Concerning the Paradox of Paradata. Or, “I don’t want realism; I want magic!”

Concerning the Paradox of Paradata. Or, “I don’t want realism; I want magic!”

Traditional written historical investigation and analysis have from the beginning consisted of a sometimes unstable mixture of fact and conjecture, hard evidence and inspired imagination. To encourage 3-D modelling of cultural heritage artefacts to be taken seriously as historical scholarship this i...

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Main Author: Richard C. Beacham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia 2011-05-01
Series:Virtual Archaeology Review
Subjects:
London charter
Paradata
3D modelling
Online Access:http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/var/article/view/4550
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spelling doaj-e357863e229d4389bddcc73d8a3b48f82020-11-25T01:58:54ZengUniversidad Politécnica de ValenciaVirtual Archaeology Review1989-99472011-05-0124495210.4995/var.2011.45503367Concerning the Paradox of Paradata. Or, “I don’t want realism; I want magic!”Richard C. Beacham0University of London.Traditional written historical investigation and analysis have from the beginning consisted of a sometimes unstable mixture of fact and conjecture, hard evidence and inspired imagination. To encourage 3-D modelling of cultural heritage artefacts to be taken seriously as historical scholarship this inevitable and ambiguous balance can be highlighted and to a significant degree documented and modulated by London Charter principles. This enhances the scholarly integrity of these models as examples of serious research based historical investigation, and helps avoid the dangers of inflated or unverified “media hype” which can compromise or discredit such work .http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/var/article/view/4550London charterParadata3D modelling
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Virtual Archaeology Review
London charter
Paradata
3D modelling
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title Concerning the Paradox of Paradata. Or, “I don’t want realism; I want magic!”
title_short Concerning the Paradox of Paradata. Or, “I don’t want realism; I want magic!”
title_full Concerning the Paradox of Paradata. Or, “I don’t want realism; I want magic!”
title_fullStr Concerning the Paradox of Paradata. Or, “I don’t want realism; I want magic!”
title_full_unstemmed Concerning the Paradox of Paradata. Or, “I don’t want realism; I want magic!”
title_sort concerning the paradox of paradata. or, “i don’t want realism; i want magic!”
publisher Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
series Virtual Archaeology Review
issn 1989-9947
publishDate 2011-05-01
description Traditional written historical investigation and analysis have from the beginning consisted of a sometimes unstable mixture of fact and conjecture, hard evidence and inspired imagination. To encourage 3-D modelling of cultural heritage artefacts to be taken seriously as historical scholarship this inevitable and ambiguous balance can be highlighted and to a significant degree documented and modulated by London Charter principles. This enhances the scholarly integrity of these models as examples of serious research based historical investigation, and helps avoid the dangers of inflated or unverified “media hype” which can compromise or discredit such work .
topic London charter
Paradata
3D modelling
url http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/var/article/view/4550
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