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Imane Achouche
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Doctoral student in Western Asian archaeology. Université de Liège.
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[CALL FOR PAPERS] The NetSAP Workshops: "The ethical challenges of the study of ancient West Asia by the West"

📆 11-12 June 2026
📌 Liège University (Belgium)
▶️ Deadline for abstracts: November, 28th
Call for paper for the NetSAP Workshop in Liège: ‘Ethics’, a philosophical reasoning first, is the study of the balance between action and moral conduct. In the fields of history, art history and archaeology, ethics appears as an established concept, as in every academic discipline. However, archaeology in West Asia presents very specific challenges that other facets of history do not face (engaging with local excavators, the need for huge budgets, destruction and restoration processes, etc.). On the philological side, which most relies on museum collections, specific questions arise due to the enormous number of inscribed tablets obtained through irregular excavations (provenance of collections, decision to publish or not, museum bias, etc.). When asked about the value and significance of their so-called ‘useless sciences’ (ironic title given by Jean Bottéro), researchers working on Antiquity generally answer that it is important to move forward into the future by knowing the past. However, the responsibilities inherent in these praiseworthy objectives are not necessarily addressed. These include facing the fact that our fields of study are confronted with the manipulation of archaeological findings for political ends, culturocide, the monopolisation of data by those in positions of power, collaboration with communities that have been weakened by the colonial era,…We could also question the lack, in historical sciences curricula, of lessons on ethics and appropriate behaviour when conducting excavations abroad. In light of this observation, the workshop organized by Network for Sustainable Archaeological Practices humbly aims to address the challenges of Westerners studying West Asia and try to offer meaningful perspectives. What is ethical can be defined as ‘dealing with the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct; being in accordance with the rules or standards for right conduct or practice, especially the standards of a profession’1. Defining good conduct in our profession may involve, among other things, what position to take when faced with certain issues: - How do archaeologists and historians engage with conflict? How can archaeology meaningfully engage with conflict? - How do archaeologists and historians deal with museums: their history and the way collections are conserved, especially outside countries of origin? How should one deal with the incessant production of data, and implement sustainable approaches to managing it? - How do archaeologists collaborate with teams of “workers” in unbalanced working conditions and a colonial tradition? What about the paternalistic relationship to local teams? - How do archaeologists and historians position themselves in the looting of antiquities and trafficking market? What about the study of artefacts with questionable provenance? - How do archaeologists respond when modern development projects threaten heritage sites, ecosystems, and communities? What role should they play in safeguarding cultural landscapes and in advocating for those displaced or marginalised by such projects? These are some of the questions we would like to address, but we welcome papers that explore other angles and perspectives we may not have considered. Send to netsustainap@gmail.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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⏪NetSAP was at the 14th ICAANE in Lyon, with a workshop entitled: "Digging through the Stores: Challenges and Prospects of New Research on Old Collections"
With 10 presentations by curators and researchers, the discussion was rich, focusing on the future prospects for museums and their collections!
Program of the NetSAP Workshop at the 14th ICAANE: 09:00 - 09:30 | The Re-edition of Mesopotamian Celestial Divination: from Tablets to Internet Maria Teresa RENZI-SEPE - Freie Universität Berlin, Germany 09:30 - 10:00 | JUMP (Tall-e Jari B & Tall-e Mushki Pottery Restudy Project): Shedding New Light on Old Collections in the University Museum, the University of Tokyo Takehiro MIKI - Keio University, Japan 10:00 - 10:30 | Old Conflict, Old Collections: Working around the Cypriot Problem to study the Early Bronze Age Transition Maria HADJIGAVRIEL - Leiden University , Netherlands 10:30 - 11:00 | A Case Study on the Handling of "Old Collections". The Seleucid-Parthian Period Pottery from Babylon in the Vorderasiatisches Museum (VAM) in Berlin Elisabeth KATZY - Berlin, Germany 11:30 - 12:00 | ‘Minor Objects' and their Stories: Reassessing and Reinterpreting Clay Figurines from Ur in the Collections of the British Museum Enrica INVERSI - Freie Universität Berlin, Germany - The British Museum, United Kingdom 12:00 - 12:30 | Something Old, Something New: Recontextualizing the Assyrian Roundel from Tell Tayinat Kiersten NEUMANN - University of Chicago, United States 14:00 - 14:30 | The Halaf-Ubaid Transition in Northeastern Mesopotamia: The Potential of Museum Collections Michael CAMPEGGI - University of Milan, Italy 14:30 - 15:00 | Urartian inscriptions in the museums of Iran: Challenges and results Maryam DARA - Assistant Professor of RICHT, Iran 15:00 - 15:30 | Re-assembling and re-telling Kish: new approaches to research and display in the Ashmolean Museum Nancy HIGHCOCK - Ashmolean Museum, United Kingdom 16:00 - 16:30 | Impressive impressions: Seals and their impressions in museums and what to do with them Pinar DURGUN - The Morgan Library and Museum New York, United States
June 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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📣 Dans une semaine se tiendra le colloque Ama-Mater au Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille !

