TAG Reception Party
Sarah Ralph in her very interesting paper about feasting in Iron Age, alerted us to the role of feasting in general in all times.
It’s a role of gathering and of joining forces, which can be led for a purpose, as for example the building a precinct.
In gatherings like the TAG I also think in the relationship of feasting and working. They are so interconnected.
The photo is not the best example as we all know that a congress cocktail can only be bearable after some drinks (the champagne they were serving did the effect very rapidly which was just perfect:)).
But the party that the other photo documents, show’s a little better the idea of a feast. There was no food but…
Party is as crucial element as to work and to think. I always remember dinners and party’s as the places were we get to know better people. That’s a place of sharing which is also important to the strength of human relations. In congresses as well as in excavations.
As for example the nice dinner in the Italian restaurant, were we revised some of the best story’s of British archaeology (remembering people as Louis Binford and Gordon V. Child in funny anecdotes).
Feasting as well as story telling as a big role in society that as to come out again.
That raised me also another question: Can feasting and story telling be simulated and massified?