Talk for U Mass High Tech Heritage Conference

1. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY’S
CULTURAL HERITAGE
INFORMATICS INITIATIVE
developing a model for training and capacity building in
digital cultural heritage
Dr. Ethan Watrall
Department of Anthropology
MATRIX: The Center for the Arts, Letters, & Social Sciences Online
Michigan State University
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2. “digital” is having
an indelible impact
on cultural heritage
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3. IN CULTURAL HERITAGE
“DIGITAL” IS CHANGING:RESEARCH
PUBLICATION
TEACHING
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
COMMUNICATION
PRESERVATION
MANAGEMENT
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5. INFORMATICS
?
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6. “the creative application of
information, communication,
and computing technologies
to .”
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7. BIOINFORMATICS INFORMATICS INFOR
NFORMATICS ECOINFORMATICS INFORM
ORMATICS BUSINESS INFORMATICSINF
CS CULTURAL HERITAGE INFORMATICS
CS INFORMATICS MUSIC INFORMATICS
RMATICS COMMUNITY INFORMATICSIN
CS EVOLUTIONARY INFORMATICS INFOR
TICS SOCIAL INFORMATICS INFORMATI
CS INFORMATICS LEGAL INFORMATICS
FORREST INFORMATICS INFORMATICS
NFORMATICS HYDROINFORMATICS INFO
RMATICS HEALTH INFORMATICS INFOR
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8. BIOINFORMATICS INFORMATICS INFOR
NFORMATICS ECOINFORMATICS INFORM
ORMATICS BUSINESS INFORMATICSINF
CS CULTURAL HERITAGE INFORMATICS
CS INFORMATICS MUSIC INFORMATICS
RMATICS COMMUNITY INFORMATICSIN
CS EVOLUTIONARY INFORMATICS INFOR
TICS SOCIAL INFORMATICS INFORMATI
CS INFORMATICS LEGAL INFORMATICS
FORREST INFORMATICS INFORMATICS
NFORMATICS HYDROINFORMATICS INFO
RMATICS HEALTH INFORMATICS INFOR
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9. “the creative application of
information, communication,
and computing technologies
to cultural heritage .”
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10. THIS IS THE POINT
THIS ISN’T THE POINT
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11. DIG ES
I TAL NI TI
HIS A
TOR H UM
Y ITAL
IG
?
D
CE DIG
I EN ITA
N SC LA
RC
IO HA
M AT EO
OR LO
I NF G Y
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12. DIG ES
I TAL NI TI
HIS A
TOR H UM
Y ITAL
D IG
CHI
CE DIG
I EN ITA
N SC LA
RC
IO HA
M AT EO
OR LO
I NF G Y
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13. * HALLMARKS
cultural heritage informatics
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14. my perspective
from the “trenches”
(get it...trenches)
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15. l.apture.com
reddit.com.
api.tweetmeme.com www.apture.com
apture.com.
tweetmeme.com.
mediterraneanworld.wordpress.com
interdisciplinary
images-amazon.com.
safebrowsing.clients.google.com
& connected
gstatic.com.
csi.gstatic.com
maps.google.com
botd.wordpress.com www-fc-opensocial.googleusercontent.com
psychologytoday.com.
creativecommons.org.
savageminds.org.
mediterraneanworld.files.wordpress.com
www.psychologytoday.com
eclick.net
doubleclick.net. plos.org. creativecommons.org
savageminds.org
blogs.plos.org
blogblog.com.
googleadservices.com. botd2.wordpress.com
2ge1ffhdgsaom3padg8i2jd5pke1ajbt-a-fc-opensocial.googleusercontent.com
asorblog.org.
img2.blogblog.com
yahoo.com.
asorblog.org
iamyojan.wordpress.com
dhiban.wordpress.com pipes.yahoo.com
om
sharethis.com.
r1rk9np7bpcsfoeekl0khkd2juj27q3o-a-fc-opensocial.googleusercontent.com
edge.sharethis.com widget3.linkwi
middlesavagery.wordpress.com
quantserve.com. mud-brick.com.
www.google-analytics.com
lh3.google.com
4.bp.blogspot.com www.mud-brick.com
thegamersgirl.com.
www.thegamersgirl.com
ox.ac.uk.
3.bp.blogspot.com
youtube.com. web.prm.ox.ac.uk
sisujournal.blogspot.com
www.youtube.com publishingarchaeology.blogspot.com
spaceship-envelope.blogspot.com
matthewlaw.wordpress.com wideurbanworld.blogspot.com
dauentina.blogspot.com
victoriafine.blogspot.com
understandingsociety.blogspot.com
www.gravatar.com www.diggirl.com
bloggingpompeii.blogspot.com sdupreefamily.blogspot.com
jnasconeart.blogspot.com
calixtlahuaca.blogspot.com
jasonquinlan.com. bonesandcupcakes.wordpress.com diggirl.com.
art-envelope.blogspot.com
scottkennedyartist.blogspot.com
captureanimpression.blogspot.com
tollanfilms.com.
adventureswithyandm.blogspot.com
archaeopop.blogspot.com ggpht.com.
www.jasonquinlan.com
blogspot.com.
human-rights-archaeology.blogspot.com
thamesdiscovery.org.
goodreads.com.
photosbysusannunn.blogspot.com
2.bp.blogspot.com
www.tollanfilms.com
jnk-do.blogspot.com
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lh3.ggpht.com
passiminpassing.blogspot.com
photo.goodreads.com
sharethis.com.
www.thamesdiscovery.org

