Digital Documentation and Representation of Cultural Heritage
This summer 2008 Learn, plan and create the public interpretation of the san francisco bay area past
A UC Berkeley Summer Sessions residential course held in the Presidio of San Francisco
Schedule
Students will participate in all parts of the process of creating these digitally remediated interpretive trail installations, from initial research, through design, development and production. Coursework will include
• Critical assessment of New Media technologies that are used or potentially useful for the documentation and representation of cultural heritage places, including interpretive walks
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•The development of content for such interpretive walks at El Presidio.
The working day (M-F 8.30-7.00) is broken into 6 segments (8.30-10.30, 11-12.30, 1.15-3.30, 4-5.00, 5-5.30, 5:30-7), with a break mid-morning and mid-afternoon, and for lunch. The first four segments of the day will in general alternate between workshops, labwork (individual or team), and work on site (in the field). The last 30 mins of the day is devoted to uploading assets to the database and updating their metadata, as well as creating blog entries. There is no work organized for evenings or weekends, since students are expected to do individual reading and research during these hours. At least one seminar and/or film show will be organised each week. Students will have access to free wireless Internet for downloading on-line readings from the course website. You will also have access to the library of the Presidio Archaeology Lab. Obviously students can also cross the Bay Bridge to study in the UCB library if they wish
