Data Legacies, Epistemic Anxieties, and Digital Imaginaries in Archaeology
Data Legacies, Epistemic Anxieties, and Digital Imaginaries in Archaeology
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考古学中的数据遗产、认知焦虑和数字想象
DOI：
10.3390/digital2020016
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发表时间：
2022
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通讯作者：
J. Huggett
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作者：
J. Huggett
考古学在一个日益以数据为媒介的世界中运作，在这个世界中，数据驱动着关于人和事物的知识和行为。众所周知，数据被称为“新石油”，支撑着现代经济，是整个社会许多技术变革的根源，甚至对思想和行动具有近乎宗教的力量。正如本期特刊所承认的那样，考古学研究具有社会和历史背景，因此受到这些更广泛的发展的影响。在考古学中，就像在更广阔的世界中一样，数据是知识的基础，但其能力很少得到反映。本文提供了这样的反思：对考古数字数据的性质及其（再）使用的挑战的思考。它询问我们对数据的理解：它的词源和理解、它的例外性和可变性、它的构造和基础设施、以及它的起源和后果。引入考古数据假想的概念是为了更好地理解考古数据的收集和使用方法，并且案例研究探讨了如何通过灰色文献中嵌入的数据来调解和补救知识。了解数字数据的波动性和不可预测性是了解其在考古知识创造中使用和重用的潜力的关键。
Archaeology operates in an increasingly data-mediated world in which data drive knowledge and actions about people and things. Famously, data has been characterized as “the new oil”, underpinning modern economies and at the root of many technological transformations in society at large, even assuming a near-religious power over thought and action. As the call for this Special Issue recognizes, archaeological research is socially and historically situated and consequently influenced by these same broader developments. In archaeology, as in the wider world, data is the foundation for knowledge, but its capacity is rarely reflected upon. This paper offers just such a reflection: a meditation on the nature of archaeological digital data and the challenges for its (re)use. It asks what we understand by data: its etymology and comprehension, its exceptionality and mutability, its constructs and infrastructures, and its origins and consequences. The concept of the archaeological data imaginary is introduced to better understand approaches to the collection and use of archaeological data, and a case study examines how knowledge is mediated and remediated through the data embedded in grey literature. Appreciating the volatility and unpredictability of digital data is key in understanding its potential for use and reuse in the creation of archaeological knowledge.
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1.8
作者：
Bevan, Andrew
通讯作者：
Bevan, Andrew
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2.1
作者：
Bates, Jo
通讯作者：
Bates, Jo