Symposia

Drone & 3D Modeling Lecture and Workshop


Mark Letteney
, MIT ACLS Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2024) and USC HiDW Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-2022)

Keynote Lecture: “Old questions, new tools: 3D modeling, aerial survey, and humanistic research”

Advances in automation have rendered digital replication of nearly anything — from objects to landscapes — within the grasp of humanists, even those working with simple tools on limited budgets. As with any methodological advance, the question is: what now? This lecture surveys a range of new digital methods in the context of my collaborative project which is aimed at understanding the archaeology of incarceration in the ancient Mediterranean world, and uncovering the experience of incarceration for its ancient victims.


Keynote Lecture:

December 7, 2022
3:00 - 5:00 pm
Doheny Memorial Library, 241
Register via the rsvp form 


Workshop Day 1:

December 8, 2022

9am Session 1
Ahmanson Lab, Leavey Library, 3rd Floor, USC
Introduction to theory

11am Session 2
Tommy Trojan, USC
Photogrammetry

2pm Session 3
MacArthur Park
Drone flight


Workshop Day 2:

December 9, 2022

10am Session 4
Ahmanson Lab
Processing / Using Software

11am Session 5
Ahmanson Lab
Publishing projects

1:30am Sessions 6
Ahmanson Lab
Individual consultations


Register for all sessions via the rsvp form.
For more information, contact USC HiDW.

Banner Image: Michelle Vasquez Ruiz, photograph of Undocumented Indigenous families gathered at a community church space, Los Angeles, California, image taken during field work, March 2019.

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