Le programme est disponible ici : halma.univ-lille.fr/detail-event...

Pour s'inscrire (gratuitement) : my.weezevent.com/colloque-ama...

Nous vous y attentons nombreuses et nombreux !
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Affiche. Image : sculpture en marbre "Moïse savé des eaux" de Jean-Jules Allasseur. Colloque Ama-Mater. 11, 12 et 13 juin 2025. Mères et maternités antiques : représentations, pratiques et réappropriations de l'Antiquité à l'époque contemporaine. Mercredi 11 juin : 10h-18h Jeudi 12 juin : 9h-16h Vendredi 13 juin : 9h30-16h30 Auditorium du Palais des Beaux-Arts. Accès par le 18bis rue de Valmy. Logos : Ama-Mater, MESHS, région Hauts-de-France, Université de Lille, PBA, HALMA, IDG, GAUL
June 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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📣DOCMOC a le plaisir de vous annoncer que vous pouvez dès à présent nous rejoindre en devenant membre de l'association ! 📣

La campagne d'adhésion vient tout juste d'être lancée et est accessible via HelloAsso

On se réjouit de vous rencontrer ! 🏺
Adhésion annuelle à l’association DOCMOC
Cotisation organisé·e par DOCMOC - Association des doctorants et doctorantes des mondes cunéiformes - Les adhésions sont un soutien indispensable afin de faire vivre l’association et proposer des acti...
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May 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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📣 Save & share the date for our 5th webinar!

"Heritage of Colonialism in Archival Research" with Heidi Miller & Erhan Tamur

📆 May 14, 6PM CET

🔗 Flash the QR code or register at netsustainap@gmail.com
Miller's abstract: The discovery and publication of the Bronze Age civilization of the Indus River Valley took place during the early 20th century while the Indian Subcontinent was under British colonial rule. I contend that the first interpretations of the Indus Valley Civilization (also referred to as the Harappan) reflect the orientalist ideals of a static indigenous culture. This view was perpetuated by the colonial government which emphasized the unchanging nature of both the modern and ancient populations. In this presentation, I will describe the orientalist view of culture and history in South Asia, and then detail how the first interpretations of the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilization reflect such ideals. Following this I will deconstruct the premise of the unchanging nature of the Indus Valley Civilization by using the same collections and documents (now archived) that were used to create this interpretation. and thus illustrate how variable the Indus Civilization actually was." Tamur's abstract: "How meaningful are efforts to decolonize Ancient Western Asian (“Near Eastern”) art and archaeology—a discipline that is inherently a product of nineteenth-century European colonialism? Rather than dismissing such efforts as futile instances of “incremental change,” I regard them as potentially meaningful sites of intervention. In this talk, I will take as an example the foundational and still resilient narrative of the “discovery” of Mesopotamia, featuring a European archaeologist operating singlehandedly in a presumed terra incognita. By drawing on my recent research on Tello (ancient Girsu), I will explore the relationship between coloniality and the archive, and demonstrate the potential of critical engagement with systematically neglected sources and histories."
May 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Vernissage de l'exposition "Latence", 2ème sortie de laboratoire de l'artiste plasticienne Élodie Wysocki en résidence sur le projet Ama-Mater !
📆 24 avril 2025
🕡 18h30
📍 Galerie des 3 Lac, Campus Pont de Bois, @univlille.bsky.social
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Seconde sortie temporaire de laboratoire - Elodie Wysocki - HALMA Du 22 avril au 26 juin Vernissage le 24 avril à 18h30
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April 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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[CALL FOR PAPERS] XVIIe atelier doctoral d'archéologie antique (3rd-6th of June 2025)

