Came across the wonderful documentary photography of Andor von Barsy on a recent trip to Rotterdam. So reminiscent of my childhood in a shipbuilding port in the north east of England. My history and childhood seems to be black and white and written now in silver crystals.
Author: Michael Shanks
archaeography – developments
A session at the Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) (United States) conference 2011- Dialogs in Archaeological Photography. Flickr galleries – [Link] [Link] Here are some notes accompanying the fascinating and sometimes wonderful pictures. Nostalgic, Personal, Neglected, Treasured, Rejected: The Other Photography in Archaeology Colleen Morgan, University of California, Berkeley, clmorgan@berkeley.edu Our record of archaeological uncertainty is…
cuisinary quiddities
In de keuken van Floris – with Ayman (van Brecht) A remarkable culinary experience in Rotterdam [Link] The kind of exploration of qualities of experience I keep going on about. This is the Humanities (or should be!!)
Lara Almarcegui
Another artist exploring an archaeological sensibility – Rotterdam based Lara Almarcegui. Secession – at TENT, Rotterdam.
Rotterdam – old and new
urban planning – human-centered and historically informed (continued)
Rotterdam, meeting of the International Advisory Board to the Mayor, Ahmed Aboutaleb. I have seen my role as a member as one of representing the principles of human-centered design to the processes of urban planning and government. (See also – [link] [Link] [Link]) My emphasis has frequently been upon narrative and story – understanding people’s…
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