History of Art and Architecture (Scholarly Publications) http://hdl.handle.net/2262/138 History of Art (Scholarly Publications) 2019-09-18T13:20:56Z From Subversion to Celebration: The Emergence of a domestic avant garde in contemporary Irish Art http://hdl.handle.net/2262/39171 From Subversion to Celebration: The Emergence of a domestic avant garde in contemporary Irish Art HUMPHRIES, JANE Although the domestic has been critically observed in relation to British artists in the 1990s, it has not been considered cross-culturally in terms of Irish artists.1 Considering many female Irish artists were coming of age in the 1990s, as part of a newly enlightened media-aware generation, conscious of feminist ideas and changing attitudes towards women both in Ireland and internationally, this paper argues that consequently, the domestic, as a subject-matter or material culture, became the vanguard for a `domestic? artistic movement to develop. PUBLISHED 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Visualizing Archaeologies: A Manifesto http://hdl.handle.net/2262/8858 Visualizing Archaeologies: A Manifesto RUSSELL, IAN Is archaeology a science? Is archaeology a humanity? What are the politics of spectatorship and archaeological representation? These initial thoughts form the basis for our archaeological explorations. Within current archaeological discourse, there are a growing number of requests for expressions, which illuminate and expose the interpretive and artistic qualities of presentation and narration. Yet few scholars actively utilize expressive practice to explore these philosophical issues. As such, we feel that it is an opportune time to intervene in visual and textual discourse by issuing a manifesto for our project. We call for a development of a critically reflexive practice of visual archaeological expressionism, which seeks to contest traditional modes of thought and action. PUBLISHED 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Objects and Agency: Some Obstacles and Opportunities of Modernity http://hdl.handle.net/2262/8698 Objects and Agency: Some Obstacles and Opportunities of Modernity RUSSELL, IAN Objects from the past are present all around us, everyday of our lives. It is through interaction with these objects that we glean an interpretation of things which came before. But we must ask can artefacts act? Can they speak? A new field of study has been put forth by scholars at previous academic meetings discussing the theory of object agency; however, at the same time, it is admitted that archaeological artefacts are inanimate and mute. Julian Thomas described the urge to interpret an object's existence in our present timeframe as evidence of previous human or sentient agency as the 'archaeological imagination'. In psychological terms, the externalisation of individual and social expectations for 'past' and 'meaning' onto inanimate objects (artefacts) creates images of the past. However, we can argue that the interpretation of an object and the creation of images of the past are all aspects of the broader psychological function of perception. These modern perceptions are what are used to bridge the existential crisis of sentient beings fulfilling the desire for a notion of purpose and continuity with a greater lineage of agency. However, to what extent do our own methods of structuring and constructing perceptions and rendering meanings through methods of science and humanistic interpretation simply reify systems of supposedly synonymous modern dichotomies and dualities and modern paradigms? This paper is designed to engage with how the concept of 'object agency' obscures the phenomenon of the construction of images of the past through the viewing, interpreting and rendering of artefacts and objects in the world we inhabit. It will also suggest some possible ways archaeology can move beyond modernity through an engagement with the world not as materials but as media. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Freud and Volkan: Psychoanalysis, Group Identities and Archaeology http://hdl.handle.net/2262/8692 Freud and Volkan: Psychoanalysis, Group Identities and Archaeology RUSSELL, IAN Social groupings create material cultures and material objects reflect and maintain group identities. The author explores the role of psychoanalysis in examining and explaining the origins and the need for these identities and their material symbols in the mind. He then shows that modern archaeology itself needs psychoanalysing: as a purveyor of culture, it is in the business of creating or reinforcing modern identities. 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z