The ENLIGHT Archaeologies of Sustainable Environments project or 'EASE' is inspired by the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and aims at fostering collaborative archaeologies of sustainability with a focus on Climate Histories, Food Security and Agriculture, and Innovation and Infrastructure. By combining the science of climate change and agricultural development with a greater understanding of the forces of human innovation in the past we build a bridge between two of the core themes of ENLIGHT – Climate Change and Culture and Creativity. We especially emphasise the role of diversity, and how the different appearances of climate change through time and space meets the full diversity of human resourcefulness. Of great importance thereby is the role of cultural, social, economic, biological and environmental diversity for sustainable alternatives in times of crises. The team displays the broad expertise needed to tackle the complex topic of human-environment dynamics, including traditional archaeology, digital archaeology, archaeobotany, zooarchaeology, geoarchaeology, palynology, paleoclimatology. The archaeologies of sustainable environments will be forwarded through a series of ENLIGHT courses, two workshops and a conference. Modules for mobility on senior and junior/PhD level are set up to foster collaboration, research and career development within the three initial partners, with the aim of extending the team to other ENLIGHT partners throughout the period.
Participants and Stakeholders
Coordinator
Erika Weiberg, Uppsala University
Other Partner Institutions
University of Bern
University of Groningen
Team Composition
- Erika Weiberg, PI, Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor Uppsala University
- Marco Hostettler, Task Coordinator, Scientific Collaborator, University of Bern
- Anneli Ekblom, Professor, Uppsala University
- Martin Finné, Senior Lecturer, Uppsala University
- Daniel Löwenborg, Senior Lecturer, Uppsala University
- Albert Hafner, Professor, University of Bern
- Canan Çakırlar, University docent, Groningen University
- Hans Huisman, Professor by special appointment, Groningen University
Objectives
- Foster collaborative archaeologies of sustainability across all departments of archaeology at ENLIGHT universities.
- Create an interdisciplinary platform for collaboration on human-environment dynamics in ancient societies and their relevance today.
- Initiate joint research and teaching initiatives that bind together departments, individual researchers, and the expanding research infrastructures available.
Contact
Contact persons
Erika Weiberg, PI, Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor Uppsala University
Marco Hostettler, Task Coordinator, Scientific Collaborator, University of Bern,
Highlights of the Project
Personal highlights are the joint courses and lecture series which bring together a broad range of expertise. It is not only horizon-widening and enriching to collaborate with different colleagues who have diverse approaches to related subjects, but also exchange with students from different universities. Exchange across disciplinary and institutional boundaries enables acknowledgement of other points of view. This helps in thinking outside the box. - Coordinator