Course ID: | ANTH(GEOG) 4770E. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Digital Dimensions of Archaeology |
Course Description: | Exploration of digital/internet issues related to archaeology,
geography, and the digital humanities, e.g., who owns the past,
and how do we disseminate (or withhold) information about our
shared national and global heritage? |
Oasis Title: | Digital Dimensions of Arch |
Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. Activities will
consist of chat, blogs, discussion forums, email, journaling,
blogging, wikis, and web posting. |
Prerequisite: | ANTH 1102 or ANTH 2120H or GEOG 1101 or GEOG 2010H-2010D |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | The course will focus on archaeology, but it will engage with
several larger themes in anthropology and geography as well as
the digital humanities. Students will tackle questions such
as:
•Who owns the past and how do we deal with issues of privacy
and security in the internet age?
•How do we disseminate -or withhold- information about our
shared national and global heritage?
•Does online and open access really mean accessible?
•What are some of the challenges of public and professional
archaeology?
•How are archaeology and its practitioners portrayed through
the online medium?
•How can we use digital tools to access the past and make
sense of large and often disparate datasets?
Within this framework, students will gain hands-on experience
in digital applications of archaeology. The course will
explicitly consider a number of topics that lend themselves to
online instruction, such as:
•Consider temporal and spatial dimensions of archaeological
sites and landscapes
•Using GIS to map sites
•Critiquing 3D computer visualizations and/or gaming
representations
•Build digital data management strategies, including databases
building, management, and sharing
•Discuss digital representations of archaeology, such as
videos, podcasts, blogs, mass media versus social media
archaeology-related content and issues surrounding public
engagement |
Topical Outline: | 1. Introduction: New directions for the digital past
2. Mass media representations of archaeology online
3. Social media and alternative archaeologies
4. Blogging and digital publication
5. Issues in digital public archaeology
6. Global digital heritage
7. Digitizing collections
8. Digital data management
9. Data sharing and data accessibility
10. Data modeling
11. Data visualization
12. Gaming and virtual archaeologies
13. Mapping culture
14. Visualizing social networks
15. Digital archaeology in review |