At the SHA meeting in Baltimore I’ll be hosting a round table session:
Web Based Public ArchaeologyThis roundtable discussion examines the different ways archaeologists are using websites and social media to promote archaeology. Please come with some great examples to share and discuss.
Some examples I've recently seen or been involved with:
Transitions in Virginia Slavery: part of the project funded by NEH and carried out by Dr. Barbara Heath of the University of Tennessee. We'll be adding some educational content to the web site soon.
Mount Vernon's Midden blog and Facebook presence have been well followed and full of good stuff with the new web site in progress.Also I've also recently come across Close Encounters of the Colchester Kind...
Not just archeology, but the Park Service web catalog site is progressing. You can read about it at here.
Obviously there are many others. Please add some examples and comments below!
How effective are they? Is there a conflict between the blogger's voice and the institutional voice? Is the immediacy of blogging at odds with serious research? Is there a public audience for primary archaeological data?
Discuss!!!
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