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Pasts in Space: Getting started with the Pleiades Gazetteer

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In person workshop in the Senate House MakerSpace (room 265 - second floor), Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Free. Advance registration required. Students and scholars at all career stages and all levels of technical knowledge are welcome.
When Oct 21, 2024
from 02:00 PM to 05:30 PM
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Contact Phone 020 7862 8716
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More information and to register: https://ics.sas.ac.uk/events/pasts-space-getting-started-pleiades-gazetteer

Pasts in space is a two-day series of workshops for historians, archivists, and archaeologists. Through discussion and hands-on exploration, participants will learn about resources and techniques for using, creating, and sharing information about past places and spaces for their research, teaching, and scholarly communication. Particular emphasis will be placed on theoretical and "fuzzy” aspects: how to deal with incomplete, unlocatable, contingent, disputed, and uncertain toponyms and locations over the course of a project or investigation.

Part 1 "Finding and using Pleiades data" will cover the nature, structure, and extent of data in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places, as well as how to search, collect, and download place information.

Part 2 "Creating and changing Pleiades data" will teach participants how to modify descriptive summaries, toponyms, and connections between places; add more accurate or more complete spatial geometries; contribute notice of new bibliography; and craft new entries for places and spaces not yet represented in the gazetteer.

Speakers: Tom Elliott (New York University), Valeria Vitale (University of Sheffield)

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