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Papers by Kristin M Barry
The article is interesting and beneficial to the understanding of the rich heritage present in Be... more The article is interesting and beneficial to the understanding of the rich heritage present in Ben Tre city. It outlines the significant architectural heritage present in the houses facing demolition, and makes recommendations for the maintenance and perpetuation of the structures, styles, and theories behind the buildings. The recommendations are well thought out and pertinent to the extensive issues of deterioration facing preservationists, and the connection to tourism is robust and timely. The content itself is sometimes repetitive, with other sentences trailing off before making the point. Overall, the paper requires a more significant edit for good flow and understanding.
While the modernist movement remains an integral epoch in American design heritage, its monuments... more While the modernist movement remains an integral epoch in American design heritage, its monuments have only recently become the subject of conservation and public interpretation. The city of Columbus, Indiana features several of these studies by internationally renowned architects and landscape architects, including Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Harry Weese, and Dan Kiley. While the Modernist movement in the United States has provided significant discourse for the architectural context as part of a theoretical tableau, the greater understanding of how to interpret and conserve these buildings for a modern public has not been previously explored. This paper will address geocached augmented reality as a way to disseminate information and conserve/ interpret significant architectural artefacts as part of the current Age of Digital Empowerment. Through digital technologies, the city can be reconstructed from archival documents, representing different phases of architectural design, while providing a non-invasive interpretation strategy to inform a diverse, international public about the buildings and their histories. Through a digital translator and embedded archival paper, audio, and video ephemera, the application enhances individual engagement and empowerment, encouraging continuing interest and opening up a user base beyond on-site signage. The technology allows the public to experience the architecture three-dimensionally and remotely, and can be modified easily to include the most recent information. The Columbus Indiana Augmented Reality Project provides a test case for this new methodology in interpretation in the form of a combination mobile application and web platform. Through the application, the user becomes the explorer, navigating the heritage of the city, selecting personalized information through a democratic and equalized method. As the historic city considers itself an incubator for emerging technologies, the augmented reality application contextually aligns with a pedagogical practice in the city, and also provides a framework for a digital publically-accessible research database and accumulating archive of information.
The Historic Environment, 2016
One world archaeology, 2019
In the public interpretation of historic sites, authenticity and community involvement are interc... more In the public interpretation of historic sites, authenticity and community involvement are interconnected, allowing for tourism communities to be engaged in a particular place or history, often outside of one’s own personal experiences. While the public views history as objective, the designed presentation of heritage artifacts demonstrates that history is largely subjective, as facts can be compiled and presented to create disparate “histories,” aligned with heritages.
Professional architectural education in the United States has changed very little since its incep... more Professional architectural education in the United States has changed very little since its inception, outside of the technological evolution of structures and computing. History/theory courses, in particular, often represent a specific pattern of information processing: memorize, regurgitate, repeat. This instruction method can alienate students for whom memorization of historical dates or images and/or efficient essay writing are a challenge. With more students arriving in higher education with a broader spectrum of learning needs, evolving teaching strategies to meet these needs is paramount to the continued success of students in architecture. This paper explores the benefits and constraints of using nontraditional grading practices, detailed rubrics, and integrated design projects in two architectural history/theory courses, focusing on student learning objectives and summative understanding of course material. Disrupting the stereotype of the "sage-on-the-stage" history/theory course, alternative teaching and grading that requires self-reflection and discourages adversarial discussion may help students better understand not only the content of history by its application as critical in the design process. More contemporary practices of reflective essays or other assessments of content have proved to help students remember
Communications in computer and information science, 2017
The Columbus Indiana Augmented Reality Project is a student-driven initiative to research, interp... more The Columbus Indiana Augmented Reality Project is a student-driven initiative to research, interpret, and reproduce the historic urban architecture and landscape of Columbus, Indiana. Focusing initially on the 7 Landmark Buildings housed in the city, the project uses primary source information (original archival drawings photographs, letters, and audio material) to create an enhanced digital model, which patrons can use through an application and web platform to navigate the city either on-site or remotely. Employing the Ball State University approach to entrepreneurial learning, as students learn techniques for creating the environment, they then teach their peers and the public about the information, thus introducing and then reinforcing learning objectives and skillsets. The project provides real world experience in cutting-edge heritage preservation issues and methods, giving students an immersive experience, working with professionals in the field, and creating an immersive digital model to help the public engage with important modernist architecture.
