Andrew Roberts
@andrewjroberts.bsky.social
Historian and museums professional specialising in Roman Britain and other interesting things. Posts on this and exhibition design.
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Hi! This is today! Come and hear me rambling about pots I think are pretty! #ClassicsBluesky
Hello! Come and hear me talk about dance iconography at Brauron!
It is real gritty work-in-progress but there will be lots of lovely pictures.
#ClassicsBluesky
It is real gritty work-in-progress but there will be lots of lovely pictures.
#ClassicsBluesky
Dance - Online - Monday 5th February 2024 - 5pm-6.30pm (UK Time) — The Baron Thyssen Centre for th...
A seminar and discussion about material religion and dance. This online
event will include talks by Dr Audrey Gouy and Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts.
www.openmaterialreligion.org
February 5, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Hi! This is today! Come and hear me rambling about pots I think are pretty! #ClassicsBluesky
I'm delighted to announce that my new article (co authored with Daniela Petrelli, who isn't yet on here) on Sensory interpretation of Roman Religion is now published open access! traj.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...
Experiencing Roman religion on Hadrian’s Wall: embodied interaction in an antiquarian Museum
This paper explores the challenge of restoring the sensory experience of archaeological museums, particularly through the engagement of touch, in order to enable visitors to have an embodied museum ex...
traj.openlibhums.org
January 30, 2024 at 11:18 AM
I'm delighted to announce that my new article (co authored with Daniela Petrelli, who isn't yet on here) on Sensory interpretation of Roman Religion is now published open access! traj.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...
Anyone interested in different ways of using technology to interpret Roman archaeology (VR versus Internet of Things) might be interested in this free to access article. I assisted the excellent Daniela Petrelli of SHU (and not yet of this parish) in writing.
Exploring digital means to engage visitors with Roman culture: Virtual Reality vs. Tangible Interact...
To effectively communicate the archaeological remains of the distant past is a challenge:
little may be left to see, and the culture may be very different to comprehend. This
paper compares two techno...
doi.org
September 30, 2023 at 6:16 PM
Anyone interested in different ways of using technology to interpret Roman archaeology (VR versus Internet of Things) might be interested in this free to access article. I assisted the excellent Daniela Petrelli of SHU (and not yet of this parish) in writing.
Reposted by Andrew Roberts
Welcome to my lovely colleague @drnaomiscott.bsky.social - everyone on ClassicsBluesky should go and follow her, and also go buy her book Jokes in Greek Comedy - which is out (digitally) and nearly out (physically).
Jokes in Greek Comedy
In ancient Greek comedy, nothing is ever 'just a joke'. This book treats jokes with the seriousness they deserve, and shows that far from being mere surface-lev…
www.bloomsbury.com
September 22, 2023 at 1:19 PM
Welcome to my lovely colleague @drnaomiscott.bsky.social - everyone on ClassicsBluesky should go and follow her, and also go buy her book Jokes in Greek Comedy - which is out (digitally) and nearly out (physically).
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Exciting Stonehenge news for your Monday morning. The central 'Altar Stone' is a type of sandstone not found in Wales, or even in southern England. The hunt is now on for the source!
The Stonehenge Altar Stone was probably not sourced from the Old Red Sandstone of the Anglo-Welsh Ba...
Stone 80, the recumbent Altar Stone, is the largest of the Stonehenge foreign “bluestones”, mainly igneous rocks forming the inner Stonehenge circle. …
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September 25, 2023 at 7:50 AM
Exciting Stonehenge news for your Monday morning. The central 'Altar Stone' is a type of sandstone not found in Wales, or even in southern England. The hunt is now on for the source!