[Aztlan] DUMBARTON OAKS ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

Dumbarton Oaks has announced their annual symposium.

Mike Ruggeri

October 11-12 2008
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Annual Symposium
"Scripts, Signs, and Notational Systems in Pre-Columbian America"

Dumbarton Oaks is pleased to announce the annual Pre-Columbian  
Symposium will be held this year in the Music Room of Dumbarton Oaks  
in Washington, D.C. Organized with Elizabeth Boone and Gary Urton,  
the symposium will focus on record-keeping in Pre-Columbian  
Mesoamerica and the Andean region. Sessions will begin at 9:00 a.m.  
on Saturday, 11 October, and conclude on Sunday afternoon.

Long before Europeans came to the American shores, groups or classes  
of people charged with record-keeping in Mesoamerica and the Andes  
developed graphic and visual-tactile systems to record and pass on  
information concerning their understanding of the world they  
experienced. Indeed the Americas--along with Mesopotamia, Egypt, and  
China--was one of only four locales where writing developed  
independently. This conference is not concerned with identifying,  
defining, or separating out "writing" from other signing and  
communication systems within Pre-Columbian societies. Rather, the  
gathering is intended to gain critical and comparative insights into  
the types of sign, script, and notational systems devised by  
indigenous Americans for the purposes of recording and conveying  
knowledge and information. To these ends, speakers will address the  
relevant cultural categories of writing, recording, and notational  
systems; the intellectual and technical practices these systems  
comprised; how and for what purposes recording systems were employed  
(i.e., their relevance and social context within their respective  
societies); and the signing and recording strategies by which  
information was stored and communicated.

The symposium speakers include: Elizabeth Boone (Tulane University),  
Oswaldo Chinchilla (Museo Popol Vuh, Universidad Francisco  
Marroquín), Tom Cummins (Harvard University), Stephen Houston (Brown  
University), Margaret Jackson (Stanford Humanities Center), Alfonso  
Lacadena (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Federico Navarrete  
Linares (Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad  
Nacional Autónoma de México), Michel Oudijk (Universidad Nacional  
Autónoma de México), Frank Salomon (University of Wisconsin), David  
Stuart (University of Texas at Austin), Karl Taube (University of  
California, Riverside), Javier Urcid (Brandeis University), and Gary  
Urton (Harvard University).

Space for this event is limited, and registration will be handled on  
a first come, first served basis. For further information, please  
contact the Pre-Columbian Studies Program at Dumbarton Oaks (pre- 
columbian at doaks.org <mailto:pre-columbian at doaks.org> , 202-339-6440).

http://www.doaks.org/research/pre_columbian/ 
doaks_pco_scholarly_meetings.html


Scripts, Signs, and Notational Systems in Pre-Columbian America
October 11-12, 2008, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

Symposium Registration Form

Registration will be confirmed upon receipt of payment. Please note  
that registration fees are non-refundable.



Registration (check one):



Regular $35.00



Student $25.00



Lunch Option (check as desired):



________Lunch on Saturday, 11 October $15.00 ________Lunch on Sunday,  
12 October $15.00









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For additional information call (202) 339-6440 or email pre- 
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