Archaeology Arcade: Livestreaming, Archaeogaming, and Engaging the Public

Summary

This is a poster submission presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

In 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown, public archaeologists across the world had to create new and innovative ways in order to engage audiences virtually. One online program developed by the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) in response to this was Archaeology Arcade. In Archaeology Arcade we digitally “sit down” with archaeologists around the world and play a video game that has history, anthropology, culture, or archaeology represented in it. This hour-long program is livestreamed on the platform Twitch and then uploaded to our YouTube channel. The digital format allows us to interact with the public while we interview our guest archaeologist about their work and their perspectives during gameplay. We have featured video games from many genres including first person shooter, action, adventure, simulator, sandbox, and educational games. This poster highlights the benefits, challenges, and future direction of this public archaeogaming program.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2023   •
• 2023 SHA Poster Submissions

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Contact(s): Nicole Haddow