ROOTS Workshop on "Quantifying Social Inequalities"
Quantifying Social Inequalities –
New Proxies, New Methods? Possibilities and Limitations to Determine Social Inequalities in Archaeological Contexts
Social inequality is a subject of contemporary concern. Studying past forms and dynamics of inequality enhances our understanding of present social inequality and its consequences. The integration of empirical data from past archives is an enduring challenge in determining social inequality. Methods derived from economics and paleoanthropology, for example, are increasingly used to quantify social inequality in archaeological contexts.
Organised by Dr. Ralph Grossmann (contact/link) in the framework of the activities conducted by the subcluster ROOTS of Inequalities, this workshop will address the current state of research and will gain new insights on the study of past social inequality. Young researchers from different disciplines will gather in Kiel in order to discuss the diverse socio-cultural processes involved in the creation of social inequality as well as multiple methods in quantifying social inequality in past societies. Furthermore, it is expected that the workshop will reflect on the relationship between gained data and models of social inequalities.
Confirmed speakers are: Timothy J. Dennehy and Adrian Chase, Arizona University; Marta Cintas Peña, Seville University; Penny Bickle, University of York; Julian Laabs, Bern University; Arne Windler, Deutschen Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Vesa P. J. Arponen and Nils Müller-Scheeßel, Kiel University.
Date: 7–8 October 2019 (Start: Monday, 7 October 2019, 02:00 p.m.)
Place: Kiel University, Leibnizstraße 1, R. 105