Society for Historical Archaeology, 2018
Architectural Histories, Jan 19, 2017
Architectural collections or reconstructed villages are popular tourist attractions in Europe and... more Architectural collections or reconstructed villages are popular tourist attractions in Europe and the United States, often promoting architecture as a demonstration of national and regional heritages. At times, these sites betray the biases of their creators, perpetuated through methods of display and their public interpretation. The architecture can be used as artifact or backdrop to promote ethics, history, or industry at the hand of curators, particularly when removed from its original context and constructed in a new one. When viewed through the lens of tourism, the collections become a constructed landscape of architectural heritage, experienced by visitors through a narrow understanding of time and place, propagated by fabricated historical connections or purposeful nationalist arrangements. Often accessorizing 'authentic' architectural heritage with reconstructions and reproductions, these collections suggest a skewed heritage landscape to the non-specialized visitor, emphasizing tourism over truth and entertainment over education. Following 19 th century examples in Scandinavia and the broader introduction of international architecture through the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, early 20 th century American collections at Greenfield Village and the Manitou Cliff Dwellings underscore the intent to capitalize on architectural heritage tourism, and how a diluted history is interpreted through the eyes of the modern tourist.
Journal of research in philosophy and history, Jan 21, 2023
Architecture is the embodiment of evolution-a material demonstration of innovation, ingenuity, an... more Architecture is the embodiment of evolution-a material demonstration of innovation, ingenuity, and iteration that both speaks to the zeitgeist and reacts to the traditions of the past. As architecture has evolved since the temporary houses of nomads, so has the perception of design, its purpose, and its position in civilization. The architects of ancient societies built with longevity in mind, from the pharaonic pyramids, to the sprawling fora of Rome, to the tranquil temples of Angor Wat. With this longevity came the ritual of building: a series of practices, tried and tested for millenia, and perfected in order to achieve an ideal space. The Industrial Revolution introduced new materials, and importantly, new building practices dependent on mass production, which changed architecture forever, initiating a constantly-evolving technology shift that still impacts the architectural world today. Imagine another industrial revolution initiated through the application of digital technology under the pioneering efforts of Greg Lynn, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Peter Eisenman, and Shoei Yoh, who again changed architecture forever through applied computer programming. With the invention of computer modeling and rendering came the introduction of alternate, extended, augmented, and virtual realities, with the alternate digital space allowing for never-before-seen design possibilities. Thus far in its short lifetime, reality-based presentation methods have been used to understand and test client experience, communicate design intensions, and tweak detail and lighting as part of the design process. But, more recently, this architectural practice in a metaspace is being used as a way to encourage communities under the realm of design-appreciation and shared experience. Instead of merely visiting metaspaces and their associated metaobjects as a tourist, or as an expansion of everyday lived reality, NTFs (non-fungible tokens) provide the opportunity to take ownership over the digital realm, the newest frontier of marketable architectural space.
Although rarely addressed in modern scholarship, over the last several decades, design implemente... more Although rarely addressed in modern scholarship, over the last several decades, design implemented at archaeological and historic sites has become the organizing agent to present ancient cultures to the international public. Using topologies such as site museums, reconstructions, interpretive installation art, and comprehensive site planning, physical construction is now used to metaphorically guide visitors through the chronology and visual culture of a specific place while physically guiding them through the material remains. This dissertation examines the concepts of space, culture, and design and their junction as part of the overarching concept of "heritage interpretation." Through a series of individual site studies, this document discusses how different types of intervention can affect visitor understanding, experience, and the interpretation of history and ancient cultures by the greater public. As a comprehensive study, the research examines what methods have been used and are currently being used to facilitate public engagement with ancient remains through design, specifically placing physical interpretations within an immersive theoretical and historical context. By utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, the dissertation examines how the concepts of ancient art, cultural heritage, and modern construction interact at some of the most famous world historical sites, and how archaeological interpretation can affect a broader understanding of time, place, and culture.