16. collaborative
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17. OPEN
open?
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18. culture of sharing
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19. silos = bad
(a grain solo, just in
case you didn’t know)
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21. chi.anthropology.msu.edu @chi_initiative
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22. 
INTERDISCIPLINARY
SCHOLARLY COLLABORATION

BUILDING CAPACITY AMONG
STUDENTS
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23. 
INTERDISCIPLINARY
SCHOLARLY COLLABORATION

BUILDING CAPACITY AMONG
STUDENTS
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24. cultural heritage informatics
* GRAD FELLOWS
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25. Sixteen Tons
Tells the story of mine workers, their families, and their communities through a
public archive and online exhibit that documents the history of two mining towns.
Mississippian Archaeological Digital Repository
Scholarly digital repository designed to preserve and provide access to
Mississippian archaeological data
Corridor
Web application which supports the discoverability, tracking, and curation of Twitter
hashtags for academic conferences
Constructing the Ciudad Deportiva
Prototype digital dissertation chapter exploring the social history of the Ciudad
Deportiva, a stadium complex and amusement park built by the Argentine soccer
club Boca Júniors Fútbol Club
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26. @captain_primate | #hth2012 chi.anthropology.msu.edu

27. cultural heritage informatics
* FIELDSCHOOL
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28. ARCHAEOLOGY FIELDSCHOOL
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29. 2011: CHI
FIELDSCHOOL
 (MOBILE) DEVELOPMENT
 PROJECT DESIGN
 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
 USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN & USER CENTERED DESIGN
 PROMOTION & SUSTAINABILITY
 CONTENT DESIGN & MODELING
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30. msu.seum
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31. “campus as museum”
Android + iPhone/iPod
Mobile, location-based
application that allows users
to engage with the heritage
of MSU and the process by
which that knowledge was
constructed
v.2 available soon on iTunes
App Store & Android
Marketplace
@msu_seum
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32. CULTURE OF BUILDING/BUILDING AS A
WAY OF KNOWING
OPENLY ENGAGE WITH WIDER
(INTERDISCIPLINARY) COMMUNITY
INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOLARLY
COLLABORATION
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33. @captain_primate | #hth2012 pensacolacolonialfrontiers.blogspot.com

34. taking a leap
addressing the shortcomings
in methods training
(fin)
watrall@msu.edu
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