ECOLOGIES OF MARBLE
A DIACHRONIC PERSPECTIVE
WHO WE ARE
Our network is funded by the DFG and started its work in 2025. We are fifteen international researchers – mainly historians of art and architecture, but also experts from the fields of archaeology and sociology – who deal with the topic of marble and ecologies in different ways.
We explore the inter-dependences between marble used in art and architecture and the ecological system. This relationship is conceptualized in a very broad sense: an environment of the highest complexity that correlates with the organisms - including humans – that live in this system and generate it at the same time.
The list of all members and their projects can be found here.
Information about our activities can be found here.
OUR FOCUS
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Transformation – We are interested in processes of change, whether material, formal, structural or functional, in relation to ecological parameters such as extraction, diversity, density or spatial factors.
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Perception – We are interested in modes of experiencing in relation to ecological parameters such as habitat, distribution, or disposition.
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Epistemologies – We are interested in practices of theorizing in relation to ecological parameters such as hierarchies, explanatory models or scientific approaches.
