Diffracting Dgtl Images: Archaeology, Art Practice and Cultural Heritage

Dgtl imaging techniques have been rapidly adopted within archaeology and cultural heritage practice for the accurate documentation of cultural artefacts. But what is a dgtl image, and how does it relate to dgtl photography? The authors of this book take a critical look at the practice and techniques of dgtl imaging from the stance of dgtl archaeologists, cultural heritage practitioners and dgtl artists. Borrowing from the feminist scholar Karen Barad, the authors ask what happens when we diffract the formal techniques of archaeological dgtl imaging through a different set of disciplinary concerns and practices. Diffracting exposes the differences between archaeologists, heritage practitioners and artists, and foregrounds how their differing practices and approaches enrich and inform each other. How might the dgtl imaging techniques used by archaeologists be adopted by dgtl artists, and what are the potentials associated with this adoption? Under the gaze of fine artists, what happens to the fidelity of the dgtl images made by archaeologists, and what new questions do we ask of the dgtl image? How can the critical approaches and practices of fine artists inform the future practice of dgtl imaging in archaeology and cultural heritage? Diffracting Dgtl Images will be of interest to students and scholars in archaeology, cultural heritage studies, anthropology, fine art, dgtl humanities, and media theory.