Open archaeology
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Museum/site Museum of Cultural History - Oslo, Submitted by Ingvild Solberg Andreassen Developers Museum of Cultural History and InterMedia, University of Oslo |
Project status
Under development
Project type
Web based
Start year
2005
End year
2007
Summary
The museums are where the public come to see what the archaeologists have excavated, and to be told the stories of the objects and about the societies they were once part. It is also in the museums that archaeology is publically defended. Because of the firm tie between the subject, the social class, the ideology and the museums, most exhibitions in some way or another is constructed by principles that are in accordance with how the middle class look upon the world. What then in our new millennium when the traditional concept of class is broken down, when it is the hip-hoppers from the ghetto who is in command? What kind of stories should we tell in the museums? Whose stories should we tell? And least but not last, how should we tell these stories so that people, on a broad basis, will seek them and find them enriching to their lives and widening their horizons? Archaeology is certainly about finding new evidence of the past, but equally important is how we present our findings to the general public and not only to the devoted few.
This project is about telling the stories to the general public, to school classes and students in ways that are interesting for each group and about trying to explore the web as a medium in new ways that will let the visitor participate in the archaeological project and interpretations.
Tech spec
Open source wiki combined with access to research databases.