People
Before Southampton Digital Humanities came back in 2021, SotonDH fostered a lively community between 2011 and 2014. This page – and the sub-items on this menu – document and preserve that history.
Angeliki Chrysanthi
I am a PhD candidate at University of Southampton, working towards my thesis on novel approaches for the design of archaeological walks . As an active researcher in the field of computing applications for Cultural Heritage, I communicate my work and the pertinent issues of my discipline in severa...
Show more ⬇l conferences, invited lectures and workshops as well as targeted publications. I also, sit on the committee of the CAA-GR (the Greek chapter of Computing Application and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology).
I concluded my BA in Archaeology (Department of Art History and Archaeology, National University of Athens) and continued with my MSc in Preservation of Monuments and Sites (Department of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens).
My growing interest in studies such as mobile and desktop augmented reality, human-computer interaction and visual ethnographic methodologies has unfolded a series of new research directions and collaborations which complement my core interest in the field of cultural heritage.
I first visited Portus in 2011, as a research assistant for the PATINA Project, where I ran a student and staff-led photographic and personal video recording (with wearable lightweight cameras) study to reveal the interactions taking place between participants (experts and students) and between participants and their research environment. Ever since, I have been involved in a preliminary work which looks at ways of disseminating to a wider audience the rich physical and digital outputs of the Portus Project through novel technologies (on-site and remotely).
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Catriona Cooper
I am a PhD student working on a thesis exploring lived experience in late medieval buildings through digital technologies. I am a Collaborative Doctoral Award student partnered with the National Trust working on a project with a history PhD student. Outside of my thesis I teach on the first year ...
Show more ⬇Archaeological Methods course and in summer work on the High Status Late Medieval Buildings project collaboration between University of Southampton, Northwestern University and The National Trust.  I am also involved with the  AHRC Ways of Seeing the English Domestic Interior, 1500-1700.
I complete a BA in Archaeology at Southampton in 2009 and continued straight into an MSc in Archaeological Computing (Spatial Technologies). My research interests are how acoustical and visualisation tools can be applied to explore the past as a method for recording, disseminating and also generating research. I am also interested in the role gender plays in digital humanities, buildings archaeology and medieval archaeology.
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David Wheatley
 I completed my BSc in Archaeology from University College Cardiff 1988, my MSc in Archaeology Computing at Southampton 1988/9, and my PhD in Archaeological Applications of GIS with Case Studies in Neolithic Wessex at Southampton in 1994. My research interests lie in the later Prehistory of we...
Show more ⬇stern Europe from the beginnings of farming to the emergence of âstate likeâ polities in the late Bronze and early Iron Ages and spatial approaches to archaeology. I am currently investigating the prehistoric landscape of Antequera, AndalucĂa (with L GarcĂa SanjuĂĄn) and the later Bronze Age 'warrior' stelae of southern Iberia (with M Diaz-Guardamino Uribe. I am a member of the AHRC peer-review college, editorial panel of CAA (2012-2103), advisory board of MENGA (the Journal of Andalucian Prehistory) and SPAL (the Archaeological Journal of the University of Seville.
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Fiona Harvey
Education Development Manager in the Centre for Innovation in Technologies and Education (CITE) at the University of Southampton. Â Working across the University, bringing technology enhancements to course content. Â Consultant for MOOC projects for pedagogy and design.
I am the lead for CITE ...
Show more ⬇on Digital Literacies and I work very closely with Lisa Harris, running workshops and organising the Conference (Digital Literacies - MOOCS and the Online Learner 2013 and Digital Literacies Conference 2012) . Â I am responsible for setting up and running Digital Champion network with Lisa Harris. Â I am also the Chair of the Digital Literacies Special Interest Group.
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Fraser Sturt
I am a specialist in maritime prehistory and geoarchaeology who has been lucky enough to work on projects both on land and underwater across the globe: from survey and excavation in South, Central and North America, through to diver and ROV work in Europe. Over the last five years my research i...
