Archaeologists | Photographers – Update

So, the book project that Guy Hunt and I have been working on has been trundling along.  I feel guilty about it occasionally, until I hear stories from professors about projects that take ten years to publish.  Hopefully we are not on that timeline!

Guy posted work from two more contributors at the Archaeologists | Photographers blog, including Dave Webb’s brilliant and honest black and white portraits of field archaeologists.

I also finally “typeset” the book proposal–I kept bothering my design friends to do it, but they’d always tell me to do it myself, that it wasn’t that hard.  I first tried it in In Design, but just couldn’t figure out the interface to my satisfaction, so I ended up putting it together in Adobe Illustrator.  I suppose I could have just gotten a word document together, but it seems like a book that is fundamentally about visual presentation should at least try to look good.  I’m hoping to get it finalized and out the door by the time I go to the field this summer, wish me luck!

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Dr. Colleen Morgan (ORCID 0000-0001-6907-5535) is the Lecturer in Digital Archaeology and Heritage in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York. She conducts research on digital media and archaeology, with a special focus on embodiment, avatars, genetics and bioarchaeology. She is interested in building archaeological narratives with emerging technology, including photography, video, mobile and locative devices. Through archaeological making she explores past lifeways and our current understanding of heritage, especially regarding issues of authority, authenticity, and identity. View all posts by colleenmorgan