Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 38, No. 69.
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        Date: 2024-07-04 13:46:34+00:00
        From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@mccarty.org.uk>
        Subject: Representing ancient landscapes digitally: the what, the how, the why (seminar)

[Forwarded from the Digital Classicist list]

Digital Classicist London seminar

Friday 5 July 2024, 17:30–18:30 BST
Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, Senate House, London

Booking required for in person attendance:
<https://ics.sas.ac.uk/events/representing-ancient-landscapes-digitally-what-how-why>

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Chiara Palladino (Furman University)
Representing ancient landscapes digitally: the what, the how, the why

What does it mean to use digital tools to investigate ancient travel
practices? This talk is going to provide a survey into the essential
concepts and methods for the digital representation of geographical
information in ancient primary sources, and emphasize the challenges
connected to data modeling and representation.

Ancient sources present many challenges to the quantitative analysis of
spatial information, from the georeferencing of ambiguous or uncertain
place names, to the many nuances of orientation and spatial
conceptualization that help a traveler find their way. More
fundamentally, ancient perceptions of space do not have the same “ground
truth” as Cartesian ones, as physical/natural spaces are often enriched
with layers of narrative, mythological, and spiritual information that
is just as relevant to environmental understanding.

How are digital and computational methods supporting these challenges?
What potential is offered by the newest frontiers in 3D modeling and
Virtual Reality? What are the epistemological limitations of these
methodologies, and how can these be addressed in the context of a
research project?
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The seminar will also be live-streamed at <https://youtu.be/ItxTS_5LFlc
<https://youtu.be/ItxTS_5LFlc>>


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