Roman Cyborgs! On Significant Otherness, Material Absence, and Virtual Presence in the Archaeology of Roman Religion

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ID7175168
AuthorsEva Mol (0000-0003-4490-9155, Brown University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume23
Issue1
Pages64-81
Publication date2019-07-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-9571 • E-ISSN: 1741-2722
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/eaa.2019.42
OpenAlexW2963764230
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited42

In this article I explore different ways archaeologists can contribute to and learn from theorizing the digital world beyond the traditional functionalistic means of applying computational methods. I argue that current digital technologies can be a very constructive tool to create non-human experience and awareness. I pursue this argument by presenting ideas from a work-in-progress project experimenting with the post-human and the virtual, and by exploring significant otherness in Roman religion and the dark spots in human perception, through the analysis of an absent temple in Rome. Applying post-human philosophies and an expanded concept of virtuality beyond the digital makes it possible to change our approach to object/human/divine relations in Roman cults and how we present Roman heritage towards a post-humanist framework. Through this, digital archaeology can become one of the ways of re-examining and reinventing our ideas of the human, the past and the digital

Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis · Art · Constructive · Humanism · Object (grammar · Sociology · Virtuality (gaming · Archaeological Research and Protection · Computer Science · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence

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