Can we really consider that inscribing differs from writing?[1] We hope to explore what distinguishes these two acts during an international conference bringing together scholars from different disciplines and taking into consideration different fields, mediums and arts.
Undoubtedly, talking about “writing” leads one to abstract words from their materiality while talking about “inscribing” makes one consider words in their concrete actualisations. But the difference between writing and inscribing does not lie merely here. Inscriptions rest on interactions between texts, mediums, materials, sites or landscapes, and the behaviours of those who could be called the “actors of the inscription:” the authors who compose the texts; the crafts-persons or artists who make them come to existence; and finally, the viewers and decipherers. The meanings of inscriptions are derived from the convergence of all these different parameters. In other words, inscriptions cannot be separated from the contexts and situations in which they are produced and found
[1] Sandrine Hériché-Pradeau et Maud Pérez-Simon (dir.), Inscriptions : une matière en toutes lettres, Paris, Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2023, p. 12.
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