| 2009 VIA Workshop |
Image courtesy of Garry Gibbons |
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Visualisation In Context: An Interplay of Practice and Theory
Held at the Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, 22-23 October 2009, the second VIA Workshop on the theme of Visualisation In Context: An Interplay of Practice and Theory presented a wide-ranging collection of cross-disciplinary research centred on the Workshop’s core themes.
The 2009 VIA Workshop was designed to probe intersections between theory (which might traditionally be represented in terms of critique -- linear and written) and practice (which might increasingly be expressed in terms of production -- non-linear and visual) within the field of archaeology as well as other disciplines from the humanities and the sciences. Whilst tensions can exist between practice and theory, arising from the perceived role of practice as providing a reservoir of images suitable for critique, critical engagement with images can provide for the contextualisation of visualisations and the processes linked to their construction. Should distance indeed exist between practice and theory, this 2009 VIA Workshop will concern itself with a productive and positive interplay between production and critique. As contributors to the 2008 VIA Workshop commented and as identified in the resulting 2008 VIA Workshop Report:
‘. . . the range of contributors - from students to senior professionals, academics to practising archaeologists - and the parity of respect with which each of their approaches was received, proved critical assets of the event.’
Against the 2009 VIA Workshop’s overall theme - Visualisation in Context: An Interplay of Practice and Theory -- attention will be called to arenas of practice encompassing the commercial, the academic, and the institutional in light of an historic examination of the triangulation between technology, training, and the process of visualisation. This VIA Workshop aims to build on last year’s success by providing a space for productive, multi-discipline engagement through its continued philosophy of breadth and inclusivity of content, and centres on the continued analysis of images as visual substances of knowledge in light of their circumstances of production. Where applicable, sessions will be open to papers featuring a strong project base or by referencing practical case-studies.
Click on the graphic below to view the 2009 VIA Workshop programme. |
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