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Beyond Skin: Layering and Networking in Art and Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2006

Knappett Carl
Knappett Carl
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Laver Building, University of Exeter, North Park Road, Exeter, EX4 4QE, UK; c.j.knappett@exeter.ac.uk.
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Abstract

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This article puts forward two modes through which cognition and agency exist beyond skin: ‘layering’ and ‘networking’. These bodily and artefactual processes are broadly equivalent to two fundamental social practices defined by Chapman (2000) — accumulation and enchainment, respectively. While the aim of the article is to develop theoretical frameworks for application in archaeological settings, the themes encountered have wider relevance to material culture as a whole. Examples are taken from modern and contemporary art, notably the work of Marcel Duchamp and Antony Gormley.

Keywords

agencycognitionMarcel DuchampAntony Gormleybody as material culturearchaeological theory
Type
Research Article
Information
Cambridge Archaeological Journal , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , June 2006 , pp. 239 - 251
Copyright
2006 The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research