I am happy to help you get your M.A., not to mention the fame and
requisite fortune.
But Bangalore (where I live) has little in terms of archeology. You
might want to get in touch with Arun Pai (bangalorewalks.com) and see
if some synergy can happen.
Shoba
1. Ancient Light: A call to arms (Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan)
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:01:21 +0100
From: Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan <[email protected]>
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Subject: [silk] Ancient Light: A call to arms
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Hello hellos, all
A bit (or a bit more than a bit) of background first.
I am a masters student at the University of Bristol (UK). My
programme, MA
Archaeology for Screen Media (MAASM), looks at archaeology/heritage
and
media practices and explores ways in which archaeology can be
presented to
an audience (or, um, audiences). For those of you familiar with UK
television, it is Time Team in the ivory tower. (Mick Aston, one of
the
founders of the Time Team show, was a Bristol U, Archaeology
professor, and
was responsible for setting up my course.)
I'm thick in the middle of my dissertation project/research - public
archaeology, getting members of the public interested in and
involved in
archaeology. This translates into me organising photowalks in sites or
archaeological and heritage significance.
Basically, I will set up a blog/facebook group that calls for
photowalks in
a) an actual excavation, b) museums, c) state/public managed
heritage sites
(such as a temple or castle or national reserve) and d) libraries.
The aim
is to follow the life-story, so to speak, of an artefact. From
where it is
found (a), to where it is conserved/displayed (b and c) and where the
archive of all information regarding the artefact resides (d).
I will lead the walks, as well as select 3 individuals to take on
specific
roles. They are: i)The archaeological site photographer, ii) the
documentary
photographer and iii) the tourist. These three roles have well
defined (or
will have well defined, soon.) objectives and feedback loops, in
order for
me to do required academic skullduggery and ivory-tower-satisfying.
The project is called Ancient Light (from the greek: Archaeo(logy) +
Photo(graphy)). I have already set up a facebook[1] and flickr[2]
group.
Now, this is where Silk and silklisters come in.
My biggest priority is to get the public (by which I mean
non-archaeologists, either the practicing or the arm-chair variety)
interested in the project. For which I need buzz. More than that, I
need
folks to actively participate and organise photowalks in any of the
four
typesites mentioned above. (I am assuming here that silklisters
know what a
photowalk is.)
All you (or a group of yous) have to do is volunteer to be a leader
in your
area, call for the walks using your blogs/mailing lists and
announce the
same on my Fb group. I will then email you my leader's notes/
briefing as
well as the individual briefing for the three roles. Once the walk
is done,
folks upload photos to flickr and to the group, and settle down
with the
pipe and newspaper.
It's simple really. A photowalk, some cool archaeology and I do all
the
number crunching and jargon spouting. Even if you folks are unable to
organise a walk, join the group, and throw up ideas, make it sound
and look
hip and happening. If this sounds cool, and you all are happy to
help me
attain fame, fortune and an MA degree, show hands.
C
P.S. Dissertation is due on the 15th of September, 2010. Yes, in
two months
hence. No pressure.
[0] MAASM course info:
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/archanth/postgrad/screema.html
[1] Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?
gid=135532516468070
[2] Flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/ancientlight/
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