Tradition in Transition: Technology and Change in Archaeological Visualisation Practice
Archaeologists are the mediators between fragmented, and often contested, pasts and the momentary present. To record, organise, interpret, and reconstruct complex narratives of the past and to communicate these to present-day peers and the public, they use a wide range of visualisation methods. As s...
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| description | Archaeologists are the mediators between fragmented, and often contested, pasts and the momentary present. To record, organise, interpret, and reconstruct complex narratives of the past and to communicate these to present-day peers and the public, they use a wide range of visualisation methods. As such, visualisation methods form an intrinsic part of the representation of practical and intellectual findings, being crucial to knowledge production in archaeology. The adoption and adaptation of digital visualisation technology changes the way archaeologists shape new knowledge. However, for a discipline that is particularly concerned with how technology had an effect on past societies, for example, the impact of the potter’s wheel on local ceramic production strategies, archaeologists have a remarkably limited awareness of how current (digital) technology has an impact on their own visualisation practice and the subsequent knowledge production. This study presents the conceptual framework “tradition in transition,” which integrates technological and visualisation methodologies, and aims to provide a framework to analyse the underlying processes and mechanisms that shape and change the practice of creating visualisations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-502b49e5e8244787bffaa5b9c4eff8192022-12-21T19:24:29ZengDe GruyterOpen Archaeology2300-65602021-12-01711685170810.1515/opar-2020-0218Tradition in Transition: Technology and Change in Archaeological Visualisation PracticeOpgenhaffen Loes0ACASA – Department of Archaeology, University of Amsterdam, Turfdraagsterpad 9, Amsterdam, NetherlandsArchaeologists are the mediators between fragmented, and often contested, pasts and the momentary present. To record, organise, interpret, and reconstruct complex narratives of the past and to communicate these to present-day peers and the public, they use a wide range of visualisation methods. As such, visualisation methods form an intrinsic part of the representation of practical and intellectual findings, being crucial to knowledge production in archaeology. The adoption and adaptation of digital visualisation technology changes the way archaeologists shape new knowledge. However, for a discipline that is particularly concerned with how technology had an effect on past societies, for example, the impact of the potter’s wheel on local ceramic production strategies, archaeologists have a remarkably limited awareness of how current (digital) technology has an impact on their own visualisation practice and the subsequent knowledge production. This study presents the conceptual framework “tradition in transition,” which integrates technological and visualisation methodologies, and aims to provide a framework to analyse the underlying processes and mechanisms that shape and change the practice of creating visualisations.https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0218practice theoryreflexivitychaîne opératoire3d visualisationmethodology |
| spellingShingle | Opgenhaffen Loes Tradition in Transition: Technology and Change in Archaeological Visualisation Practice Open Archaeology practice theory reflexivity chaîne opératoire 3d visualisation methodology |
| title | Tradition in Transition: Technology and Change in Archaeological Visualisation Practice |
| title_full | Tradition in Transition: Technology and Change in Archaeological Visualisation Practice |
| title_fullStr | Tradition in Transition: Technology and Change in Archaeological Visualisation Practice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tradition in Transition: Technology and Change in Archaeological Visualisation Practice |
| title_short | Tradition in Transition: Technology and Change in Archaeological Visualisation Practice |
| title_sort | tradition in transition technology and change in archaeological visualisation practice |
| topic | practice theory reflexivity chaîne opératoire 3d visualisation methodology |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0218 |
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