variables in order to characterize certain contexts, in which these processes took place by questioning the nature of the cultural links. Recognizing their presence/absence in foreign objects, skills and ideas, as well as in the continuity of certain past features, styles and functions will allow a wide analysis of the cultural encounters, going beyond mere chronological schemes. To do so, it is fundamental that different disciplines, such as archaeology, history, art history, ethnology, anthropology and sociology contribute to the debate, discussing their own subjects and their methodologies, providing their own insight. This session deals with evidences from the Mediterranean basin between the Prehistory and the Late Antiquity. The analysis will be focused on the cultural links established between humans (e.g. transfer of knowledge), non-humans (e.g. associations in archaeological contexts) and between them (e.g. emergence of new spatial vocabulary or cultural setting). To compare different experiences a brief questionnaire will be provided after the session. Contributors from different geographical, chronological domains and from different humanities' disciplines are strongly encouraged to apply.