More than 80 people participated in the first workshop organized by the laboratory of Humanities Digital since its launching at the beginning of the academic year.
Experts from various institutions shared their experiences in the use of new technologies for the study and dissemination of heritage.
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31 | 03 | 2021
The laboratory from Humanities Digitales and the Diploma in Archaeology of the School from Philosophy and Letters of the University of Navarra have organized the workshop "Archaeology and Humanities Digital". The meeting, held online, brought together more than 80 people interested in the use of new technologies for the study and dissemination of heritage.
The workshop began with the presentation of Professor Javier Andreu, director of Diploma in Archaeology, who pointed out that "this meeting condenses very well the values that characterize the Diploma and laboratory of Humanities Digital: a commitment to scientific training and research, but also for the development technology and the transfer of knowledge, which are increasingly important". For his part, Professor Leticia Tobalina-Pulido, director of the workshop, said that "this activity is born of an illusion staff to discuss the Humanities Digital and its use in archeology.
Thus, throughout the day, experts from the University of Navarra, the Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, the Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, the high school de Ciencias del Patrimonio, the Institut Català de Arqueologia Clássica, Pablo Serrano Basterra-Virtualización Patrimonial, project AGGER and project Cástulo Siglo XXI have presented various works in progress to show good practices and the use of new technologies for scientific purposes.
The morning began with the intervention of Pablo Serrano, from Pablo Serrano Basterra-Virtualización Patrimonial, who spoke about "Good practices in Virtual Archaeology". During his exhibition, he explained the so-called "principles of Seville" applied to the facial approximation of historical figures, specifically, the Leper Lady of Gomacin (Navarra) and the Young Man of the Port of Monaco. Next, Enrique Gutiérrez Cuenca and José Ángel Hierro Gárate, from project AGGER, presented the application internship of digital tools in the footprints of the Roman legions in Cantabria. David Expósito, Alfonso Ramírez and Bautista Ceprian shared with the audience their experience in the use of new technologies in the project Cástulo Siglo XXI, as well as the system of documentation, processing and storage of the archaeological record that they carry out.
In the afternoon, Leticia Tobalina-Pulido, professor at the University of Navarra, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour and director of the course, and César González-Pérez, from Incipit-CSIC and high school of Heritage Sciences, presented a methodological proposal for the treatment of archaeological data . Then, Pau de Soto, from the Institut Català de Arqueologia Clássica, presented the discussion paper "This is the way: Linked Open Data from the digitization of Roman roads". Before the conclusions and the closing of the workshop, Fidel Rodríguez Velásquez, from the Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, and Professor Tobalina-Pulido talked about the use of the instructions of data and GIS as tools for management and dissemination. At the end of each of the interventions, numerous questions, suggestions and reflections were raised , which contributed to an enriching discussion among the attendees. The meeting has ended with some proposals for future seminars to deepen in other aspects and lines of work.