Elements of Architecture

Elements of Architecture

Elements of Architecture

Elements of Architecture explores new ways of engaging architecture in archaeology. It conceives
of architecture both as the physical evidence of past societies and as existing beyond the physical
environment. The book engages with the meeting point between these two perspectives, for
although archaeologists must deal with the presence and absence of physicality as a discipline
that studies humans through things, to understand humans they must also address the perform ances,
as well as temporal and affective impacts, of these material remains. The contributions
in
this volume investigate the way time, performance and movement, both physically and
emotionally,
are central aspects of understanding architectural assemblages. It is a book about
the
constellations of people, places and things that emerge and dissolve as affective, mobile,
performative
and temporal engagements.
This volume juxtaposes archaeological research with perspectives from anthropology,
architecture, cultural geography and philosophy in order to explore the kaleidoscopic inter sections
of elements coming together in architecture. Documenting the ephemeral, relational
and
emotional meeting points with a category of material objects that have defined much research
into
what it means to be human, Elements
of Architecture
elucidates and expands upon a crucial
body of evidence that allows us to explore the lives and interactions of past societies.
Mikkel Bille is Associate Professor at the Institute of People and Technology, Roskilde
University, where his research centres on the role of things and technologies from the recent
past in contemporary society.
Tim Flohr Sørensen is Assistant Professor at the Department of Archaeology, University of
Copenhagen, where his research is focused on archaeological theory and themes in prehistoric
and contemporary archaeology.

Mikkel Bille and
Tim Flohr Sørensen