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Book Review: MI-60. Studies in Experimental Archaeometallurgy: Methodological Approaches from Non-Ferrous Metallurgies by Georges Verly et al (eds)
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Issue 60 of Monographies Instrumentum, titled Studies in Experimental Archaeometallurgy, methodological Approaches from Non-ferrous Metallurgies, exhibits 10 papers presented at the first International Conference on Non-Ferrous Metal Metallurgy and Experimental Archaeology 鈥 Metallurgie des non-ferreux et archeologie experimentale ICA I. The conference was held at the Museum of Art and History...
Book Review: Visitor Experiences and Audiences for the Roman Frontiers by Nigel Mills (ed)
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鈥淰isitor Experiences and Audiences for the Roman Frontiers鈥, BAR Publishing - BAR International Series contains 14 papers presented originally at the Limes Congress in Serbia in 2018. The Limes made the headlines on a variety of occasions in recent years, being the most ambitious UNESCO World Heritage project in Europe. Not all of these headlines were positive...
Conference Review: 鈥滸reen Museum Summit鈥 organised by MuseumNext
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An Inspiring Conference on how Museums can get the Ball Roling to Save the Earth. 鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧婣 virtual format was a fitting setting for an international conference including the adjective 鈥済reen鈥 in the title as no flights were necessary to get together for the three days from the 28th to the 30th of March 2022...
Event Review: NEMO Training Course 'Re-thinking Museum Practice for 21st Century Visitors' by Lisa Baxter from The Experience Business
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Being an academic who loves her job, I tend to forget why I do what I do. When I find myself going down a rabbit hole of fun medieval research and get the urge to create new interpretative materials, guided tours or events (or even get lost in administrative work), I forget to focus on the guest 鈥 what they want and what they need. My main focus is getting as much history and love for history into the guests鈥 minds...
Discussion: Inclusivity in historical interpretation: Who has access and who is erased?
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The discussion of 鈥榓uthenticity鈥 in living history has been one of the main themes since the conception of contemporary historical interpretation. Our quest for authenticity should, in my opinion start with a thoughtful discussion: What goal do we want to reach through living history?...
Pilot fires: Preliminary Report from Interdisciplinary Actualistic Fire Experiments
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Hearth formation processes are complex. They involve multiple actions, reactions, and activities before, during, and after an active fire and can also impact a wide range of materials and sediments at an archaeological site. Archaeologists approach combustion features and formation processes from multiple analytical perspectives...
Facilitated Dialogue: An Emerging Field of Museum Practice
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The notion of dialogue is considered essential in contemporary museology. Since the 1970鈥檚, when Cameron (1971) put forward the idea of museums as forums rather than temples, dialogue is linked to the process of democratization of museum functions and narratives and the inclusion of local communities (Sandell, 2002)...
Event Review: Experimental Archaeology in Denmark 2021
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The meeting for Experimental Archaeology in Denmark (EAD) 2021 (Eksperimentel Ark忙ologi i Danmark) was held between the 5th and 7th of November 2021 at the Medieval Centre at Lolland in Denmark. The Medieval Centre focusses on living history in their museum with houses, staff, and volunteers recreating the environment of the time around the year 1395...
Ancient Technologies in Contexts of the Sustainable Development Goals
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***The demand for innovative solutions to pressing ecological and societal challenges is on a constant rise. Ancient technologies provide extensive yet underutilized opportunities to help solve such problems. This paper presents three of these technologies and their successful application in modern contexts based on five illustrating case studies...
***The demand for innovative solutions to pressing ecological and societal challenges is on a constant rise. Ancient technologies provide extensive yet underutilized opportunities to help solve such problems. This paper presents three of these technologies and their successful application in modern contexts based on five illustrating case studies...
Book Review: Technology and Experimentation in Archaeology by Sara Cura et al.
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Are cha卯ne op茅ratoire, technology, and experimental protocols and methodology keywords to your research interests? Technology and Experimentation in Archaeology provides international perspectives and excellent case studies on those very subjects...