Towards a Digital Sensorial Archaeology as an Experiment in Distant Viewing of the Trade in Human Remains on Instagram

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13124657
AutoresShawn Graham (0000-0002-2887-3554, Carleton University, autor de correspondencia), Damien Huffer (0000-0003-4027-1772, Carleton University), Jeff Blackadar (0000-0002-8160-0942, Carleton University)
Año2020
Volumen3
Número2
Páginas208-227
Fecha de publicación2020-04-13
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHeritage (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2571-9408 • E-ISSN: 2571-9408
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/heritage3020013
OpenAlexW3015787937
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas33

It is possible to purchase human remains via Instagram. We present an experiment using computer vision and automated annotation of over ten thousand photographs from Instagram, connected with the buying and selling of human remains, in order to develop a distant view of the sensory affect of these photos: What macroscopic patterns exist, and how do these relate to the self-presentation of these individual vendors? Using Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing and machine learning services, we annotate and then visualize the co-occurrence of tags as a series of networks, giving us that macroscopic view. Vendors are clearly trying to mimic ‘museum’-like experiences, with differing degrees of effectiveness. This approach may therefore be useful for even larger-scale investigations of this trade beyond this single social media platform

Affect (linguistics · Annotation · Business · Cartography · Cloud computing · Data science · Geography · Human–computer interaction · Multimedia · Order (exchange · Presentation (obstetrics · Scale (ratio · Sociology · World Wide Web · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Archaeological Research and Protection · Communication · Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Artificial Intelligence