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

Ing-Marie Back Danielsson

doi:10.1017/9781782045823.003

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

Ing-Marie Back Danielsson

Uppsala University

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Early medieval stone monuments
Subtitle of host publication	Materiality, biography, landscape
Editors	Howard Williams, Joanne Kirton, Meggen Gondek
Publisher	Boydell & Brewer
Pages	62-86
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Electronic)	9781782045823
ISBN (Print)	9781783270743
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781782045823.003
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture
Number	6
ISSN (Print)	2045-4902

Subject classification (UKÄ)

Archaeology

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Seeming as being. Descent, relations and shifting positions of carved stones in the Scandinavian Viking Age landscape
Back Danielsson, I.-M. (Researcher)
2024/12/01 → 2025/06/30
Project: Research

Advisory Board Member for project "The Linguistic Landscape of Runestones"
Back Danielsson, I.-M. (Advisor)
2024 Nov 1 → 2027 Dec 31
Activity: Consultancy, expert advice and memberships › Member of board/committee/council etc

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Back Danielsson, I.-M. (2015). Walking down memory lane: Rune stones as mnemonic agents in the landscapes of late Viking-Age Scandinavia. In H. Williams, J. Kirton, & M. Gondek (Eds.), Early medieval stone monuments: Materiality, biography, landscape (pp. 62-86). (Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture; No. 6). Boydell & Brewer. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781782045823.003

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Back Danielsson, I-M 2015, Walking down memory lane: Rune stones as mnemonic agents in the landscapes of late Viking-Age Scandinavia. in H Williams, J Kirton & M Gondek (eds), Early medieval stone monuments: Materiality, biography, landscape. Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture, no. 6, Boydell & Brewer, pp. 62-86. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781782045823.003

Walking down memory lane: Rune stones as mnemonic agents in the landscapes of late Viking-Age Scandinavia. / Back Danielsson, Ing-Marie.
Early medieval stone monuments: Materiality, biography, landscape. ed. / Howard Williams; Joanne Kirton; Meggen Gondek. Boydell & Brewer, 2015. p. 62-86 (Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture; No. 6).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

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

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Seeming as being. Descent, relations and shifting positions of carved stones in the Scandinavian Viking Age landscape

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Advisory Board Member for project "The Linguistic Landscape of Runestones"

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