Although various resources have been provided at archaeological ruins for site interpretation, a ... more Although various resources have been provided at archaeological ruins for site interpretation, a recent change in education trends has led to a wider audience attending many international archaeological sites. An innovation in museum typology is needed to help ...
SHS web of conferences, 2019
In the formative years of their education, beginning design students are often equipped with seve... more In the formative years of their education, beginning design students are often equipped with several predetermined biases and stereotypical notions about architecture, with specific design intentions centered around how architecture should look, rather than how it should perform. The intent of this paper is to dispel these preconceptions by addressing the iterative design process through conceptual parameters of pattern and module creation, population, and manipulation in an effort to provide students with an alternative perspective for how architecture can create a dialogue with its environment and facilitate the transition from "thing seeing" to "pattern seeing." In two projects examined in this paper, students were asked to initiate the design process by exploring and testing the inherent strengths and constraints of pattern formations through the lens of a scape and constructed assembly, each of which would focus on principles of ambiance and spatial qualities, rather than relying on traditional architectural typologies. By developing these conceptual projects, students were able to break away from their preconceptions of what architecture is, and instead focus on what architecture could be with a reinvention of the design process.
Journal of Research in Philosophy and History
Architecture is the embodiment of evolution-a material demonstration of innovation, ingenuity, an... more Architecture is the embodiment of evolution-a material demonstration of innovation, ingenuity, and iteration that both speaks to the zeitgeist and reacts to the traditions of the past. As architecture has evolved since the temporary houses of nomads, so has the perception of design, its purpose, and its position in civilization. The architects of ancient societies built with longevity in mind, from the pharaonic pyramids, to the sprawling fora of Rome, to the tranquil temples of Angor Wat. With this longevity came the ritual of building: a series of practices, tried and tested for millenia, and perfected in order to achieve an ideal space. The Industrial Revolution introduced new materials, and importantly, new building practices dependent on mass production, which changed architecture forever, initiating a constantly-evolving technology shift that still impacts the architectural world today. Imagine another industrial revolution initiated through the application of digital technology under the pioneering efforts of Greg Lynn, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Peter Eisenman, and Shoei Yoh, who again changed architecture forever through applied computer programming. With the invention of computer modeling and rendering came the introduction of alternate, extended, augmented, and virtual realities, with the alternate digital space allowing for never-before-seen design possibilities. Thus far in its short lifetime, reality-based presentation methods have been used to understand and test client experience, communicate design intensions, and tweak detail and lighting as part of the design process. But, more recently, this architectural practice in a metaspace is being used as a way to encourage communities under the realm of design-appreciation and shared experience. Instead of merely visiting metaspaces and their associated metaobjects as a tourist, or as an expansion of everyday lived reality, NTFs (non-fungible tokens) provide the opportunity to take ownership over the digital realm, the newest frontier of marketable architectural space.
Routledge Companion to Global Heritage Conservation, 2019
The Historic Environment, 2016
The interpretation of petroglyph/pictograph sites has become increasingly less-invasive over the ... more The interpretation of petroglyph/pictograph sites has become increasingly less-invasive over the course of the twentieth and twenty first centuries, with professionals citing concern for the preservation of the remains amid increasing public interest and tourism. Following in the trend of Lascaux II, many cave sites have been partially reconstructed using modern materials to give context and accessibility to the art without further destruction of the original material. While these sites provide cultural visitors with a comprehensive experience, developing full digital interpretation can assist further in the protection of integral heritage, while at the same time engaging a community unable to travel to a museum or the site. Current two and three dimensional digitisation of rock art fails to capture the immersive atmospheric qualities and intentional intricacy of the art, much of which uses the natural forms of the cave to enhance artistic three-dimensionality. Increasing digital te...