"Archaeologies of Colonialism – Past and Present"

Deadline : 22nd of April 2025

All info. (English) below ⬇️
XVIIe atelier doctoral d'archéologie antique - Casa de Velázquez
www.casadevelazquez.org
April 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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CFP: Who Owns Heritage? Local Communities and the Fight for Historical Monuments in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Masaryk University Brno, Czechia, 6 November. Deadline 22 April. www.phil.muni.cz/en/zamestnan...
Call for Papers: Who Owns Heritage?
Call for Papers: Who Owns Heritage? Local Communities and the Fight for Historical Monuments in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Masaryk University Brno, Czechia, 6 November.
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April 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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It's tonight at 6PM (CET) !

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📣 3rd NetSAP Online Webinar "Thoughts on Archives" part. I

Georg Cyrus (Freie Universität Berlin) "Squatting Nimrud – an Assyrian metropolis in postimperial times"

📆 April 18, 6PM (CET)

🧭 Please register by mail
April 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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📣 4th NetSAP Online Webinar "Thoughts on Archives" part. II

Jean-Jacques Herr (Archaïos-Unistra) and Barbara Couturaud (Musée du Louvre) will present The "Archives of Khorsabad" Project: An Archaeological Investigation

📆 April 18, 5PM (CET)

🧭 Please register by mail
April 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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📣 3rd NetSAP Online Webinar "Thoughts on Archives" part. I

Georg Cyrus (Freie Universität Berlin) "Squatting Nimrud – an Assyrian metropolis in postimperial times"

📆 April 18, 6PM (CET)

🧭 Please register by mail
April 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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The days are getting longer and we are happy to share our spring program 🌸

📆 Save the dateS!

👉 To attend the online webinars, please send us a direct message or an email at netsustainap@gmail.com

#archaeology #sustainability #culturalheritage #archives #antiquities
April 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Tired of witnessing the complicit silence and ongoing coloniality of disciplinary associations, from the AHA to the SCS and AIA? Us too! That's why we founded the @socstudyofthepast.bsky.social: JOIN US! societyforthestudyofthepast.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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🔊 Ama-Mater participe aux Nocturnes de l’histoire

Sylvie Donnat et Laura Battini proposent une conférence et un atelier intitulés « Regards sur les maternités d’Égypte et de Mésopotamie »
📆 mercredi 26 mars 2025
🕘 17h-19h
⚠️ inscription obligatoire ici : bm-lille.fr/BMLILLE/doc/...
March 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Ce 26 mars de 19h à 21h, rejoignez les étudiant·es de Paris 1 pour les Noctures de l'Histoire ! 🏺

Évènement ouvert à tous·tes, organisé par l'Assyriologie Brigitte Lion.

⌛Entrée gratuite et inscription obligatoire à l'adresse : nocturnes.histoire.mesopotamie@gmail.com
Affiche verticale décomposée en 2 parties. Moitié supérieure : Un fond bleu duquel se détache une pyramide à degrés jaune devant un cercle rougeâtre représentant le soleil. Devant ces motifs il est écrit en orange en grand "Nocturnes de l'Histoire" et en plus petit "Filouterie, escroquerie et portraits de malandrins détestables en Mésopotamie antique. Mercredi 26 mars, 19h-21h, amphi Lefebvre, Sorbonne mère". Partie inférieure : Du côté gauche, une représentation schématique d'un Assyrien portant un baluchon sur son dos et semblant s'enfuir vers l'extérieur de l'affiche. Du côté droit, un individu similaire les mains menottées devant lui et attachés à un canon de prisonnier. Entre ces deux personnages il est écrit: "Prenez votre place par mail à cette adresse : nocturnes.histoire.mesopotamie@gmail.com" Se trouvent également les logos des Nocturnes de l'Histoire et de Panthéon Sorbonne. Il s'agit d'une page blanche présentant le programme de l'évènement. En haut à gauche se trouve le logo des Nocturnes de l'Histoire. Ensuite, le programme suivant : Filouterie, escroquerie et portraits de malandrins détestables en Mésopotamie antique Présenté par les étudiant-es de Paris 1 Master d'Histoire et Anthropologie de l'Antiquité Histoire de la Mésopotarnie Mercredi 26 mars 2025, 19h-21h. Amphithéâtre Lefebvre (17 Rue de la Sorbonne, 75005, Paris). -Thomas CLAIROTTE et Typhaine PROGENT: Top 10 des malandrins détestables -Romain DUVAL: Un procés de canards - Charlotte GRÜNENWALD: Malveillance, corruption et dénonciation en territoire phénicien - Alicia DEJOIE: Fraude à l'étain mode d'emploi -Evan SABARD: "Mets ces frères à moi aux fers" : héritage et jalousie fraternelle - Eva RAOULT et Tetuaihirau MILLI: Yašub-Addu, l'opportuniste
March 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Dans un peu moins d'une semaine, rejoignez nous pour la projection-débat du documentaire « Ainsi parle Tarām‐Kūbi, correspondances assyriennes » en présence de l'assyriologue Cécile Michel ! 🎬

