Essays about: "digital archaeology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 essays containing the words digital archaeology.

1. 1. Mediating the Past and Historicizing the Present: The HBO Series Chernobyl (2019) and Its Transnational Audience Responses on IMDb

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Wei Xu; [2023]
   Keywords : Chernobyl; nuclear disaster; audience research; media and memories; cultural memory; television drama and history; Arts and Architecture; Cultural Sciences; History and Archaeology; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put the vulnerability of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant under the spotlight. Meanwhile, the remembrance and reflection of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 has been ongoing in different media among which the HBO mini-series Chernobyl (2019) stands out and resonates transnationally. READ MORE

3. 2. The past in video games? : Perception of archaeological information amongst Twitter users based on video games.

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

   Author : Lennard Armstrong; [2022]
   Keywords : archaeology; pop-culture; death of the author; accuracy; authenticity; video games; Twitter; public perception;

   Abstract : Archaeological communication often seeks avenues to take in order to convey information to a public. One of these is video games, yet many articles do not delve into the effect that games have on people, taking for granted that people will learn something. READ MORE

4. 3. Data Management and Publishing Behaviour in Academic Archaeology : A Study at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Uppsala University

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

   Author : Frida Burén; [2022]
   Keywords : Archaeology; Research Data; Data Publishing; Data Management; Behaviour Analysis; arkeologi; forskningsdata; datapublicering; datahantering; beteendeanalys;

   Abstract : This study looks into researchers’ data management and publishing behaviours within archaeology by interviewing researchers in the field and data management and publishing specialists. It takes a socio-cultural perspective, and the aim is to gain an understanding of the elements influencing the decision to publish research data within the field and what the current publishing needs there are for researchers in archaeology. READ MORE

5. 4. Representing a Roman Portrait: An investigation of archaeological digitisation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

   Author : Filip Johnstone; [2021]
   Keywords : Roman portraits; Digital material studies; Visualisation; Knowledge Transmission; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the uses for digitised information in the archaeological knowledge process, specifically on how it can be used when studying Roman portraits. By communicating the entire process from data acquisition and analysis to knowledge transmission and mediation, I hope to indicate strengths and weaknesses in the use of digital representations as a proxy for a physical artefact. READ MORE

6. 5. An Immersive Experience : Communicating the Past using AR/VR at Gamla Uppsala and Uppåkra Archaeological Centre.

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

   Author : Urszula Frick; [2021]
   Keywords : Augmented Reality; Virtual Reality; digital; communication of history; design thinking perspective; performance of knowledge; archaeology; narratology; time travel; imagination;

   Abstract : In the age of digitization, the use of Augmented and Virtual Reality as digital supplements to the traditional museum visit become much more frequent. The author of this study investigates development process, and the way history is communicated through the Gamla Upsala AR/VR and Uppåkra VR experiences. READ MORE