Transforming Heritage Practice in the 21st Century, 2019
Abstract visual culture, such as pictographs and petroglyphs can be difficult to interpret and co... more Abstract visual culture, such as pictographs and petroglyphs can be difficult to interpret and contextualize for the general public, particularly as they hold significant religious or cultural value associated with the peoples who created them. Descendant communities, therefore, can play a prominent and important role in the interpretation, by reinforcing the meaning and significance behind the imagery as part of broader cultural movements or traditions. In New Zealand and Australia, two projects designed and managed by indigenous communities are helping to engage the public not only in an understanding of local and national rock art, but in its continuing conservation. The Te Ana Māori Rock Art Center in Timaru, New Zealand, and the Brambuk Aboriginal Cultural Center in Halls Gap, Australia both rely on the active investment of their respective indigenous communities to promote the wellbeing of heritage material and the continued conversation surrounding its creation. Also addressing issues of racism, colonization, and the forced removal of indigenous populations from their heritage landscapes, the projects interpret the historical material alongside modern ideas and perspectives, helping to initiate connections between the past and present.
Although various resources have been provided at archaeological ruins for site interpretation, a ... more Although various resources have been provided at archaeological ruins for site interpretation, a recent change in education trends has led to a wider audience attending many international archaeological sites. An innovation in museum typology is needed to help ...
Society for Historical Archaeology, 2019
The article is interesting and beneficial to the understanding of the rich heritage present in Be... more The article is interesting and beneficial to the understanding of the rich heritage present in Ben Tre city. It outlines the significant architectural heritage present in the houses facing demolition, and makes recommendations for the maintenance and perpetuation of the structures, styles, and theories behind the buildings. The recommendations are well thought out and pertinent to the extensive issues of deterioration facing preservationists, and the connection to tourism is robust and timely. The content itself is sometimes repetitive, with other sentences trailing off before making the point. Overall, the paper requires a more significant edit for good flow and understanding.
While the modernist movement remains an integral epoch in American design heritage, its monuments... more While the modernist movement remains an integral epoch in American design heritage, its monuments have only recently become the subject of conservation and public interpretation. The city of Columbus, Indiana features several of these studies by internationally renowned architects and landscape architects, including Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Harry Weese, and Dan Kiley. While the Modernist movement in the United States has provided significant discourse for the architectural context as part of a theoretical tableau, the greater understanding of how to interpret and conserve these buildings for a modern public has not been previously explored. This paper will address geocached augmented reality as a way to disseminate information and conserve/ interpret significant architectural artefacts as part of the current Age of Digital Empowerment. Through digital technologies, the city can be reconstructed from archival documents, representing different phases of architectural design, while providing a non-invasive interpretation strategy to inform a diverse, international public about the buildings and their histories. Through a digital translator and embedded archival paper, audio, and video ephemera, the application enhances individual engagement and empowerment, encouraging continuing interest and opening up a user base beyond on-site signage. The technology allows the public to experience the architecture three-dimensionally and remotely, and can be modified easily to include the most recent information. The Columbus Indiana Augmented Reality Project provides a test case for this new methodology in interpretation in the form of a combination mobile application and web platform. Through the application, the user becomes the explorer, navigating the heritage of the city, selecting personalized information through a democratic and equalized method. As the historic city considers itself an incubator for emerging technologies, the augmented reality application contextually aligns with a pedagogical practice in the city, and also provides a framework for a digital publically-accessible research database and accumulating archive of information.
The Historic Environment, 2016
One world archaeology, 2019
In the public interpretation of historic sites, authenticity and community involvement are interc... more In the public interpretation of historic sites, authenticity and community involvement are interconnected, allowing for tourism communities to be engaged in a particular place or history, often outside of one’s own personal experiences. While the public views history as objective, the designed presentation of heritage artifacts demonstrates that history is largely subjective, as facts can be compiled and presented to create disparate “histories,” aligned with heritages.
