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Barbara Carè

Biography

Specialized in the study of Greek material culture and ludic culture, gendered representations of games, the reception of ancient game practices in modern times and the preservation of the cultural heritage of games. Her main area of research concerns the practical and symbolic meanings of astragali in the ancient world. Member of the COST Action CA22145, Computational Techniques for Tabletop Games Heritage (GameTable) and co-leader of WG5 (Dissemination, Implementation and Education). Field archaeologist.  

Forthcoming publications:

Carè, B. forthcoming, Astragaloi. A “Toy” story, Liége.

Carè, B. (ed.). forthcoming, Astragalomania. New perspectives in the Study of Knucklebones in the Ancient World, Berlin.

Research and publications

  • Publications
    25 publications


    Carè, Barbara (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2024), ISBN: 978-3-11-061595-1 | Book


    Schädler Ulrich, Carè Barbara, Dasen Véronique (2022) | Book


    Carè, B. (Annuario della Scuola di Archeologica Italiana di Atene e delle missioni italiane in Oriente, 2019) | Book


    Alexandridou, Alexandra; Barbet, Gérald; Bel, Valérie; Bénichou-Safar, Hélène; Bouffier, Sophie; Carè, Barbara; Dasen, Véronique; Dedet, Bernard; Dubois, Céline; El-Din, Mervat Seif; El-Fattah, Ahmed Abd; El-Maksoud, Mohamed Abd; Elia, Diego; Guimier-Sorbets, Anne-Marie; Hermary, Antoine; Huysecom-Haxhi, Stéphanie; Jaeggi, Sandra; Kotitsa, Zoé; Larminat, Solenn de; Lepetz, Sébastien; Mariaud, Olivier; Marshall, Amandine; Meirano, Valeria; Moliner, Manuel; Nenna, Marie-Dominique; Papadopoulos, Stratis; Papaikonomou, Irini-Despina; Pisani, Marcella; Scilabra, Carla; Stroszeck, Jutta ([S.I.]: Publications du Centre Camille Jullian, 2015) | Book

Teaching and courses

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