Archaeo Heritage Informatics Masters Program

S. Goel, Om Vikas, and M. K. Sinha: Indo-US S&T Workshop, 2005

Guidelines for Masters in

Archaeo-heritage Informatics

Indo US S&T Forum Workshopon

Digital Archaeology 11-13 Nov, 2005, Mussorie, India

Sanjay Goel, Om Vikas, & Mukul K. Sinha


New Order of Knowledge based Society

Universal access to information

Universalisation of Creativity


Knowledge-based Society

• Problem will be Large, complex and inter-disciplinary

• Promote collectivism not individualism• Think global and act local• Collaborate for innovation


Knowledge-based Society

Archaeology, History, heritage studies, anthropology are already the favorite theme of television channels like Discovery, National geography, History and so on.

The need to understand the past will be much more

deeper in the emerging knowledge-based society.

ICT technology will help in furthering this understanding.


What do Archaeologists do?• Archaeologists do much more than excavation. • They teach, analyze artifacts and sites, publish the

results of their research, curate museum galleries, and also produce documentaries.

• They engage in surveys, monitoring, testing, data recovery, archival research, and preservation efforts.

• They undertake qualitative analysis and also apply mathematical and statistical concepts.

• …..


Research

Conservation & Restoration,

Dissemination

What do Archaeologists do?


Collaborators• Anthropologist,• Historians and art historians,• Linguists, • Geologist• Biologist, • Geophysicists • Chemist,• Environmentalist,• Architects, • Civil engineers, • Media specialists, and

• Information Technologists


Archaeology is Interdisciplinary

• Example:– Near-infrared spectroscopic imaging in art conservation: investigation

of drawing constituents By Michael Attas et al. Journal of Cultural Heritage, April 2003.

Seven authors are from five disciplines - Institute for Bio-diagnostics, Department of Chemistry, Department of Geography, Art Gallery, Department of History

• Specialized interdisciplinary educational programs in Conservation Architecture, Bio-archaeology , and Geo-archaeology are already well accepted.


• Archaeological Activities: Survey, Testing, Research, Conservation, Restoration,

Dissemination, and Management.

• IT is an enabling Technology to enhance:– Productivity– Quality – Efficacy– Creativity

and to facilitate Integration of Innovative Ideas


Archeological computing: Existing specialized programs

• University College London, UK

• Goteborg University, Sweden, and

• York University, UK

• University of Southampton, UK

• …...


Masters in Archaeo-heritage Informatics:

Opportunity drivers in Indian Context

• Emerging knowledge based society – India comes off the catch up phase and enter the

competing phase in IT.

– Abundance of Cultural ore.

– Challenge lies in leveraging our heritage knowledge to become pioneer in the emerging knowledge era

• Growing global Business and employment opportunities.


Knowledge Acquisition and application

Constructivism

Attitudes

Learning Objectives: Development of competencies


Dimension 1: Attitudes • System-level perspective (including Knowledge integration, consideration for

multilateral viewpoint, and User centeredness). • Ability to work in multidisciplinary, multi-locational and multicultural teams.• Sensitivity towards global, societal, environmental, moral, ethical and

professional issues and sustainability. • Readiness for lifelong learning. • Entrepreneurship. • Ability to assist others through mentoring and philanthropic donations. • Perseverance. • Sense of urgency. • Adaptability. • Quality Consciousness


Dimension 2: Constructivism

• Creativity.

• Critical thinking.

• Attention to detail.

• Numerical ability.


Dimension 3: Knowledge Acquisition and application

• Ability to apply knowledge.• Design skills. • Problem solving skills.• Technical competence. • Decision making skills.• Analytical skills. • Research and Experimentation skills. • Communication and Persuasion skills. • Project planning. • Mentoring skills. • Knowledge of contemporary issues. • Wealth creation skills.


Course Guidelines• Generic knowledge • Domain specific knowledge and case

studies, and • Group projects.

• The case studies and Project work shall be around using ICT for archaeological and heritage related studies.


Domain specific Case studies• Preservations and conservation: Modeling and

visualization

• Research : Documentation, Dating , Classification, …

• Analysis of Dissemination strategies: Digital Libraries,

Image indexing and retrieval, Walkthroughs • Heritage Knowledge Management• Business development in Archaeo-heritage

applications : Web design, Album and so on


Generic Courses

• Art, Archaeology, Anthropology, and Heritage studies courses

• Computing and Multimedia Courses • Communication and Management course


Pedagogy

• Cognitive Apprenticeship • Discovery based learning• Learning by doing• Total solution approach• Case studies


Proposed Curriculum: Semester I

• Basic Computing Tools• Digital Media• Oriental Philosophy and Linguistics• Art, architectural aesthetics, and Design• Anthropology• Learning Methods


Proposed Curriculum: Semester II

• Web-enabled Content Creation• Computer based Visualization• Computer Aided Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis • Archaeo-heritage Documentation Methods • Archaeo-heritage Conservation Methods• Group project


Proposed Curriculum: Semester III

• GIS and Digital field methods for Archaeology• Digital Library : Design and Management• Knowledge Management• Entrepreneurship• Archaeo-heritage Research Methods• Group Project


Proposed Curriculum: Semester IV

• Quality and creativity Management• Design Methods• Dissertation

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