Greetings everyone. (Apologies for cross posting.)
I am working on a digital database structure that would allow users to help
structure the categories by which archaeological artefacts (including
objects, documents, video footage, oral history) are classified within the
database.
For example, a photograph from Kenya in the 1930s would be classified by
time and place, but might also be classified by the content of the
photograph (elephant tusks) or activities associated with it (trade: ivory)
or indeed by how the artefact has been used (to teach KS3 History about
Empire, or in a brochure for a museum exhibition). Those who use the
database build up the meanings for that artefact over time.
Does anyone know of similar work already in place on the web, for whatever
size community base? Often I find that digital archives/databases for
museums narrowly limit the artefact into very particular categories -- I am
interested in a more multi-vocal interpretation of the artefacts.
Any input no matter how tenuous is welcome.
H Hollis
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H Hollis, Archaeology
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