Projects

Summer 2025 – I am updating this page.

Current Projects

Archaeological history — building scenarios.
Greece and Rome: a new model of antiquity. With Gary Devore. A project concerned with how one might conceive of antiquity as a kind of archaeological prehistory, retold through speculative fabulation. Against conventional narrative is offered a model of ancient lifeworlds conveyed through 45 personae and scenarios. Estimated delivery end of 2026.

Archaeological sites — encountering location.
Against place: a border archaeology. Based on archaeological itineraries in the northern borders of England/Scotland, including prehistoric and Roman field research, this project explores border crossings, trespass and transgression in questioning the character of space and place, site and region. Estimated delivery 2027.

Archaeological praxis — performance design.
Theatre/Archaeology: performing remains. With Mike Pearson. This book sums up 30 years of collaboration with performance artist Mike Pearson. In five portfolios of case studies in performance design they set out a pragmatics and methodology of deep mapping contemporary antiquity and prehistory. Estimated delivery end of 2025.

Archaeological actuality — for the future.
Archaeologies of Nature in Art: from Landscape to Climate Breakdown. With Gabriella Giannachi. This project mobilizes an archaeology of arts practices, from prehistory to contemporary art, to offer action-oriented responses to climate change in a reframing of the concept of nature. Estimated delivery late summer 2025.

Here’s a summary project diagram (click to see hi-resolution) –

Current projects and their themes

Greece and Rome – [Link]
a new model of antiquity

Borderlands – [Link]
an archaeology

Design thinking and strategic foresight – [Link]
- Urban futures – [Link]
- Future of learning – [Link]
- Future of mobility – [Link]
- The JANUS Initiative – [Link]
- Future of the past – [Link]

Methodology and pedagogy
- Research Creation – [Link]
- A personal pedagogical manifesto – [Link]
- Creativity in Complexity. An edited book for MIT Press. In production – [Link]

Research creation – experiment – [Link]
- Research Creation – [Link]
- Concepts – [Link]
- Borderlands: topics and tropes – [Link]
- et in Arcadia ego – [Link]
- Through a glass – [Link]
- ROMA – [Link]
- vox tantum atque ossa supersunt – [Link]
- So werd ich Todten-Kopff ein Englisch Antlitz seyn – [Link]
- Allegory – [Link]

People – [Link]

Project archive – [Link]

Summary

Here is a summary diagram of current and past projects, with themes, orientation and sponsors/partners.

(Click on all the following images to see a version in high resolution)

Concepts, connections, mindsets, topics

Here are four concept maps indicating some of the scope of the projects. Click on image for high resolution.