Professional architectural education in the United States has changed very little since its incep... more Professional architectural education in the United States has changed very little since its inception, outside of the technological evolution of structures and computing. History/theory courses, in particular, often represent a specific pattern of information processing: memorize, regurgitate, repeat. This instruction method can alienate students for whom memorization of historical dates or images and/or efficient essay writing are a challenge. With more students arriving in higher education with a broader spectrum of learning needs, evolving teaching strategies to meet these needs is paramount to the continued success of students in architecture. This paper explores the benefits and constraints of using nontraditional grading practices, detailed rubrics, and integrated design projects in two architectural history/theory courses, focusing on student learning objectives and summative understanding of course material. Disrupting the stereotype of the "sage-on-the-stage" history/theory course, alternative teaching and grading that requires self-reflection and discourages adversarial discussion may help students better understand not only the content of history by its application as critical in the design process. More contemporary practices of reflective essays or other assessments of content have proved to help students remember
Communications in computer and information science, 2017
The Columbus Indiana Augmented Reality Project is a student-driven initiative to research, interp... more The Columbus Indiana Augmented Reality Project is a student-driven initiative to research, interpret, and reproduce the historic urban architecture and landscape of Columbus, Indiana. Focusing initially on the 7 Landmark Buildings housed in the city, the project uses primary source information (original archival drawings photographs, letters, and audio material) to create an enhanced digital model, which patrons can use through an application and web platform to navigate the city either on-site or remotely. Employing the Ball State University approach to entrepreneurial learning, as students learn techniques for creating the environment, they then teach their peers and the public about the information, thus introducing and then reinforcing learning objectives and skillsets. The project provides real world experience in cutting-edge heritage preservation issues and methods, giving students an immersive experience, working with professionals in the field, and creating an immersive digital model to help the public engage with important modernist architecture.
Society for Historical Archaeology, 2018
Architectural Histories, Jan 19, 2017
Architectural collections or reconstructed villages are popular tourist attractions in Europe and... more Architectural collections or reconstructed villages are popular tourist attractions in Europe and the United States, often promoting architecture as a demonstration of national and regional heritages. At times, these sites betray the biases of their creators, perpetuated through methods of display and their public interpretation. The architecture can be used as artifact or backdrop to promote ethics, history, or industry at the hand of curators, particularly when removed from its original context and constructed in a new one. When viewed through the lens of tourism, the collections become a constructed landscape of architectural heritage, experienced by visitors through a narrow understanding of time and place, propagated by fabricated historical connections or purposeful nationalist arrangements. Often accessorizing 'authentic' architectural heritage with reconstructions and reproductions, these collections suggest a skewed heritage landscape to the non-specialized visitor, emphasizing tourism over truth and entertainment over education. Following 19 th century examples in Scandinavia and the broader introduction of international architecture through the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, early 20 th century American collections at Greenfield Village and the Manitou Cliff Dwellings underscore the intent to capitalize on architectural heritage tourism, and how a diluted history is interpreted through the eyes of the modern tourist.
Journal of research in philosophy and history, Jan 21, 2023
Architecture is the embodiment of evolution-a material demonstration of innovation, ingenuity, an... more Architecture is the embodiment of evolution-a material demonstration of innovation, ingenuity, and iteration that both speaks to the zeitgeist and reacts to the traditions of the past. As architecture has evolved since the temporary houses of nomads, so has the perception of design, its purpose, and its position in civilization. The architects of ancient societies built with longevity in mind, from the pharaonic pyramids, to the sprawling fora of Rome, to the tranquil temples of Angor Wat. With this longevity came the ritual of building: a series of practices, tried and tested for millenia, and perfected in order to achieve an ideal space. The Industrial Revolution introduced new materials, and importantly, new building practices dependent on mass production, which changed architecture forever, initiating a constantly-evolving technology shift that still impacts the architectural world today. Imagine another industrial revolution initiated through the application of digital technology under the pioneering efforts of Greg Lynn, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Peter Eisenman, and Shoei Yoh, who again changed architecture forever through applied computer programming. With the invention of computer modeling and rendering came the introduction of alternate, extended, augmented, and virtual realities, with the alternate digital space allowing for never-before-seen design possibilities. Thus far in its short lifetime, reality-based presentation methods have been used to understand and test client experience, communicate design intensions, and tweak detail and lighting as part of the design process. But, more recently, this architectural practice in a metaspace is being used as a way to encourage communities under the realm of design-appreciation and shared experience. Instead of merely visiting metaspaces and their associated metaobjects as a tourist, or as an expansion of everyday lived reality, NTFs (non-fungible tokens) provide the opportunity to take ownership over the digital realm, the newest frontier of marketable architectural space.
