Presentation given at the Canadian Archaeological Association AGM conference, Whistler, May 2013. Notes to accompany presentation available here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/145645011/Canadian-Archaeological-Association-AGM-conference-Whistler-May-2013-Community-Archaeology-and-Crowdsourcing-Presentation-Notes
Conference session website: http://caacommunityarchaeology2013.wordpress.com/about/
Community Archaeology and Crowdsourcing - Presentation Notes
1. Social media for community
archaeology
Nicole Beale
http://theculturalheritageweb.wordpress.com/
nicole.beale@soton.ac.uk
2. Social media for community
archaeology
• Internet and Web
• Social media
• Public Participation Model
• Challenging traditional dichotomies
• Crowdsourcing and archaeology
11. Crowdsourcing definition
• Manifestation of networks of people
• This is human computation, but manifests in
all forms of the participatory model
• Institutionally-led / Grassroots-led
• Harnessing the latent energy of the networks