23 to 26 September 2010
Oslo, Norway
Early Man and the Ocean 2010: Social
Significance of Ocean Voyages is a combined
conference and film festival.
The conference topic is maritime experimental
archaeology and maritime history dedicated to
how (pre)historical or experimental voyages
influenced the society they were a part of or
the society with which they came in contact.
The conference consists of three sessions on
Thursday 23 and Friday 24 of September: 1)
Significance of the maritime experiment – social
and technological; 2) Significance of Ocean
Voyages 1 – Oceans Connect; and 3) Significance
of Ocean Voyages 2 – The Sea as a Social Space.
Key note speaker: Professor Ben Finney,
University of Hawai'i, "The significance of
experimental voyages as a source of scientific
knowledge."
The film festival 23-26 of September will
screen over 20 films related to maritime
experimental archaeology and first European
contact with peoples in polar regions.
BUILDING PHARAOH'S SHIP – Can the legendary
trading vessel of an Egyptian queen sail again?
WGBH/Nova.
LAPITA VOYAGE EXPEDITION
J. Wharram and H. Boon
THE SEA STALLION'S VOYAGE. A trial voyage in
film and music.
Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde.
CILICIA
K. Balayan.
VIRACOCHA I & II
Eyes Open Production
THE ABORA SAGA
D. Görlitz
KABANG 2010. Sea nomads from the Mergui
archipelago sails the southwest coast of Norway.
Ten Thousand Images
THE LOG BOAT FROM GLOMMA RIVER
Norwegian Maritime Museum
ROALD AMUNDSEN'S SOUTH POLE EXPEDITION (1910-12)
NO conference or registration fee, just notice
on e-mail.
Film festival: Standard museum admittance.
Enquiries: Reidar.Solsvik@kon-tiki.no
Web address: http://www.kon-tiki.no
Sponsored by: The Kon-Tiki Museum, Norwegian
Maritime Museum
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