Have you ever wanted to use comics to learn about archaeology but weren’t sure how? Here, we explain where to start by describing the development of Tome Reader, an open educational resource (OER) that uses comics to cultivate archaeological data literacy.
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Tome Reader: The AAI Reads Comics Book Club
This exercise is best suited to those with an interest in reading archaeology-related comics, exploring how to use visuals in archaeology, or discussing the impacts of archaeological data on current comic books. Users should have some familiarity with group discussion or book clubs, but previous experience with data, archaeology, or comics is not required.
Archaeological Data Literacy and Comics
Paulina F. Przystupa, a member of The Alexandria Archive Institute (AAI) team recently talked about the overlap between archaeological data literacy and comic books. Specifically, the talk focused on how Paulina brought a love of comics to the Data Literacy Program (DLP).
Archaeology and Comics: Pop and material culture – An ARF brownbag
For the University of California Berkeley’s Archaeological Research Facility (or, the ARF), Paulina F. Przystupa a member of The Alexandria Archive team (AAI), recently gave a talk discussing archaeology and comic books.
