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archaeology
is a source of information about the past; our own past, “the here and then” so to say. Who do we want to have been? And how do we “know” that? Archaeology provides us with information about |
| the daily life of the past, of ordinary people, but as well about the very high and very low class people. It is a kind of “monkey watching” and as well: “how did people live back then without electricity, without all the comforts we now have? Were they smarter because they were more inventive with the simple means they had? Or were people back then more backward because they hadn’t invented yet all those things we now ...?” |
| “Who do we want to have been” also counts for the public. We can understand each other better if we know our own backgrounds, also those of our parents and ancestors. Of course we live in the present and not in the past. We can’t relive the past at all, but we can learn from it. Often this is even fun, both for the young and old. The public is very often quite interested, because the past is something personal, something very near. And a presentation with a low threshold is in that case an excellent means to bring the past closer by. |
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With Archeo Interface, Roeland Paardekooper offers services in the area of archaeology & public. His expertises are into archaeological open air museums and experimental archaeology in all its appearances.
Paardekooper is archaeologist and organiser and knows what it takes to create a framework for others, to enable, to get the things done which are requested. He likes to make feasibility studies and short term plans. Besides that he often organises international conferences, think tanks and workshops.
Paardekooper often gets inspired by things abroad and works very internationally. He likes using new media like Augmented reality and Twitter whenever it fits the situation. |
NEWS
international cooperatio for archaeological open air museums
2010, Archeo Interface focussed on adult education in archaeological open air museums with among others visits to the Ukraine and the United States. We travel on average 20 times a year abroad for field trips.
2011, OpenArch starts, a five year long cooperation with 10 archaeological open air museums and EXARC itself. Archeo Interface made a major contribution in writing the project and is its operational manager. |
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| Publicarchaeology.eu
is an international website, dedicated to archaeological open air museums, archaeology & public and experimental archaeology. We have collected a large number of literature references as well as a short presentation of about 300 archaeological open air museums, including using Google maps. One can for example browse on keyword, country, time period and in some cases on language as well. |
| In the early years of EXARC (2001-2006) we started structuring the information from the Netherlands and abroad. This information is among others resulting from our daily work as well as the postgraduate research into archaeological open air museums Paardekooper is executing at the University of Exeter. In 2007, we successfully launched Publicarchaeology.eu, knowing that EXARC at that time did not have the means to do it. In 2011, this website will be integrated into www.exarc.net. At the same time, it is turned into a Wiki: there is enough information collected to be interesting, but we have reached a limit to the extent to which Archeo Interface can let it grow single handed. |
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