Cultural Inclusion and the use of Technology

Summary

The presentation intends to show the work and results achieved with local communities from Brazil. Those communities are culturally related to archaeological work near inhabited areas or in indigenous lands. The presentation intends to show how those communities are included in the archaeological project and what tools are used in order to reach positive outcomes. This paper highlights the technological tools used in order to be more efficient in teaching the communities and making the archaeological research more engaging and tangible to the public audience. Such tools being responsive software, games, virtual and augmented reality and laser scans. This presentation also wants to show that the success of the archaeological research can be positively affected by the community participation.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)

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