{"id":2151,"date":"2014-07-11T12:39:51","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T12:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/memetechnology.org\/?p=3157"},"modified":"2014-07-11T12:39:51","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T12:39:51","slug":"why-lego-buildyourownportus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/archaeology\/2014\/07\/11\/why-lego-buildyourownportus\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Lego? #buildyourownportus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote <a title=\"My post on Day of Archaeology\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dayofarchaeology.com\/playing-with-time-buildyourownportus\/\">a post for the Day of Archaeology blog<\/a>. Much of it summarises, and refers back to, recent posts here about the Portus MOOC and #buildyourownportus. But this bit is new:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But then I [...]\u00a0had to make a visit to\u00a0<a title=\"My blog again!!\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p2Vtbj-GM\">the Vyne<\/a>\u00a0a week or two ago, and they currently have on display a large Lego model, based on all the archaeological evidence of what that place looked like in its Tudor prime.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dayofarchaeology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_52761-e1405074181757.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[14858]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15048\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dayofarchaeology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_52761-e1405074181757-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5276[1]\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking at this model. It dawned on me that there\u2019s something very important archaeologically about using Lego (or any other construction toy, I\u2019m not a Lego shill!) to visualise the past. Every model a archaeologist produces is an experiment, a theory. It follows that every model an archaeologist produces is\u00a0<em>wrong<\/em>. \u00a0Of course the idea is that the more evidence an archaeologist applies to their model, the less wrong it is. But there is\u00a0<em>always<\/em>\u00a0missing evidence, always an element of conjecture.<\/p>\n<p>But models can be very seductive, especially when they are presented by institutions like museums, the National Trust, or media like the BBC and National Geographic. Then they become authoritative, they are imbued with\u00a0an illusion of\u00a0<em>rightness,<\/em>\u00a0of \u201cthat\u2019s exactly how it was\u201d, that would embarrass the archaeologist who produced it. Archaeologists would prefer to show a model in constant flux, shifting through all the \u201cmight have beens\u201d, all the\u00a0theories and conjecture that hasn\u2019t yet been discounted.<\/p>\n<p>Computer modelling is a double-edged blade (modelling knife?) in this regard. On the one hand, computer models allow archaeologists to efficiently try different versions of the model, but on the other hand, with ever more sophisticated textures and lighting effects, computer models can\u00a0appear even more real.<\/p>\n<p>But Lego comes with an inbuilt sense of \u201cunrealness.\u201d Inherent in a Lego model is the idea that you can break it to bits and rebuild it as your ideas change. There\u2019s also a sense that everyone can do this. You don\u2019t need to have a high-powered computer with multiple GPUs and expensive CAD software. You don\u2019t even need the Lego. All you need is your imagination.<\/p>\n<p>So on this Day of Archaeology, bring your own imagination to the table. Play around with ideas. If you can\u2019t get to a dig, or help out with finds recording you can still contribute to our ever growing understanding of the past. Share your \u201cmight have beens\u201d with each other, because the more might-have-beens we share, the closer we get \u201cthat\u2019s how it was.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><br \/>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/memetechnology.wordpress.com\/3157\/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/memetechnology.wordpress.com\/3157\/\" \/><\/a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=memetechnology.org&#038;blog=43249545&amp;%23038;post=3157&amp;%23038;subd=memetechnology&amp;%23038;ref=&amp;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote a post for the Day of Archaeology blog. Much of it summarises, and refers back to, recent posts here about the Portus MOOC and #buildyourownportus. But this bit is new: But then I [&#8230;]&nbsp;had to make a visit &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/memetechnology.org\/2014\/07\/11\/why-lego-buildyourownportus\/\">Continue reading <span>&rarr;<\/span><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=memetechnology.org&amp;blog=43249545&amp;post=3157&amp;subd=memetechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":337,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[84,652],"class_list":["post-2151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-archeology","tag-portus-project","column","threecol"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Lego? #buildyourownportus - Archaeology Blogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/archaeology\/2014\/07\/11\/why-lego-buildyourownportus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Lego? #buildyourownportus - Archaeology Blogs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I wrote a post for the Day of Archaeology blog. 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