IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 1605: Social Lives of Humans and Animals in the Early Medieval Period, II: Human-Bird Relations

Thursday 7 July 2022, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:	Leverhulme Trust Project 'Cohabiting with Vikings: Social Space in Multispecies Communities'
Organisers:	Harriet Jean Evans, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York Karen Milek, Department of Archaeology, Durham University
Moderator/Chair:	Harriet Jean Evans, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York
Paper 1605-a	Chickens and Vikings?: The Domestic Fowl and Its Significance in Early Medieval Scandinavia and Iceland (Language: English) Kathryn Ania Haley-Halinski, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge Index terms: Daily Life, Language and Literature - Scandinavian
Paper 1605-b	Norrænaðr: 'Norwegianing' Falconry Motifs in Strengleikar's Jonet (Language: English) Hannah J. Majewski, Department of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Pagan Religions
Paper 1605-c	The Special Role of Gannets in Mind and Economy in Viking Age and Late Norse Scotland (Language: English) Adam Markham, Archaeology Institute, University of the Highlands & Islands Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Daily Life, Social History
Abstract	The practical, social, and cognitive impacts of living, interacting, and communicating with animals on a daily basis are central aspects of life in multi-species communities. The second of these interdisciplinary sessions will focus on bird-human relations in Viking-age and medieval Scandinavia, from daily farming life, to elite hunting and translation of these relations into literary texts.