Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities is a transdisciplinary research direction which uses computational and digital media to study culture and history. For more information please visit the SotonDH website.
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Projects
A Connected Island: how the Iron Curtain affected Archaeologists in Central Europe
Iza Romanowska
Using citation network analysis this project aims to investigate the effects that the Cold War had on researchers on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
Colonising Polynesia; Uncertain sailing craft route modelling
Thomas Dickson (Investigator), David Sear
Through developing a novel methodology of modelling sailing craft routing it is possible to investigate archaeological problems as well as applications to modern yacht racing and autonomous sailing technology. This research uses iridis to provide accurate and fast analysis of shortest path routes for sailing craft in order to provide insight and improve safety of operation.
FUE: Foragers in Unpredictable Environments
Iza Romanowska
An Agent-based model developed to investigate human dependencies on orally transmitted knowledge under constantly changing environmental conditions.
Simulating Human Expansion in the Early Pleistocene
Seth Bullock, Fraser Sturt (Investigators), Iza Romanowska
Using Agent-based modelling to investigate the first human dispersal almost 2 million years ago.
People
Seth BullockProfessor, Electronics and Computer Science (FPAS)
Fraser SturtSenior Lecturer, Humanities (FH)
Iza RomanowskaPostgraduate Research Student, Humanities (FH)
Thomas DicksonNone, None
David SearNone, None