Research Projects
The Nature of Cult: Visualizing the Greek Landscape in the Argolid and Messenia (c. 2600 BCE-146 BCE)
My project seeks to understand the relationship between Greek cultic places and natural features, specifically whether the cultic place was located in proximity to or within the sight of a particular natural feature. In order to understand these relationships, I am implementing a large-scale investigation of previously identified cultic places in the Argolid and Messenia (Peloponnese, Greece). Multiple forms of evidence will be referenced, including textual, archaeological, and visualization data.
Philippine Soundscapes during Colonial Contact
This project explores the social and religious ramifications of Spanish settlement-building in the Philippines (1521-1898) by examining the relationship between visual and acoustic stimuli. Acoustic stimuli, or “sonifacts”, merit closer attention from archaeologists. Multi-sensory archaeological investigations are fraught with difficulties because archaeologists primarily deal with materiality and time. Non-visual datasets like acoustic reconstructions of the past are ephemeral; when coupled with concrete material remains, however, they can provide a richer understanding of human motivation and behavior. This project explores the possibility that through experimentation within a virtual environment, the ephemeral can be come material.
