Langbeschreibung
Narratives are primary agents in the production of social meaning and identity.They are articulated not only in oral and literal forms of expression, but alsothrough images and artefacts. By virtue of their materiality, these objects bearingnarrative potential have their speci¿ c contexts of appreciation. But how do imagesactually trigger narration? Can we describe the social loci of their observation?And how do these contexts ¿ social practices, religious rituals, demonstrations ofpolitical power ¿ interact with, and reaffect the artefacts in question? Both casestudies from archaeology and approaches from a wider range of cultural studies seekto answer these questions within a broader methodological framework.