Show more ⬇nterests have seen me work on a variety of Research Council funded projects whilst also developing close collaborative links with offshore industries. I am a member of the Computational Modelling and the Sustainability Science Research Groups. In addition, whilst the majority of my teaching is carried out in the Faculty of Humanities I also contribute to modules in the school of ocean and earth sciences, as well as broader university-wide multidisciplinary programmes.
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Graeme Earl
I am interested in all aspects of interdisciplinary research practice, with a particular emphasis on interactions between cultural heritage and computation. I co-direct the Portus Project.
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Hembo Pagi
I came to Southampton in 2006 for my MSc degree and been keeping coming back ever since. I have been working more than a decade in ICT, providing solutions for different commercial IT and archaeological projects. Currently I am working for Portus Limen project and running small company called Arc...
Show more ⬇haeovision, which is focussing on cultural heritage documentation.
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Iza Romanowska
I am a postgraduate research student at the Institute for Complex Systems Simulation and the Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins.
I received my undergraduate and Master degrees in Prehistoric and Medieval Archaeology from the Jagiellonian University (Poland) in 2008. In 2012 I obtained...
Show more ⬇ a Master in Philosophy in âArchaeology of Human Originsâ from the University of Southampton. I am currently enrolled at the Doctoral Training Centre in Complex Systems Simulation where I have completed the first taught year, an equivalent to a Master in Computer Science, and I continue my studies as a PhD student.
My research is focused on the applications of computational modelling to archaeology and Palaeolithic archaeology in particular. I use a variety of simulation techniques to explore archaeological questions, test hypotheses and formalise conceptual models.
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James Miles
I completed my BA with Upper Second Class Honours at the University of Southampton in 2009 followed by my MSc in 2010 at the same university. My MSc dissertation followed the use of interactive models within the publication of the excavation record.
My current research is on the relevance of s...
Show more ⬇tructural analysis within archaeological interpretation and archaeological modelling with Winchester Cathedral Close being used as a case study.
The research focuses on the combination of different recording techniques currently used within archaeology such as laser scanning, photogrammetry and building surveying to create a system of models that replicate the basic form of a building. Structural analysis is then used to identify the structural integrity of these buildings, identifying how the building may have changed over time. This work will then be compared to 3D models of past buildings and be used to clarify the layout of the building, adding to the integrity of the 3D representation.
Whilst completing my PhD I was involved in a number of funded projects which used my expertise in 3D recording. I was a key figure within the AHRC Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) project and I have been involved within the teaching of this technique to students and community groups. I was likewise part of the AHRC Portus project through the recording and processing of laser scan data from which I created a series of animations. The scan results have been used to highlight areas of interest and been key within the virtual reconstruction of the site. My research interests at Portus include laser scanning, photogrammetry, RTI and is focused on the integration that they provide within archaeological investigations. I have taken the lead on the recording methodology used on site, and in collaboration with Stephen Kay and Hembo Pagi we are recording the current state of the overall site based on the projectâs aim and direction related to each building.
I was also involved within the AHRC Parnassus project which is directly related to my PhD with my specialities of laser scanning, photogrammetry, CAD and structural analysis being integrated into the project. The project aims were to identify how water and wind driven rain could affect historic buildings and it has created a novel way to identify the moisture content within walls using ERT.
My other research interests are based on how 3D recording can aid archaeological understanding of known subjects. I was one of the lead researchers within the photogrammetry and RTI survey of Easter Island statue Hoa Hakananai'a (http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/article00998.html) and I was also the lead investigators of the CT scanning of the Selby Coin Hoard (http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/jul/09/x-rays-reveal-secrets-roman-coins). Other collaborations include the use of laser scanning and RTI within the understanding of Etruscan votives with Dr Rebecca Flemming at the University of Cambridge and Kristian Strutt from the University of Southampton, in creating a series of geophysical surveys of Winchester to identify the Medieval and Roman layout of the historic city.
In addition to the projects and my main research interests, I am have also been involved in the teaching of both Undergraduate and Master students at the University of Southampton, including the direct involvement within a number of dissertation projects including David Selmo's research into the use of Underwater RTI.
