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Data transparency is essential to foster (re)use of data and to increase comparability between datasets. Knowing how a 3D artefact of a particular vessel was produced, allows to assess its efficacy in comparing it with another 3D artefact. This kind of paradata about the production, however, does not necessarily improve the data itself hence its comparability. To respond to this inconsistency in the creative practices of 3D data, workflows should be aligned, and therefore recorded, shared and reproduced in a similar way in order to produce qualitatively balanced 3D artefacts. In this light, the workflow is the paradata. This is not a mechanical process but a complex social negotiation occurring within the wider community of practice. No data object, whether analogue or digital, is produced in isolation, nor can its specific way of production be learned in seclusion. The conceptual framework Tradition in Transition provides guidance in documenting such practice. It combines praxeological theory derived from sociology, such as the chaîne opératoire approach and reflexivity. In this talk, I will present case studies of the visualization practice of recording pottery and demonstrate how this was documented, assessed, transferred and, finally, reproduced to produce similar visual results with the Tradition in Transition methodology.

Dr Loes Opgenhaffen is lecturer in archaeology and digital practice at the Saxion University of Applied Sciences (School of Business, Building and Technology) and affiliated researcher at the University of Amsterdam (ACASA-Department of Archaeology). Her PhD research focused on how both past and modern practices respond to the introduction of new technology. Loes currently focuses on developing new 3D workflows for educational purposes and experiments with 3D recording solutions and its application to capture challenging geometries, materials or extremely small-sized objects. Her research continues revolve on the impact of technology on archaeological visualization and knowledge-making traditions.

A version of the video with closed captions can be found on YouTube.

Kontaktperson
Isto Huvila, Institutionen för ABM