CAPAS RESEARCH PROJECT - Staša Babić Materiality of Everyday Practices in Times of Crisis
Over the last couple of decades, the emergence of the strategies of archaeology of the present has opened up the possibility for the discipline to address these issues, indicative not only of the mundane routine of our daily lives, but of the entire social, political, cultural fabric of the present. At times of collapse, the tensions apparent in the pre-crisis order of things becomes much more pronounced and the solutions for overcoming them, more often than not, are again sought for in the realm of everyday practices and interactions with the world that are not mediated through language. Addressing the materialized expressions of such practices may identify the possible paths for the future. These theoretical considerations may be tested on a number of concrete topics pertaining to life amidst the pandemic.