Afield

Authors

  • Mike Pearson Aberystwyth University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jca.32247

Keywords:

Interdisciplinarity, performance, fieldwork

Abstract

Reflections on and approaches to interdisciplinary collaboration in archaeology, cultural geography and performance. With the outline of a potential methodology and proposals for practice that draw upon experiences of creative endeavours in the field and in which scholarly and artistic are combined; and with reference to a series of performative outcomes.

Author Biography

  • Mike Pearson, Aberystwyth University

    Emeritus Professor of Performance Studies Dept. of Theatre, Film and Television Studies Aberystwyth University.

References

Daniels, S., M. Pearson and H.Roms. 2010. “Editorial.” Performance Research 15 (4): 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1080/13528165.2010.539871

Pearson, M. 2000. “Bubbling Tom.” In Small Acts: Performance, the Millennium and the Marking of Time, edited by A. Heathfield, 172–185. London: Black Dog Publishing.

____. 2006. In Comes I: Performance, Memory and Landscape. Exeter: University of Exeter Press.

____. 2007. Carrlands. Availanle online: www.carrlands.org.uk

____. 2010. Site-Specific Performance. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-28558-4

____. 2012. “Warplands: Alkborough.” Performance Research, 17 (7): 87–95. https://doi.org/10.1080/13528165.2012.671077

____. and H. Roms. 2014. “Performing Cardiff: Six Approaches to a City and its Performance Past.” In Performing Cities, edited by N. Whybrow, 120–138. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137455697_7

Pearson, M. and M. Shanks. 2001. Theatre/Archaeology. London and New York: Routledge.

____. 2013. Pearson|Shanks 1993–2013. London: blurb.

____. 2014a. “Autosuggestion.” Performance Research 19 (3): 101–110. https://doi.org/10.1080/13528165.2014.935188

____. 2014b. “Theatre/Archaeology – Return and Prospect.” In Art and Archaeology: Collaborations, Conversations, Criticisms, edited by I. A. Russell and A. Cochrane, 199–230. New York: Springer-Kluwer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8990-0_14

Shanks, M. 2012. The Archaeological Imagination. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.

____. 2013. “‘Let Me Tell You about Hadrian’s Wall…’: Heritage, Performance, Design.” Amsterdam: Reinwardt Academy / Amsterdam School of the Arts.

Published

2018-02-19

Issue

Section

Creative Archaeologies Forum

How to Cite

Pearson, M. (2018). Afield. Journal of Contemporary Archaeology, 4(2), 157-162. https://doi.org/10.1558/jca.32247