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Walking down memory lane : Rune stones as mnemonic agents in the landscapes of late Viking-Age Scandinavia

Back Danielsson, Ing-Marie LU orcid (2015) In Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture p.62-86
Abstract
The archaeological approach adopted in this work wishes to explore the mnemonic agency of rune-stones through highlighting some of the myriad rhizomatic relations that were generated through the embodied processes of making, staging and encountering rune-stones in the landscape. It equally emphasises that memory work is practical, performative and therefore necessarily embodied in its constitution (e.g. Merleau-Ponty 1962; see also Mauss 1992 [1934]). This approach also takes inspiration from feminist theory, which aspires to avoid reducing ambiguity and complexity in interpretations, in this instance regarding how rune-stones were experienced and understood in the Late Viking Age.
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Early medieval stone monuments : Materiality, biography, landscape - Materiality, biography, landscape
series title
Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture
editor
Williams, Howard ; Kirton, Joanne and Gondek, Meggen
issue
6
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25 pages
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Boydell & Brewer
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2045-4902
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9781782045823
9781783270743
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10.1017/9781782045823.003
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English
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