[Libreplanet-IT] Invitation to GnewArchaeology – FreeSoftware, OpenData and OpenKnowledge in Archaeology

[domenico giusti]

[Apologies for cross-posting]


Dear all,

I'm Domenico Giusti, a student from the Erasmus Mundus Master in Quaternary and Prehistory at the University of Ferrara.

Here
few words about my background: I graduated in Conservation of Cultural
Heritage at the University of Perugia with a degree in ethnography and
museography. Then I worked some years with local ethnographic museums,
specially dealing with cataloging, databases and other information
technologies applied to cultural heritage, mainly using Free/Libre and
Open Source software.

Since
2010, I'm following courses in Global Positioning System (GPS) and
Geographic Information System (GIS) and I'm also very interested in
themes like Open Knowledge and Science Commons.

In 2010 I decide to apply for the Cultural Fund of the University
of Ferrara, a fund for cultural events and activities promoted by the
student of the University of Ferrara, to have the opportunity to get
some fund to organize a workshop on Free Software, Open Data and Open
Knowledge in Archaeology. Then, I became the project manager of the
GNewArchaeology workshop.

So I am glad to invite you to participate to the first GNewArchaeology workshop (and I hope it will not be the last one…)

# Website
http://www.gnewarchaeology.it









# When/Where
It will take place on the 13th - 14th October 2011 in Ferrara, Italy

# About
The
GNewArchaelogy – Free Software, Open Data and Open Knowledge in
Archaeology workshop is part of a cultural project promoted and
organized by the students from the University of Ferrara and funded by
the Cultural Fund of the University of Ferrara, Italy.

These two days will be an opportunity for meeting and debating
about the use and diffusion of free and open source software aimed at
public institutions, particularly at archaeological research processes,
such as open formats and archaeological data sharing.

Presentations of research projects and case studies, round-table
discussions and tutorials about specific software are scheduled. The
more technical and specific meeting will be preceded by introductive
sessions to the free software addressed to everyone who is interested
in and will include screening of documentaries, distribution of
informative brochures and help for software installation.

The workshop is an occasion to develop links, connections,
contacts, cooperation between students, professionals and working
groups.

# How to participate
Authors are invited to submit
proposals on any aspect of using freesoftware in archaeological
processes, creating, publishing and reusing open archaeological data.

Topics of interest are, but not limited to:

» Introduction to FLOSS

» FLOSS in archaeology (tools for storage and processing, analyzing, visualization...)

» Open geospatial data

» Semantic Web and Linked Open Data









» Open Science and Open Data in Academic Research

Various types of discussion are scheduled:

» long presentation session (60 minute)

» short presentation session (15 to 30 minute)

»
round-table discussions, which intend to create a constructive debate
between professional users of open source software and public as such
as researchers, archaeologists and students

» tutorial: you can present your topics or projects doing pratical
activities with a small group of people. The software required for your
tutorial has to be communicate to the organization. We will try to
organize before your tutorial a special session to explain how to
install the software (if its required)

Important dates:

Submission deadline: September 22th, 2011

Notification upon acceptance and publication of abstracts: September 29, 2011

Workshop: 13th - 14th October, 2011



We are looking forward for your participation!









If you have any questions/enquiries/suggestion, please feel free to email us at address@hidden

Best regards,

The GNewArchaeology team

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Università degli Studi di Ferrara