Friday Varia and Quick Hits
It’s finally Friday in a week filled with a share of both meetings and some genuine excitement. This weekend looks to be a tame affair with some GIS work, a couple short books to read, and some time to recharge before the final, post-holiday, push to the end of the semester.
Because it’s 2020, the Ohio State – Indiana game actually matters and the usual post-Thanksgiving tilt between the Buckeyes and Michigan remains in the distant future. In its place the first ODI between Australia and India looms.
For those less interesting in sports, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the publication of a new book from The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota. Go and download it for free:
Derek B. Counts, Erin Walcek Averett, Kevin Garstki, and Michael Toumazou, Visualizing Votive Practice: Exploring Limestone and Terracotta Sculpture from Athienou-Malloura through 3D Models.
It’s already getting some very generous comments in The Social Media: “This is easily the coolest archaeological catalog that has ever been published. The 3D PDF is gorgeous. The linked content (Open Context and Sketchfab sites) super easy to play around with. Is this my new favorite #digitalhumanities example? Probably.”
If that doesn’t float your boat, perhaps you’ll find something fun in our quick hits and varia:
A Square Peg in a Round Hole: Rethinking Archaeological Publication.
On the 30th anniversary of NAGPRA: Jenny Davis’s “Lullaby for Bones”.
Thinking like students (but not ourselves when we were students).
Open access and author rights: questioning Harvard’s open access policy
Poetry from Craig Santos Perez: “from aerial roots [off-island chamorros]”.
What I’m reading: Sheila Liming, Office. 2020 and also Kevin Garstki, Digital Innovations in European Archaeology. 2020.
What I’m listening to: Byard Lancaster, Live at Macalester College.
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