Concerning the Paradox of Paradata. Or, “I don’t want realism; I want magic!”

Traditional written historical investigation and analysis have from the beginning consisted of a sometimes unstable mixture of fact and conjecture, hard evidence and inspired imagination. To encourage 3-D modelling of cultural heritage artefacts to be taken seriously as historical scholarship this i...

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Main Author: Richard C. Beacham
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Language:English
Published: Universitat Politècnica de València 2011-05-01
Series:Virtual Archaeology Review
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Online Access:http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/var/article/view/4550
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description Traditional written historical investigation and analysis have from the beginning consisted of a sometimes unstable mixture of fact and conjecture, hard evidence and inspired imagination. To encourage 3-D modelling of cultural heritage artefacts to be taken seriously as historical scholarship this inevitable and ambiguous balance can be highlighted and to a significant degree documented and modulated by London Charter principles. This enhances the scholarly integrity of these models as examples of serious research based historical investigation, and helps avoid the dangers of inflated or unverified “media hype” which can compromise or discredit such work .
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Concerning the Paradox of Paradata. Or, “I don’t want realism; I want magic!”
Virtual Archaeology Review
London charter
Paradata
3D modelling
title Concerning the Paradox of Paradata. Or, “I don’t want realism; I want magic!”
title_full Concerning the Paradox of Paradata. Or, “I don’t want realism; I want magic!”
title_fullStr Concerning the Paradox of Paradata. Or, “I don’t want realism; I want magic!”
title_full_unstemmed Concerning the Paradox of Paradata. Or, “I don’t want realism; I want magic!”
title_short Concerning the Paradox of Paradata. Or, “I don’t want realism; I want magic!”
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topic London charter
Paradata
3D modelling
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