Deconstructing the Digital Infrastructures Supporting Archaeological Knowledge.
The last 30 years have seen significant investments in the development of digital infrastructures to support archaeological practice. From field recording systems to national data archives, these have come to play an increasingly dominant role in the collection, management and access to data used in...
| Published in: | Current Swedish Archaeology / Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet Vol. 31; pp. 11 - 39 |
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Current Swedish Archaeology / Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet
2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=175923777&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 175923777 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 11027355 JDUR jtl: Current Swedish Archaeology / Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet issn: 11027355 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2023 vid: 31 pid: 97339 pub: Current Swedish Archaeology / Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet artinfo: ui: 175923777 10.37718/CSA.2023.01 ppf: 11 ppct: 28 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.2MB tig: atl: Deconstructing the Digital Infrastructures Supporting Archaeological Knowledge. aug: au: Huggett, Jeremy affil: Archaeology, School of Humanities, University of Glasgow. su: Digital technology Archives Data libraries Critical thinking National archives Cultural property sug: subj: Digital technology Archives Data libraries Critical thinking National archives Cultural property keyword: data failure infrastructure interface interoperability knowledge metadata standards sustainability ab: The last 30 years have seen significant investments in the development of digital infrastructures to support archaeological practice. From field recording systems to national data archives, these have come to play an increasingly dominant role in the collection, management and access to data used in the creation of new archaeological knowledge. While archaeologists have paid a lot of attention to the technical creation of these infrastructures, much less is said about their wider political, cultural and social aspects. Despite this, more and more countries are building digital infrastructures to support cultural heritage management, the curation of archaeological data and to provide access for data reuse. A lack of critical reflection surrounding these infrastructures opens archaeologists, heritage organisations and their wider user communities to unforeseen outcomes, hidden socio-political and technical biases, and the promotion of conventions and processes which ultimately carry consequences for knowledge practice. The way that infrastructures become embedded in practice means that a critical understanding of their implementation and application – the opportunities they offer, the constraints they impose, and the perspectives they adopt – needs to become part of a wider debate surrounding their informed use. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Current Swedish Archaeology / Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet is the property of Current Swedish Archaeology / Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Current Swedish Archaeology / Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet holder: Current Swedish Archaeology / Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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