Although rarely addressed in modern scholarship, over the last several decades, design implemente... more Although rarely addressed in modern scholarship, over the last several decades, design implemented at archaeological and historic sites has become the organizing agent to present ancient cultures to the international public. Using topologies such as site museums, reconstructions, interpretive installation art, and comprehensive site planning, physical construction is now used to metaphorically guide visitors through the chronology and visual culture of a specific place while physically guiding them through the material remains. This dissertation examines the concepts of space, culture, and design and their junction as part of the overarching concept of "heritage interpretation." Through a series of individual site studies, this document discusses how different types of intervention can affect visitor understanding, experience, and the interpretation of history and ancient cultures by the greater public. As a comprehensive study, the research examines what methods have been used and are currently being used to facilitate public engagement with ancient remains through design, specifically placing physical interpretations within an immersive theoretical and historical context. By utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, the dissertation examines how the concepts of ancient art, cultural heritage, and modern construction interact at some of the most famous world historical sites, and how archaeological interpretation can affect a broader understanding of time, place, and culture.
Although various resources have been provided at archaeological ruins for site interpretation, a ... more Although various resources have been provided at archaeological ruins for site interpretation, a recent change in education trends has led to a wider audience attending many international archaeological sites. An innovation in museum typology is needed to help ...
SHS web of conferences, 2019
In the formative years of their education, beginning design students are often equipped with seve... more In the formative years of their education, beginning design students are often equipped with several predetermined biases and stereotypical notions about architecture, with specific design intentions centered around how architecture should look, rather than how it should perform. The intent of this paper is to dispel these preconceptions by addressing the iterative design process through conceptual parameters of pattern and module creation, population, and manipulation in an effort to provide students with an alternative perspective for how architecture can create a dialogue with its environment and facilitate the transition from "thing seeing" to "pattern seeing." In two projects examined in this paper, students were asked to initiate the design process by exploring and testing the inherent strengths and constraints of pattern formations through the lens of a scape and constructed assembly, each of which would focus on principles of ambiance and spatial qualities, rather than relying on traditional architectural typologies. By developing these conceptual projects, students were able to break away from their preconceptions of what architecture is, and instead focus on what architecture could be with a reinvention of the design process.
Journal of Research in Philosophy and History
Architecture is the embodiment of evolution-a material demonstration of innovation, ingenuity, an... more Architecture is the embodiment of evolution-a material demonstration of innovation, ingenuity, and iteration that both speaks to the zeitgeist and reacts to the traditions of the past. As architecture has evolved since the temporary houses of nomads, so has the perception of design, its purpose, and its position in civilization. The architects of ancient societies built with longevity in mind, from the pharaonic pyramids, to the sprawling fora of Rome, to the tranquil temples of Angor Wat. With this longevity came the ritual of building: a series of practices, tried and tested for millenia, and perfected in order to achieve an ideal space. The Industrial Revolution introduced new materials, and importantly, new building practices dependent on mass production, which changed architecture forever, initiating a constantly-evolving technology shift that still impacts the architectural world today. Imagine another industrial revolution initiated through the application of digital technology under the pioneering efforts of Greg Lynn, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Peter Eisenman, and Shoei Yoh, who again changed architecture forever through applied computer programming. With the invention of computer modeling and rendering came the introduction of alternate, extended, augmented, and virtual realities, with the alternate digital space allowing for never-before-seen design possibilities. Thus far in its short lifetime, reality-based presentation methods have been used to understand and test client experience, communicate design intensions, and tweak detail and lighting as part of the design process. But, more recently, this architectural practice in a metaspace is being used as a way to encourage communities under the realm of design-appreciation and shared experience. Instead of merely visiting metaspaces and their associated metaobjects as a tourist, or as an expansion of everyday lived reality, NTFs (non-fungible tokens) provide the opportunity to take ownership over the digital realm, the newest frontier of marketable architectural space.
