EpiCurio
Creator
Overview
Epi.Curio is a digital collection of images and recipes – openly available and accessible to stimulate engagement with heritage in experiential and engaging ways. Individuals are encouraged to bake their own collections, a creative and delicious alternative to previous practices of antiquities collecting (given the ethical concerns with the antiquities trade, repatriation, and private, inaccessible collections). Inspired by the important work of many historians and archaeologists of past foodways, as well as more Blumenthalian approaches to gastronomy, Epi.Curio is to be an approachable and inventive resource, one that engages body and mind; the edible objects also remind us that heritage is fleeting, and needs to be maintained in diverse ways. See the live EpiCurio here.
The Visualisation
Link to the live project
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Paradata
Judges’ Comments
Many thanks to those who ate the bounty of artifacts that I collected in my kitchen this week, and commented on the design and visualisations for this project (particularly Chrissy Taylor). I also appreciate my current involvement and mentorship at the Institute for Digital Archaeology at the University of Michigan, which has sparked a great deal of my interest in digital heritage, and given me some of the skills to muddle through the web-based element of this project.
Awards
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to those who ate the bounty of artifacts that I collected in my kitchen this week, and commented on the design and visualisations for this project (particularly Chrissy Taylor). I also appreciate my current involvement and mentorship at the Institute for Digital Archaeology at the University of Michigan, which has sparked a great deal of my interest in digital heritage, and given me some of the skills to muddle through the web-based element of this project.