Month: November 2016

• Roma Aeterna: Open-Access Resources for Mapping the City of Rome

  

  I travel a lot in order to do Pleiades workshops and discuss the role of mapping in both research and pedagogy. The #1 question I am asked is: How can I map the city of Rome? This morning, I thought I would give a bit of a run-down on how you can begin to interact with […]

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  November 24, 2016

  Art and Graphics, The State of the Field, Uncategorized

  ancient topography, ArcGIS, digital humanities, digital maps, geography, gis, Google Earth, linked ancient world data, LOD, mapping, pelagios, Pleiades

• The Midas Touch: Alchemy in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras

  

  It has been a splendid week doing talks and research in southern California (you can see all my slides for the talks here). One of the highlights of this trip was a special visit to the Getty in L.A. to see two adjacent exhibits (one at the Getty Museum and the other at the Getty […]

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  November 17, 2016

  Art and Graphics, color, Forbes, Uncategorized

  alchemy, early modern, getty, gold, manuscripts, medieval, middle ages, museums, open access

• Fictive Heroism: Westworld, the Colosseum, and the History of Elite Amusement Parks

  

  Over on the Forbes Blog this week, I explore how the HBO show Westworld sheds light on the history of elite amusement parks. Although we should probably also reflect on the colonial penchant for “fish in a barrel” elephant safaris or perhaps analyze Marie Antoinette’s creation of a “peasant” village for her to visit at Versailles, I […]

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  November 7, 2016

  slavery, Uncategorized

  amusement parks, android ethics, gladiatorial combat, gladiators, HBO, outcasts, robots, roman emperors, Roman History, slavery, westworld