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On the line between Fact and Fiction: Tools and procedures for digital mediation in Cultural Heritage Management

Stenborg, Per; Sevara, Chris; Tornberg, Jonas; Ling, Johan; Söderström, Mats; Thuvander, Liane

Abstract

This paper presents and discusses the work and objectives developed within the ongoing project Digital Time-travels: New strategies for archaeology and cultural heritage management? The work is focused on the development of new methods for the presentation and publication of archaeological data, particularly the use and effectiveness of digital methods for the presentation of archaeological information to the public. This in-volves cooperation with museums and other institutions as well as with the general public to develop useful and meaningful models of past landscapes and site-contexts with the purpose of augmenting and stimulating public awareness of archaeological remains. This paper presents our work with models visualizing landscape develop-ment and with the design and construction of an interactive interface for mediation and communication of archaeological information through computer-terminals installed as part of museum displays, and through the Internet. The project is funded by the Swedish National Heritage Board and is organized as a joint venture between the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Gothenburg University, the Department of Architecture at Chalmers University of Technology and the Department of Soil Sciences at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Keywords

GIS; TGIS; animation; mediation; museum; multi-media model; interactivity; visualization; augmented reality

Published in

Kulturmiljövård Mälardalen skrifter
2010, pages: 87-98
Title: Communicate the past : ways to present archaeology to the public : proceedings from the European Association of Archaelogists (EAA) 14th annual meeting, Valletta, Malta, 16th to 21th September 2008
ISBN: 9789174530063
Publisher: Kulturmiljövård i Mälardalen Skrifter

Conference

European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) 14th Annual Meeting