ECTS: 1
Course leader: Sarah Croix
Language: English
Graduate school: Faculty of Arts
Course fee: 0.00 DKK
Status: Course is closed for applications
Semester: Fall 2024
Application deadline: 03/11/2024
Cancellation deadline: 03/11/2024
Course type: Classroom teaching
Start date: 11/12/2024
Administrator: Andreas Mølgaard Laursen
NB
When registering in the application facility, you will automatically be placed on a waiting list for a seat on the course. As soon as possible after the application deadline, seats will be allocated and all applicants will be notified whether or not they have been accepted the course.
Registration is binding
If you are offered a seat on the course, please note that your registration is binding. Cancellation is only accepted in special cases such as illness.
Course description
Many archaeological research projects start in the archives rather than in the field and are confronted to the same challenge: how to transform hand-drawings, diaries, and printed photographs into usable, high-definition data sets. Especially for urban sites, often characterized by deep histories, large-scale investigations, and a complex record, can this task be particularly daunting. This experience is shared by many PhD students which seek to harness legacy data and reactivate it in their own research.
In this PhD course, we will explore different approaches to tackling and utilizing legacy data from a cross-regional perspective. We will discuss experiences and best practice at a broad range of sites with different histories to inspire PhD students into finding original solutions to their specific cases.
Key questions may include (but are not limited to):
- How to prioritize and manage the digitalization of large amounts of analogue records?
- What are the limitations of legacy data, and is it possible to alleviate them?
- What specific insights can be gained from dealing with the excavation history of major sites and the process of their rediscovery?
The one-day course will consist of lectures, student presentations and round-table discussions and will be hosted at the Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet), Aarhus University.
Aim
The aim is to encourage students from all fields of archaeology to consider, discuss and reflect upon the potential and pitfalls of using legacy data in their own research. The course will offer research-led teaching on case studies, experiences, and approaches from research projects where new results have emerged from mining previous records.
Literature
None
Target group
Early and late PhD
Language
English
Form
9.15 Welcome and introduction
9.30 Guest lecture 1
10.15 Student poster presentations 1-3
10.45 Break
11.00 Guest lecture 2
11.45 Student poster presentations 4-6
12.15 Lunch
13.15 Guest lecture 3
14.00 Student poster presentations 7-9
14.30 Break
14.50 Student reflection and discussion (in group)
15.15 Round table discussion: reflection in connection with the PhD projects
15.45 Thank you & Evaluation
17.30 Dinner
ECTS credits
1 ECTS
Lecturers
Professor Mike Fulford
Assistant Professor Olympia Bobou
Postdoctoral researcher Benjamin Morton
Date and time
11 December 2024, 9:15-16:00
Followed by social event
Venue
Centre for Urban Network Evolutions
Aarhus University
Campus Moesgaard
Building 4230
Moesgård Allé 20
8270 Højbjerg
Other information
Participation is free of charge, including refreshments, but participants must pay for their own travel and stay including meals etc. not provided by Aarhus University.
Please note that if you have not signed up for a PhD course via Aarhus University’s PhD Course Management platform before, you will be asked to create a user account before applying for a seat on the course. You can create an account for instance at https://au.phd-courses.dk/Account/CreateAzureProfilePage or directly via the course posting on the platform.
Refreshments available during course hours:
Coffee, tea, water and lunch is provided and paid for by the university on courses that run from the morning until mid or late afternoon. Lunch consists of sandwiches and bottled water at midday, and tea and coffee is served in the morning and mid-afternoon. Fruit or cake is served once a day during one of the coffee breaks. There are also cafes/canteens on campus with hot food, sandwiches, snacks and drinks on sale.
Course certificates:
Course certificates are issued after each course has ended and any written assignments have been submitted. The certificates are sent to the candidates by email.
Course evaluations:
Course evaluations are conducted at the end of each course. Occasionally, the course teacher will conduct a paper-based evaluation immediately at the end of the course and gather the information from you themselves. However, evaluations are usually sent electronically to candidates after the course and are completed and submitted online.
Application deadline
Please apply for a seat on the course no later than 1 November 2024.
Course dates:
- 11 December 2024 09:15 - 16:00