Session Flyer EAA2017 - Towards digital infrastructures for open participatory public archaeology.pdf

Call  for  Papers:  EAA  2017    

Session  385:  Towards  digital  infrastructures  for   open,  participatory,  public  archaeology    

  Papers  are  invited  on:     • The  challenges  of  meeting  the  objectives  of   a  participatory  heritage,  involving  diverse   stakeholders  including  young  people  and   children,  land  management,  education,   tourism,  research  and  the  creative   industries;     • The  promises  and  challenges  of  digital     technology;  and       • Examples  of  innovative  projects  that   Session  Theme     enhance  social  access  and  participation  to   The  Valletta  Convention:  the  next  25  Years   archaeological  sites  and  data.       On  the  25th  anniversary  of  the  Valletta   Keywords:  CARARE,  digital  archeology,   convention,  this  session  aims  to  explore  how   digital  infrastructures  are  providing  new  ways  to   Europeana   make  connections  between  those  involved  in  the     Organisers   protection  of  the  archaeological  heritage,   1 Kate  Fernie   researchers,  commercial  archaeology  and  the   Costis  Dallas2     public.    The  Convention  on  the  Value  of  Cultural   Ann  Degreave3     Heritage  for  Society  (Faro  2000)  sets  out  the   Rimvydas  Lauzikas4     rights  of  people  to  access,  participate,  and     benefit  from  cultural  heritage  and  contribute   Affiliations   towards  its  enrichment.     1   2Cultures  Associates  Ltd.,  United  Kingdom     2   Digital  infrastructures  such  as  ARIADNE,   University  of  Toronto,  Canada   3   Europeana  and  CARARE  are  creating  new   Brussels  Capital  Region,  Belgium   4   opportunities  to  access  aggregated  digital   University  of  Vilnius,  Lithuania   archaeological  resources  from  across  Europe.       National  infrastructures  such  as  those  of  the   Key  dates     Archaeology  Data  Service  and  the  Data  Archiving   The  call  is  open  for  papers  submitted  by     and  Network  Services  offer  access  to  grey   15  March.   literature  reports  and  archaeological  archives.       Other  initiatives  are  exploiting  digital  technology   Paper  submission  site:   to  involve  members  of  the  public  in  reporting   https://www.klinkhamergroup.com/eaa2017/     finds,  in  digitization  projects  and  crowd  sourcing     campaigns  to  photograph  protected  monuments.       This  session  aims  to  explore  how  digital  tools  and   services  can  engage  the  public  with  archaeology,   and  moves  towards  a  truly  participatory  and  open   social  archaeology,  unlocking  its  value  to  foster   citizenship,  innovation,  economic  growth,   employment  and  social  cohesion.    

Call  for  papers     EAA  2017  Session  385     Towards  digital  infrastructures  for   open,  participatory,  public  archaeology     Session  format:  Paper  presentations