5 posts tagged with "Crowdsourcing"

The (Data) Science Behind Digital Heritage

Authors: Tullia Fraser

Digital engagement is beyond posting the odd picture of an artefact, as we learnt in our final practical session in Digital Heritage at Durham University. There is also a process of looking back and analyzing data, spotting trends and features to further improve whatever project you may be involved in. In this session, we utilized R software, an open-source software (and programming language). The…

A beginner's step into crowdsourcing

Authors: Sarah

I learnt about crowdsourcing by the joining the Level 2 Advanced Skills ‘Digital Heritage’ module which I am taking at the Archaeology Department of Durham University. As a complete beginner, I stepped into the daunting world (for me) of informatics and technology, a risk I was willing to take for the sake of engaging a wide range of people into the heritage sector. Indeed, using archaeological…

A new 3D Photo-masking project! Join Now!

Authors: Kei

Are you interested in the human past? Do you like using social media? Do you want to do some volunteer work? If your answer is ‘YES’, click and join us now. On 27th October 2017, a group of Durham University students launched a 3D photo-masking project. The project was launched on the MicroPasts crowdsourcing platform when we were doing a module called Digital Heritage taught by Dr. Chiara…

Girdi-Bazar Square Bowl and Potter's Pivot Crowdsourced Photo-masking Project

Authors: Aris

Hello all, my name is Aris and I am currently a level 2 student in the Department of Archaeology in Durham University. I am taking the Advanced Skills in Digital Heritage course. Crowdsourcing is an area within Digital Heritage that allows engaging ‘members of the public’ (who do not necessarily have prior knowledge of Archaeology and History) with an archaeological project (like this one) or…

Potter's Pivot and Square Bowl - A Crowdsourcing Effort

Authors: Tullia Fraser

“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much”. I believe this sentence encapsulates the essence of the Level 2 Digital Heritage course I am currently taking at the Department of Archaeology, Durham University. The focus of this course is heritage crowdsourcing, where we utilize the knowledge and skillsets of different people around the world to contribute to the heritage sector. This…