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Dynamic Collections : A 3D Web Infrastructure for Artifact Engagement

Ekengren, Fredrik LU orcid ; Callieri, Marco LU ; Dininno, Domenica LU ; Berggren, Åsa LU orcid ; Macheridis, Stella LU orcid and Dell'Unto, Nicolò LU orcid (2021) In Open Archaeology 7(1). p.337-352
Abstract

Archaeological collections are crucial in heritage studies and are used every day for training archaeologists and cultural heritage specialists. The recent developments in 3D acquisition and visualization technology has contributed to the rapid emergence of a large number of 3D collections, whose production is often justified as the democratization of data and knowledge production. Despite the fact that several 3D datasets are now available online, it is not always clear how the data - once stored - may be engaged by archaeology students, and the possible challenges the students may face in the learning process. The goal of the Dynamic Collections project at Lund University is to develop a novel 3D web infrastructure designed to support... (More)

Archaeological collections are crucial in heritage studies and are used every day for training archaeologists and cultural heritage specialists. The recent developments in 3D acquisition and visualization technology has contributed to the rapid emergence of a large number of 3D collections, whose production is often justified as the democratization of data and knowledge production. Despite the fact that several 3D datasets are now available online, it is not always clear how the data - once stored - may be engaged by archaeology students, and the possible challenges the students may face in the learning process. The goal of the Dynamic Collections project at Lund University is to develop a novel 3D web infrastructure designed to support higher education and research in archaeology. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, all teaching at Lund University moved online, reinforcing the urgency for such an infrastructure. By letting a group of students test an early version of the system as part of their online teaching, we were able to study how they used and interacted with an archaeological collection in 3D and explore the intersection of digital methods and pedagogy in archaeology. This article presents the preliminary results from this experiment.

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3D collections, 3D web visualization, COVID-19 pandemic, digital archaeology, higher education
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Open Archaeology
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7
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1
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16 pages
publisher
De Gruyter
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  • scopus:85108013688
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2300-6560
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10.1515/opar-2020-0139
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Digital Integration Across Disciplines: Advancing Cultural Heritage Documentation DIAD
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English
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