The Age of Sensing: 5th International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology

In the past, the International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology has been hosted in China, India, and Italy. For the first time in its history, the conference will take place in the United States at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The conference theme will be “The Age of Sensing.”

The 1990s will be remembered in the history of archaeology as the age of GIS. Now, we are ready to embrace new methods of recording, interpreting, conceptualizing and communicating archaeological data and relationships across the passage of time. In the next few years, we will have the opportunity to blend the physical world with a sensory-rich ‘virtual’ world where archaeologists can naturally and intuitively manipulate, navigate and remotely share interpretations and case studies. Our understanding of archaeology will be taken to a new level, enhancing our capacity to develop interpretations and to present them to fellow specialists and to the general public as simulated scenarios in 4D.

This conference seeks to explore the age of sensing, broadly defined. Papers and workshops will address different kinds of topics:

Call for participation

We are currently seeking abstracts and workshop proposals that address the conference theme—the Age of Sensing.

For papers:
Please submit an abstract of 300-500 words (Times New Roman, 11pt font, standard margins) by April 30, 2014. See http://space2place.classicalstudies.duke.edu/submission for the submission 
form.

For workshops:
Please submit a proposal by April 30, 2014 to space2place@duke.edu, including a title, number of participants (expected), technical requirements (equipment needed), and a description of the workshop.

For more information please consult the attached file.