Here are the slides – paper to follow! IFA 2012 Conference Paper: Public Archaeology & the Internet View more presentations from Lorna Richardson
May 18, 2012
May 17, 2012
Call for Papers for a TAG session, proposed by Don Henson, Director, Centre for Audio Visual Study and Practice in Archaeology (CASPAR), Dr Monty Dobson, archaeologist, filmaker and TV presenter, Drury University, and Lorna Richardson, PhD Candidate, UCL Centre for Digital Humanities Session title: Archaeology & Media – Entertainment or Edutainment? This proposed session will… [Read more…]
April 27, 2012
The 2012 Day of Archaeology needs you! We are looking for people working, studying or volunteering in archaeology anywhere in the world to take part in the voluntary “Day of Archaeology” blogging project on Friday 29th June 2012. The resulting website will demonstrate the wide variety of work our profession undertakes day-to-day across the globe,… [Read more…]
March 20, 2012
Discussions amongst some of my archaeological colleagues on Twitter in March 2012 (#ioa75), inspired by the series of Institute of Archaeology 75th Anniversary debates, concentrated on the relevance of archaeology, the future of the subject, and new directions for public ‘engagement’ with heritage. These Twitter discussions ran in parallel and beyond these events, which were… [Read more…]
March 20, 2012
As part of the UCL Archaeology & Communication Network, Lorna Richardson (UCL Centre for Digital Humanities) and Chiara Bonacchi (UCL Institute of Archaeology) have organised an afternoon workshop to address the theme of ‘Barriers to Public Engagement with Archaeology Online’ which will explore the factors which limit or impede public participation via digital media and… [Read more…]
March 19, 2012
The 29th February saw the launch of the DigVentures Project ‘Flag Fen Lives’. From 23rd July – 12th August, the DigVentures team will be working with Peterborough-based cultural management organisation Vivacity to excavate some of the Bronze Age site of Flag Fen. Flag Fen, near Peterborough, is internationally acknowledged as one of the most important… [Read more…]
February 17, 2012
My views The rapid pace of change within Internet technologies has significantly expanded the paradigm of, and potential for, a ‘digital’ form of Public Archaeology, which I define in my thesis as the methodology for engaging the Internet-using public with archaeology through Web and mobile technologies, social media applications, and the communicative process through which… [Read more…]
February 7, 2012
I’m getting the odd ranty response to the Twitter and archaeology survey, both ways, good and bad. The sentiment of one which I have outlined below may be of interest. I am updating this post btw, just to flesh it out a little. I make no judgements about anyone’s opinions – I have my own,… [Read more…]
January 31, 2012
Both the ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ models for Community Archaeology are driven by local communities with diverse motivations for engagement with heritage, and differing local, historical and geographical interests. Fuzzy definitions of what constitutes a community ‘group’ are unhelpful and some unpicking of the profile of members in UK-based Community Archaeology groups and other heritage organisations… [Read more…]
May 21, 2012
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