講者簡要

Dr. Marta Lorenzon is an archaeologist and historian of the ancient world whose research focuses on urbanism, architecture, and social inequality in pre-modern societies. She is currently an Academy Research Fellow at the University of Helsinki and serves as Vice-Leader of the Material Culture and Community Heritage team at the Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires. Since 2005, her work has examined how cities in the Mediterranean, Western Asia, and beyond were shaped by construction practices, labour organization, and environmental conditions. Integrating historical analysis with archaeological and environmental evidence, her research explores how built environments structured everyday social life. She is Principal Investigator of the projects EARTH (Research Council of Finland, 2022–27) and Building in New Lands (Kone Foundation, 2022–26).

2026年1月27日學術講座「Building Inequality: Urban Space, Architecture, and Social Life in the Ancient World」片段重溫

2026年1月27日，赫爾辛基大學的Marta LORENZON博士應邀在本系發表一場深入而精闢的演講。她探討古代美索不達米亞、黎凡特及地中海地區的城市如何以「社會——物質系統」運作，並將不平等的概念具體地鑄入城牆、街道與居住空間之中。講座從城市空間與永續性的核心問題出發，進而討論居住與日常生活中的不平等、手工業生產與勞動控制、環境史，以及作為「物質記憶」的建築。

LORENZON博士結合新亞述王室銘文、古德亞圓筒銘文及田野考古資料，講述紀念性建築如何透過壓迫勞工、仔細分工以及標準化的製磚傳統來建造。她透過亞實突雅姆 (Ashdod‑Yam) 等考古案例指出，地球化學與岩相分析可助了解標準化的泥磚配方、應付對在地環境的調適，以及實踐物料循環再用的經濟模式。在研究方法上，她強調整合建築考古、手工業研究、環境史、政治經濟與數位建模等多元途徑。講座最後指出，城市應以物質記憶的形式解讀。建築工地匯聚精英、專業工匠與勞工，往往將「不平等」不經意地嵌入空間之中。這為研究永續性與社會分層提供長時段的歷史視角。