IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1209: The Self in Social Spaces: Representations and Conceptualisations in Textual and Material Culture of Medieval Scandinavia
Wednesday 4 July 2018, 14.15-15.45
Organiser: | Stefka G. Eriksen, Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning, Oslo |
---|---|
Moderator/Chair: | Stefka G. Eriksen, Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning, Oslo |
Paper 1209-a | A Personality Set in Stone: Portrayals of Self in Medieval Epigraphic Texts (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Mentalities |
Paper 1209-b | Materialising the Self: Clothing and Appearances in Urban Spaces (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Law, Mentalities |
Paper 1209-c | Representations of the Self in Old Norse Sagas (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Mentalities |
Abstract | A central concern of the humanities is to understand how the self relates to its world and to history, and consequently how this relationship is conceptualised and represented in textual and material culture. This session will contribute to the discussion by discussing how the medieval self is represented in various types of sources from medieval Norway and Iceland, including literature, runic inscriptions, and material/archaeological remains. A main aim for all three papers is to discuss the relation between the ways the self is represented, on the one hand side, and language and script, textual discourse, material remains, and socio-political context, on the other. |