The session themes attempt to bring the broad scope of the conference into focus. They may also provide the structure for publication of the conference proceedings.
Material Culture and Space
(Construction, occupation or desertion of landscapes, ruination, relict, urban/rural decay, waste, environment, the footprints and residue of material culture in the world)
Material Culture and the Self
(Visual, aural, oral culture and its material forms, the history of material art, the art of materiality, the viewing, collecting and curation of artistic material, the art of everyday material)
The Material Art of Culture
('Remembering' material culture, cultural 'memory' of material, material identities: social, cultural & (inter)national, material culture & the body, use and abuse of material culture, consuming material culture)
Material Histories: Objects and Texts
('Reading' objects, material culture as 'text', material expressions)
Material Culture and Theory
(The meaning of material culture, interpreting material culture, theorizing material culture, material intentionality, past, present and future)
Digital Material Cultures: Towards a Material Future
(Digital materials, future developments and directions, innovations, future research avenues)
TatArt
Non-traditional submissions are invited in audio, visual, textual and virtual formats
Submissions are not restricted to the above