3D Data and Visualization in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Studies
Summary
This course will teach students hands-on skills to create 3D models of cultural heritage, for example for digital exhibitions. Such models are a valuable resource democratizing cultural heritage because they provide the chance to be distributed and displayed widely for analysis, display, and documentation. A focus will be the complex issues surrounding the theory of digital archaeology including democratization, para- and metadata, theories of human vision, and authenticity which will be discussed critically and in depth.
Prerequisites and selection
Entry requirements
Admission to the course requires a Bachelor of Arts or the equivalent of 180 higher education credits, of which 90 credits within the disciplines of Archaeology, Classical Archaeology and Ancient History, Cultural Heritage Studies, or History. Option of courses within liberal arts but also social science like Digital humanities will be considered appliably. For Digital humanities the first year of courses (60 credits) is required.
Selection
Selection is based upon the number of credits from previous university studies, maximum 165 credits.