⌛Mercredi 12 mars à partir de 17h15

🧭Campus Pont de Bois à Lille

☕Pause café prévue
Gros plan tiré du film au moment des fouilles archéologiques. L'archéologue Fikri Kulakoğlu prélève une tablette d'argile.
March 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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En novembre dernier j'ai eu le plaisir de parler de mes recherches, plus précisément de la fameuse Enheduana, dans le podcast "La nymphe et la sorcière". Si ça vous intéresse, c'est par ici :
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Enheduanna, princesse-prêtresse et premier écrivain du monde
Enheduanna : princesse de l’Empire d’Akkad et grande prêtresse du dieu Nanna, a vécu en Mésopotamie vers 2300 avant JC, poétesse, autrice d’hymnes à la déesse Inana, faisant d&rsq…
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February 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Bientôt à Lille ! 🎬

“Ainsi parle Tarām-Kūbi, Correspondances Assyriennes” on #Vimeo vimeo.com/429563635?re...
Ainsi parle Tarām-Kūbi, Correspondances Assyriennes - TRAILER
Il y a environ 4 000 ans, des marchands assyriens ont établi un comptoir commercial dans l’ancienne ville de Kaneš, en Anatolie centrale. Ils…
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February 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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DOCMOC a le plaisir de vous présenter son logo ! Nous le devons à @louispicard.bsky.social que nous remercions une fois encore pour le soin apporté à notre projet.

En ce début d’année, nous sommes prêt·es à vous présenter nos premiers projets, restez attentif·ves !
January 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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La 2e édition de la rencontre des doctorant·es en Assyriologie, intitulée « Circulations des personnes et des savoirs », se tiendra les 18 et 19 juin 2025 à l’Institut des Civilisations à Paris. Les communications, en français, dureront 20 min (+ discussions). Abstracts à envoyer pour le 28/02/2025.
January 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Hi BlueSky 👋
We are NetSAP, the Network for Sustainable Archaeological Practices.

We are a group of early career scholars, specialized in the archaeology of Western and Central Asia from the Palaeolithic to modern times.

Please find below what we do ⬇️

#AncientBlueSky🏺
NetSAP mission statement : The Network for Sustainable Archaeological Practices (NetSAP) was founded in 2023 by a group of early career researchers specialized in the archaeology of Western and Central Asia from the Palaeolithic to modern times. As a collective, we focus on sustainability in archaeology and related fields. We aim to provide a platform for discussions and dialogue on topics that all revolve around sustainable practices in archaeological research and related fields. This includes but is not limited to: - ethics of and in archaeology and museums studies - methodology to achieve best practices in fieldwork and post-excavation research - cultural heritage, conservation and communication practices - museums, outreach and collaboration with the broader public - old data research and effects of long-term storage - accessibility of data and results - environmental, climate and social impact of archaeology - incorporation of new technologies We support sharing knowledge, transparency and accessibility of data, and collaborations between individuals, museums, universities and other non academic institutions. We encourage the connection and exchange between students, young and senior researchers of all fields, and everyone committed to inclusive discourse. The NetSAP is mainly built around webinars held every three months, revolving around a predefined theme and associated readings. In addition, every two years, an in person or hybrid meeting is organized as a workshop. Themes are always methodologically oriented and we aim to tackle topics that are of importance across disciplines, and to bring together researchers from archaeology, history, philology, etc. Where to find us? - On BlueSky: @netsap.blsky.social - On Academia: Network for Sustainable Archaeological Practices You can also contact us by mail: netsustainap@gmail.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:17 PM