Frälsning, fördömelse eller bara funktionellt verktyg? Om IT och arkeologi.

Victor, H., 1997. Frälsning, fördömelse eller bara funktionellt verktyg? Om IT och arkeologi. (Salvation, doom or just a functional tool? On IT and Archaeology). Tor 29. Uppsala.

Abstract:

This article critically discusses the contents of Culturenet Sweden, the Swedish government's official report on strategies for the use of information technology in cultural institutions, and in particular examines the prospects for IT in archaeology. This will affect the professional life of archaeologists, and therefore a discussion must start regarding our needs, apprehensions and expectations of information technology as well as the concrete construction of an archaeological culturenet. The numerous advantages of a cheap and fast medium are presented, as are the many problems which have to be overcome before the full capacity of information technology can be utilized by archaeologists. Information technology provides new avenues for publication, discussion and distribution, which can be adapted as necessary by archaeologists around the world. The multimedial structure also permits greater creativity in the production of our work, for example in the non-linear design of articles etc. The paper finally addresses fears of increased social and academic segregation in a future information society.

Keywords: Information technology, Internet, Kulturnät Sverige, hypermedia, electronic publishing, IT-society.

Helena Victor, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, S:t Eriks torg 5, S-753 10 Uppsala, Sweden. E-mail: Helena.Victor@arkeologi.uu.se.

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Internetadresser från artikeln

• Författarens hemsida: http://victor.se/helena/
• Kulturnät Sverige:
  • Utredningen: http://www.sb.gov.se/info_rosenbad/kultur_net/knethome.html
  • Kulturnät Sverige: http://www.kulturnat.iva.se
• Arkeologiska institutioner vid universitet i Sverige:
  • Göteborg: http://hum.gu.se/~arkpp
  • Lund: http://gemini.ldc.lu.se/arkeologi/
  • Stockholm: http://www.archaeology.su.se/
  • Uppsala: http://www.arkeologi.uu.se/
  • Umeå: http://www.umu.se/archaeology/
• Diverse arkeologi
  • Lista med svenska museer: http://www.rashm.se/shm/adress/links.html
  • Marinarkeologi: http://www.abc.se:80/~m10354/mark
  • Dendrokronologi: http://www.geol.lu.se/personal/ore/netsc/dendro.xtm
  • Institutet för Forntida Teknik: http://www.itz.se/backedal/ift/ift.html
  • Vitterhetsakademins bibliotek: http://www.rashm.se/kvhaab/bibl1.htm
  • Libris: http://www.libris.kb.se/
  • RAÄ: http://www.rashm.se/
  • SHM: http://www.rashm.se/shm/
  • Upplandsmuseet: http://www.uppmus.se

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