dditionally, whatdo archaeologists learn from various communities of users by opening244 ANGELA M. LABRADOR
I think there's so much value in opening up these databases for communities to have a hands on experience in how their information is brought to them and the intention that's behind gathering it. It will deepen their underatnding on the concept of archeology and might help to rewrite narrattives nad block out sterotypes.
A popular, contemporary instance oforganic tagging can be seen on flickr (http://www.flickr.com), where usersdescribe digital photographs with self- and predefined descriptive tags suchas ‘‘California,’’ ‘‘portrait,’’ ‘‘Nikon,’’ ‘‘square,’’ ‘‘sepia,’’ and ‘‘romantic.’’ A
This helped me understand a lot better
However, today’s archaeological databases go relatively un-examined ashistoriographic texts that continue to assert expert authority over empiricalevidence from the past and to sanitize the sensual nature of material cul-ture by representing it in terms of objective data points.
So what I got from this is that newer data collection methods are more objecties than those of the past
ecause many archaeological methods are destructive, databases serve asimportant archives of former states of being.
Do they mean strictly excavation? Why is it mostly destuctive?
‘black box’’ nature
I'm not really sure what this means but I also figure that people might assume that not much theory would be required due to the computerized nature of everything
a ‘duty of care’ to act respon-sibly towards the sites we excavate, as well as to the public who relies on us toproduce data that is accessible, understandable, and thoughtful. The chief wayin which we consider whether we are meeting that responsibility is through ourpractice of ‘archaeological ethics’.
I've always thought about archeologists especially when I vsion the landscape and truth of what we call our history. How do we know what to trust? How can we preserve this trust for future generations? It takes a lot of acre to make sure that nothing slips through the cracks and there arew no cracks in the artefacts atht didn't manage to slip past.
second layer of difficulty - basic digital literacy, in this case
Hi would say my worry is with digital literacy. When I saw coding I wanted to bolt. However, I'm actually excited about putting my mind to something difficult and working through it