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The Oman Archive: eyes forward, a look in the rearview mirror

by Charlotte Marie Cable | Sep 6, 2012 | CHI Fellowship Program, CHI Project Info

For a country of people noted for their unhurried grace, the Sultanate of Oman is changing at a head-spinning rate. The Oman Archive (OA) was originally conceived of as a digital attempt to archive Oman’s archaeological heritage in and around the UNESCO World Heritage...

Social Media and Digital Life in Oman 2: “شوي شوي”

by Charlotte Marie Cable | May 26, 2012 | CHI Articles & Discussions, CHI Fellowship Program

Social Media and Digital Life in Oman 2: “شوي شوي” This post begins were the previous post left off: exploring the potential for social media in Oman, particularly as a forum for cultural heritage education, research, and outreach. Specifically, I am interested in...

Social Media in Oman: directions for digital in a unique social context (part I)

by Charlotte Marie Cable | Mar 29, 2012 | Uncategorized

How will archaeology and social media meet in specific cultural contexts? This blog post doesn’t answer that question: it poses it, and I plan (hope!) to respond to your ideas in future posts. Since 2007 I’ve been part of a team conducting archaeological...

Composing in glass houses: Technology, social media, and the practice of writing

by Charlotte Marie Cable | Dec 14, 2011 | CHI Fellowship Program, Uncategorized

  If you’re anything like me, scholarly writing is not the easiest or most exciting of activities. As useful as it is, I still rate it at about the level of fun as when I was 5 and accidentally smashed my own hand in the family minivan door. It is for that very...

Adventures in Archaeology: Charlotte Marie Cable enters the digital world

by Charlotte Marie Cable | Oct 14, 2011 | CHI Fellowship Program, CHI Project Info

Community archaeology, Mid-East anthropology, Alaska, Adventure, Cycling, and Logophilia Archaeology is the search for culture through material: intangible ideas about the world are made tangible through the ways we arrange and rearrange our physical worlds to reflect...

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