TAG2012 Is Finished!

Thanks to all who participated. The Archaeology and Media session is now closed. Thanks for stopping by. We will have the session archived and available on vimeo.com early in the new year.

Live Webcast

Join us for the live 19th December from 9:00AM until 4:00PM for the live webcast of the day's event.





Live stream by Ustream

              




The live webcast is made possible by the School of Public Service and Global Citizenship at Central Michigan University. The College of Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences at Central Michigan University, and The Archaeology News Network has kindly provided media support.

Watch Live Online

Archaeotainment: Archaeology or Entertainment will be broadcast live here on 19 December from 0900 GMT [scroll down for the list of presenters]. Join us as we explore the relationship between documentary film, television, newspapers, electronic media and Archaeology. Eleven papers and four films over one day live from TAG2012 Liverpool!  We want you to be involved so we will take your questions via twitter hashtag  #CASPAR You can also watch the live feed and comment via our facebook page here:

http://www.facebook.com/Archaeotainment?ref=hl

Thanks to everyone who is contributing to the session and film fest! We have finalized the list of presenters and the session order should be up at the TAG2012 Liverpool site!

Monty Dobson: Inaugural Scholar and Visiting Assistant Professor at the School of Public Service and Global Citizenship, Central Michigan University

Title: Managing the message: my evolution from academic to television producer.

Don Henson: Honorary Director at Centre for Audio-Visual Study and Practice in Archaeology (CASPAR)

Title: Understanding the Stereotypes of Archaeology on Television

Marjolijn Kok, Institute ofLandscape Archaeology and Heritage Studies

Title: Archaeotainment: A Critical View at the Mingling of Heritage and Fun

Carenza Lewis, University of Cambridge, Department of Archaeology

Title: Bullwhips, bullion and making a difference – the role of TV archaeology in social change projects.

Theano Moussouri, University CollegeLondon, Institute of Archaeology

Title: Unpacking the meaning and value of education, learning and entertainment.

Victoria Park, International Centrefor Cultural and Heritage Studies, Newcastle University.

Title: Read all about it? Newspaper coverage of the excavation of human remains.

Ian Richardson, Treasure Registrar, The British Museum

Title: Britain’s Secret Treasures

Lorna Richardson: PhD Candidate, Centre for Digital Humanities at University College London

Title: Session Social Media Coordinator

Francesco Ripanti, PhD Candidate, University of Siena

Title: Entertainment and Edutainment together – Multimedia and video-narration in archaeology

David Toon, Cloak and Dagger Studios

Title: The Theatre: Shoreditch, 1595

Gerry Twomey, Bamburgh ResearchProject

Title: The role of media in the rediscovery of Hope Taylor’s Bamburgh

Title: Methodological approaches to media at Bamburgh Research Project

The live webcast is made possible by The School of Public Service and Global Citizenship at Central Michigan University. 

Archaeology & Media – Entertainment or Edutainment?

Welcome to the website for Archaeology & Media – Entertainment or Edutainment? a day session at TAG2012 Liverpool. During the day the session will present 13 papers and 4 films of various length as well as papers and discussion by archaeologists, filmmakers and media professionals.  

In the coming weeks we will  launch the conference session social media pages and post blog entries by the presenters, trailers for the films that will be screened and more. 

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