Whilst completing my PhD I have also started a digital cultural heritage company called Archaeovision with Hembo Pagi. We specialise in various digital recording and web based solutions for cultural heritage, with companies in the UK and Estonia.
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Jesse Ransley
My work centres on ethnographies of seafaring and oceans, particularly of the Indian Ocean past and present.
I study the history and material culture of south Asian seafaring - from traditional boatbuilding and watery landscapes to lascars and piracy (and the politics and ethics of maritim...
Show more ⬇e archaeological heritage management).
I am interested in the embodied knowledges of seafaring, the materiality and temporality of oceans and the larger philosophical question of how we imagine and understand maritime space.
Or, as it was recently put to me: 'you do bodies on boats, don't you?'
Which is definitely true. Boats. People. Water.
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Julie Watson
Head of eLanguages research and development unit, and Principal Teaching Fellow in eLearning in Modern Languages.
I design and develop online courses and teaching/learning resources, particularly in English for Academic Purposes and study skills (EAP and Study Skills Toolkits). We created and ...
Show more ⬇maintain the 'Prepare for Success' website (www.prepareforsuccess.org.uk) for international students coming to the UK.
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Leif Isaksen
Leif Isaksen is a Lecturer in Archaeology and Digital Humanities, and Deputy Director of the Web Science Doctoral Training Centre at UoS. He has a broad range of experience across the humanities and computing sectors, with degrees in Philosophy, Archaeology and Computer Science, and professional ...
Show more ⬇employment in software development, commercial archaeology and academia.
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Lisa Harris
Educational innovator & disruptor at University of Southampton. Champion of Web Science, Digital Literacies & Digital Marketing MOOC. Open access only please. Fascinated by transformative potential of technology for education and business.
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Matthew Harrison
I completed a BA in Archaeology and Anthropology at University of Cambridge in 2007. I then worked in commercial archaeology before beginning a masters in Archaeological Computing at the University of Southampton in 2010. I am now undertaking a PhD with the ACRG focussing on the visualisation and...
Show more ⬇ analysis of medieval Cairo, with particular emphasis on simulating movement, visibility and acoustics.
My research interests include procedural modelling, visualisation of ancient cities, the visualisation of uncertainty in archaeological reconstructions, medieval and Roman urbanism, the archaeology of early Christianity and Islam.
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Matthew Tyler-Jones
I came to cultural heritage via five years working at Midland Bank when I left school. In my free time, I volunteered as a costumed interpreter at Kentwell Hall and, with re-enactment societies, at various medieval sites around the UK and France. When, one evening, a few of us said âwe could ma...
Show more ⬇ke a business out of thisâ I left my job at the bank to go to college, first to get an Art Foundation and then to Manchester Polytechnic to join an innovative course called Design for Communications Media.
I specialised in Educational Media Design, with the intention of applying what I was learning to cultural heritage. During my vacations and upon graduation I worked for the nascent company my friends had started, Past Pleasures, creating immersive living history festivals at Lancaster and Tunbridge Wells, as well as projects including: an exhibition for the centenary of the Commonwealth Institute; a design for a metafictional Sherlock Holmes exhibition in Croydon; and, a game that combined real-time investment advice from 300 year-old characters at the Bank of England Museum with a digital simulation, tracking the playersâ investment portfolio from the founding of the bank to its tercentenary.
In 1996 I helped found JMD&Co, and for two years I also lectured on Heritage Tourism and Visitor Management and Interpretation modules for a Portsmouth University validated HND/degree course at Farnborough Technical College.
Subsequently, I enrolled in the new Distance Learning delivered Mastersâ degree in Museum Studies at Leicester University, where I became interested in the social use of space, particularly Bill Hillierâs âspace syntax,â and the increasing futility of cultural heritage sites trying to tell doggedly linear stories in three-dimensional spaces. Although my dissertation explored models for mapping interpretation, and particularly learning styles, onto spaces, a satisfactory reconciliation of linear story and three-dimensional space eluded me.
