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Poster presented at SÄK 2018 in Münster

Conference Presentations by Rebekka Pabst

The Research Training Group 1876 "Early Concepts of Humans and Nature: Universal, Specific, Inter... more The Research Training Group 1876 "Early Concepts of Humans and Nature: Universal, Specific, Interchanged" invites to its International Conference "Concepts of Humans and Nature between Specificity and Universality" to be held in 2019 on July, 15th–17th at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (Germany).
Within the framework of the international conference, the RTG aims to deal with the question of possibly universal basic patterns of concepts and their causes as well as with the specific implementations of concepts of humans and nature in early societies. We would like to foster a discussion on whether and how the body or, more generally, our physically grounded experience might be involved in understanding, shaping and even creating concepts within the domains of humans and nature. Thereby we aim to explore the universal or contextual nature of those concepts. More specifically, questions we would like to address include:
To what extent can diverse conceptual constructions and theoretical systems, for instance about the cosmos or human body, be traced back to elementary, physically grounded experiences and actions, in order that a universal substratum may be assumed?
To what extent are concepts of humans and nature, both concrete and abstract, influenced by our bodily and physically grounded experience? In turn, to what extent do already established concepts influence the social assessment and representation of given phenomena?
To what extent could the representation of certain objects, the formation of certain notions and the creation of more abstract concepts and conceptual theories be, in each case study, contextually defined, re-shaped and exploited?
How do phenomena, human understanding of phenomena and creative imagination interplay in the formation and development of concepts of humans and nature?
How close is the connection between physically grounded actions on the one hand and cognitive processes on the other?
We would like to foster a discussion on these questions in an international and interdisciplinary environment, with three panels, which are in line with research projects our RTG is currently working on. Our graduates will be the chairs of those panels:

Zones, Parts, Functions – The relationship between body experience and body concepts
Conceptualizing Sky and Heaven – Human interactions with meteorological and cosmic phenomena
Investigating concepts of the dead body

The international conference aims to deal with the question of possibly universal basic patterns ... more The international conference aims to deal with the question of possibly universal basic patterns of concepts and their causes as well as with the specific implementations of concepts of humans and nature in early societies. We would like to foster a discussion on our research questions in an international and interdisciplinary environment with three panels which are in line with the research projects our RTG is currently working on: A) Conceptualizing Sky and Heaven-Human interactions with meteorological and cosmic phenomena B) "Dead Bodies"-Facing specific and universal aspects of death from Antiquity to the Middle Ages C) Zones, Parts, Functions-The relationship between body experience and body concepts Papers are welcome from all academic fields that are related to these research questions. We are also looking for papers from a cross-cultural, comprehensive or theoretical perspective. We ask those interested in delivering a paper to send an abstract of about 300 words along with a short academic biography to grk1876@uni-mainz.de by Monday, 31 st of January 2019. Papers can be presented in English or German. Travel and accommodation costs will be paid for all successful applicants. For more information on the conference, in particular for more information on the panels, please visit: https://www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb07-grk-man-nature/international-conference-1/

Talks by Rebekka Pabst

Twelfth International Congress of Egyptologists - ICE XII, 2019

In modern times, a "corpse" is usually understood as a lifeless (human) body. Furthermore, the de... more In modern times, a "corpse" is usually understood as a lifeless (human) body. Furthermore, the death of a person is usually associated with the decay of the body and ultimately the complete disappearance of the mortal shell. However, this modern interpretation does not show what was meant by a "corpse" from the ancient Egyptian perspective. For instance, it is known that mummification was practiced to arrest the process of decay. Furthermore, the mortal shell was by no means considered "lifeless", because the souls of the deceased constantly returned to the "dead body" to revive it. This shows that a "dead body" can reflect various conceptions that do not have to accord with the modern view. A corpse can be either understood as a living being or a dead substance. In my dissertation project I aim to examine concepts of the "corpse" from the emic point of view. The source materials of the project are mainly textual sources from a range of genres, in addition to archaeological remains. For the methodology, a combination of several models from cognitive linguistics (prototype theory, frame semantics, etc.) was chosen. In the lecture I would like to present some premliminary results of my dissertation project. In addition to a general demonstration of which lexemes were used to convey the meaning of "dead body," some specific ancient Egyptian concepts of the "corpse" will be discussed.

Concepts of Human and Nature between Specificity and Universality, International Conference GRK 1876, Mainz 2019

Under Construction - Young Humanities at Work, Mainz 2018

Workshop: Jenseits der modernen Wissenschaft, Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften, Bad Homburg 2018

Advent-Event des Freundeskreises Ägyptologie, Mainz 2017

37. Treffen des Interdisziplinären Arbeitskreises "Alte Medizin", Mainz 2017

Altertumswissenschaften in a Digital Age: Egyptology, Papyrology and Beyond, Leipzig 2015

Rätsel und Rätselhaftes. Unbegreifliches von der Antike bis zur Neuzeit, Mainz, 2015

Papers by Rebekka Pabst

In der heutigen Filmindustrie bietet das 3D-Design ein anerkanntes Mittel, um virtuelle Welten od... more In der heutigen Filmindustrie bietet das 3D-Design ein anerkanntes Mittel, um virtuelle Welten oder Charaktere zu erschaffen. Doch das 3D-Design dringt mittlerweile auch in andere Bereiche vor, so etwa der Medizin und der Architektur. Dabei bietet die virtuelle Rekonstruktion auch vielfältige Möglichkeiten für die Archäologie/Ägyptologie. Beispielsweise können von kleineren Objekten oder Papyri virtuelle 3D-Modelle erstellt werden. Der große Vorteil dabei ist, dass die Originale nicht beschädigt werden und mehrere Wissenschaftler zur gleichen Zeit an ein und demselben Objekt forschen können. Selbst für die Bauforschung dürfte das 3D-Design immer bedeutender werden. Gebäude, die sich heute nur in ihren Grundrissen erhalten haben, können mithilfe des 3D-Designs nahezu vollständig rekonstruiert werden. Nicht zu unterschätzen ist dabei auch die Wirkung, die virtuelle Rekonstruktionen von ägyptischen Tempeln, Gräbern, Gebäuden auf die Gesellschaft erzielen. Durch die 3DRekonstruktionen k...

in: M. Berti & F. Naether (Hrsg.), Altertumswisenschaften in a Digital Age: Egyptology, Papyrolog... more in: M. Berti & F. Naether (Hrsg.), Altertumswisenschaften in a Digital Age: Egyptology, Papyrology and beyond. Proceedings of a conference and workshop in Leipzig, November 4-6, Leipzig 2015