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Nüwa Digital Media Content Production Studios Ltd (IE)

Nüwa is a Dublin-based digital media agency specialising in digital strategies and production for the cultural sector. Previous clients include Irish National Opera, UCD Symphony Orchestra, VR Ireland, Ergodos,...

Nüwa provides a collaborative environment in which creatives, designers and technologists explore the potential of audiovisual and digital media and their value for cultural, academical and architectural organisations.

We drive a flexible approach and love to explore new horizons. Our work ranges from experiential cloud-based audio-visual production to interactive art installations, film production and web applications.

Conference Review: Archaeological Approaches to the Study of the Potter’s Wheel, November 2020, via Discord and YouTube

Author(s)
Chase Minos 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2021/1
‘Archaeological Approaches to the Study of the Potter’s Wheel’ was a virtual conference hosted on EXARC’s Discord server and YouTube channel from November 24th to 27th of 2020, organised by Dr Caroline Jeffra, Dr Richard Thér, Chase Minos and Dr Roeland Paardekooper. Similar to many conferences affected by COVID-19 restrictions, its initial venue location in Amsterdam, Netherlands was not possible...

Pottery Chat

Date
Organised by
EXARC
Country
the Netherlands


Following the Potter’s Wheel Conference in November, we will have a potter’s chat open to anybody. Discussion is open about any pottery related subject, wheel throwing, clays, ethnography, but also pottery trade, using ceramics, breakage and their archaeology.

Let the Chips Fall Where They May: Evaluating the Impact and Effectiveness of Video Resources for Knowledge Transfer in Flint Knapping

Author(s)
John Kiernan 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2020/4
Knowledge and know-how: The ‘how’ of knowledge transferal continues to be a question in prehistoric archaeology, especially in relation to early hominid development. Has the transferal process been greatly affected by our so-called modern world and its technological advantages? Have the current modes of communication enhanced and eased the transfer of knowledge? As visualization is a key element...

Blending the Material and the Digital: A Project at the Intersection of Museum Interpretation, Academic Research, and Experimental Archaeology

Author(s)
Caroline Jeffra 1,
Jill Hilditch 1 ✉,
Jitte Waagen 2,
Tijm Lanjouw 2,
Markus Stoffer 2,
Laurien de Gelder 3,
Myung Ju Kim 1
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2020/4
The power of digital technologies to communicate archaeological information in a museum context has recently been critically evaluated (Paardekooper, 2019). A recent collaboration between members of the Tracing the Potter’s Wheel project, the 4D Research Lab, and the Allard Pierson Museum and Knowledge Institute illustrates the way that such...

The Story of your Site: Archaeological Site Museums and Archaeological Open-Air Museums

Author(s)
Roeland Paardekooper 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2020/4
Archaeological site museums may not be that well defined worldwide, yet, they are found almost everywhere. Archaeological sites with reconstructed buildings based on archaeology however seem to be a younger phenomenon and are mainly concentrated in Europe, Japan and North America. Both types of museums however have old roots. Important is not so much the site per se, but the message...

Book Review: Ricostruire e Narrare. L’esperienza dei Musei archeologici all’aperto (Reconstructing and storytelling. The experience of archaeological open-air Museums) by M. Valenti

Author(s)
Marco Romeo-Pitone 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2020/4
This book is particularly welcomed within the scarce Italian literature on the topic of archaeological open-air museums. The lack of debate and accurate information on this type of museums in Italy, drove the author to put together this volume, seven years after the publication of Dr Paardekooper’s magistral “The Value of an Archaeological Open-Air Museum in its use” in 2012, often referred in this book...

IMTAL AT 30

IMTAL AT 30
Date
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Organised by
IMTAL
Country
USA

Frustration. Uncertainty. Anger. Heartache. 2020 has given us much. We’ve also been harshly reminded that climate change is upon us, that politicians equivocate, that people have opinions, and that murder hornets are a thing. Our industry has been hit particularly hard. Many of us have been let go.

Conference Review: A Weekend in Leiden: Knitting History Symposium, 2019

Author(s)
Christine Carnie 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2020/4
This Conference was organised by the TRC Leiden and the Knitting History Forum in Leiden. On the 2nd of November 2019 I had the opportunity to visit Leiden to take part in the Knitting History Symposium. What follows are my notes and observations and therefore may not accurately reflect what was said. I am very much hoping that the different papers will with time be published and made accessible...

Young EXARC: Deciphering the use of fire...

Date
Organised by
EXARC
Country
Greece

Want to be part of a new community, open to early career professionals and younger generations? Are you interested in museum practice, experimental archaeology, traditional technology or/and interpretation? Looking to meet and exchange ideas with peers, share your work and interests, and discover new things? EZARC (young people in EXARC) is what you're looking for!