After graduation, I decided my time in the âsmall businessâ end of cultural heritage was over for a while, and I left JMD&Co to join a cultural institution, the National Trust, as a Regional Community, Learning and Volunteering Manager. I brought the first National Trust iPad into use at Batemans, where, combined with a wax cylinder record player, and the help of renowned folk singer, Jon Boden, weâve returned Rudyard Kiplingâs voice back into his old home.
However, one of the innovations which I am most proud of is the National Trustâs virtual tours. Working with a small company, and a range of disabled stakeholders, we created a touch-screen based human computer interface that could also, if required, be controlled with other input devices, and allowed visitors with a variety of disabilities to fully enjoy the virtual tour. The teamsâ achievement was recognised with a Jodi Award for Excellence in accessible digital media in 2008.
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Nicole
PhD in Cultural Heritage & Web at @websciencetrust & @ArchCRG,@unisouthampton. Co-run #musetechphd. With @CommunityRTI,@SotonDH, @SotonDE. Promoting #opendata
Southampton, UK · http://theculturalheritageweb.wordpress.com
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Penny Copeland
My name is Penny Copeland, and my role is helping to organise the PortusLimen project - I am the Project Manager and Illustrator.
I have worked on the Portus Project since 2006 helping to arrange the excavation, supervising finds, recording the buildings and organising the survey data. I have ...
Show more ⬇illustrated a range of papers and web pages and the discussions for the layout of the port and the size and shape of the buildings have been really mind stretching and fascinating. I am looking forward to seeing the team work together to explore more of the maritime infrastructure of the Mediterranean!
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Peter Wheeler
Originally from Ireland, I moved to Southampton to study Archaeology in 2008. Having completed my undergraduate degree in 2011, with a dissertation focusing on the 3D modeling of the Castellum Aquae at Portus, I continued my studies and involvement with the Portus project by enrolling in the MSc ...
Show more ⬇Archaeological Computing (Virtual Pasts) masters degree. During this time, as well as doing the core curricular work I focused on improving my computing skills, working in web design and content management across the University. Through this work I am now involved in the development of the Portus Virtual Tour and the Virtual Fieldwork Project. My role in these projects is mainly focused on researching innovative web design.
Furthermore, I'm the education learning designer for the upcoming Portus MOOCÂ and responsible for the design of the course, its layout and content. This MOOC represents an exciting time in the Portus Project and I'm delighted to be part of such a project. I look forward to working on the MOOC until it release in May 2014.
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Simon Coles
I obtained my BSc and PhD at the University of Wales, Cardiff in 1992 and 1997 respectively. My PhD was in structural systematics and molecular modelling, which I undertook whilst working part-time for the National Crystallography Service, both under the supervision of Professor Mike Hursthouse. ...
Show more ⬇On completion of my thesis I moved to a PDRA appointment with the Royal Institution, but based at the CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory, where I worked with a collaborative team to build the highly successful Small Molecule Single Crystal beamline, 9.8. In 1998 I again joined forces with Mike Hursthouse when I moved to Southampton to establish a new laboratory and manage the National Crystallography Service. I transferred to Chemistry staff in July 2009 and took over the role of Director of the National Crystallography Service and became a Senior Lecturer in 2012 and Associate Professor in 2014.
I am involved in many areas of research and teaching - please check out my academic website for more details. I currently spearhead the drive to make working practice and the department of chemistry at Southampton a more sustainable endeavour.
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Tom Brughmans
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Konstanz. I received my PhD in Archaeology from the University of Southampton (2014) for my work entitled âEvaluating network science in archaeology. A Roman archaeology perspectiveâ;...
Show more ⬇ I also gained my MSc from Southampton, in âArchaeological Computing: Spatial Technologiesâ, where I was a member of the Archaeological Computing Research Group. I hold an MA and BA in Archaeology from the University of Leuven. Together with Anna Collar and Fiona Coward, I am a founding member of The Connected Past, a multi-disciplinary research group that aims to provide discussion platforms for the development of original and critical applications of network and complexity approaches to archaeology and history. I am secretary of the internationalComputer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology conference (CAA).
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