Routledge Companion to Global Heritage Conservation, 2019
The Historic Environment, 2016
The interpretation of petroglyph/pictograph sites has become increasingly less-invasive over the ... more The interpretation of petroglyph/pictograph sites has become increasingly less-invasive over the course of the twentieth and twenty first centuries, with professionals citing concern for the preservation of the remains amid increasing public interest and tourism. Following in the trend of Lascaux II, many cave sites have been partially reconstructed using modern materials to give context and accessibility to the art without further destruction of the original material. While these sites provide cultural visitors with a comprehensive experience, developing full digital interpretation can assist further in the protection of integral heritage, while at the same time engaging a community unable to travel to a museum or the site. Current two and three dimensional digitisation of rock art fails to capture the immersive atmospheric qualities and intentional intricacy of the art, much of which uses the natural forms of the cave to enhance artistic three-dimensionality. Increasing digital te...
Transforming Heritage Practice in the 21st Century, 2019
Abstract visual culture, such as pictographs and petroglyphs can be difficult to interpret and co... more Abstract visual culture, such as pictographs and petroglyphs can be difficult to interpret and contextualize for the general public, particularly as they hold significant religious or cultural value associated with the peoples who created them. Descendant communities, therefore, can play a prominent and important role in the interpretation, by reinforcing the meaning and significance behind the imagery as part of broader cultural movements or traditions. In New Zealand and Australia, two projects designed and managed by indigenous communities are helping to engage the public not only in an understanding of local and national rock art, but in its continuing conservation. The Te Ana Māori Rock Art Center in Timaru, New Zealand, and the Brambuk Aboriginal Cultural Center in Halls Gap, Australia both rely on the active investment of their respective indigenous communities to promote the wellbeing of heritage material and the continued conversation surrounding its creation. Also addressing issues of racism, colonization, and the forced removal of indigenous populations from their heritage landscapes, the projects interpret the historical material alongside modern ideas and perspectives, helping to initiate connections between the past and present.
Although various resources have been provided at archaeological ruins for site interpretation, a ... more Although various resources have been provided at archaeological ruins for site interpretation, a recent change in education trends has led to a wider audience attending many international archaeological sites. An innovation in museum typology is needed to help ...
Society for Historical Archaeology, 2019
Office: TBD Office Hours: TBD Overview Throughout history and across the world, architecture has ... more Office: TBD Office Hours: TBD Overview Throughout history and across the world, architecture has been used as a propagandistic tool to intentionally communicate ideas of power and politics, creating a social narrative that revolves around physical and theoretical construction and destruction. Architecture has a way of influencing viewers as well as being influenced by the political aspirations of those intent on using design to prove a point. Often, the same location is used during multiple historical epochs for the express purpose of illustrating ideas of politics and power.
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Student Centered Research in the Applied Anthropology Laboratories 2014-2018, 2018
The AAL has prepared a series of 15 wayside exhibits and an associated Story Map to tell and refr... more The AAL has prepared a series of 15 wayside exhibits and an associated Story Map to tell and reframe the story of two significant Northwest Indian Wars battles that took place in present-day Fort Recovery, Ohio: the Battle of the Wabash (1791) and the Battle of Fort Recovery (1794). The project uses maps and images to emphasize the extent of the landscape involved in the battle and its role in shaping the outcome, emphasize the American Indian perspective and battle strategy, and stress the importance of future preservation and protection of the battlefield. One of our goals was to reintegrate American Indians as active agents in these events with real human motivations of protecting family and home. We balance the interests of the two descendent communities to recount a story that is more faithful to the history and archaeology of these two significant events in American history.
Art History Teaching Resources, 2019
Review of pedagogy panel reconsidering the role of the introductory art history textbook at SECAC... more Review of pedagogy panel reconsidering the role of the introductory art history textbook at SECAC 2019