The group’s aim is to promote and support research, teaching, and training that falls broadly in the fields of material culture studies and landscape, especially where these relate to the ancient world.
The core strands of our mission are:
Research: | OLCAP provides an inter-departmental and interdisciplinary forum for academic staff and students whose research relates to material culture and landscape. The scope of research areas will vary but currently includes archaeology, archaeological science, museology, ancient history, and pedagogy. OLCAP not only investigates ideologies surrounding the cultural value and currency of artefacts, the natural and built landscape, but it also engages with established and emerging technologies for understanding their materiality. The geographical and chronological scope of the group’s research interests are broad and ranges from Sudan to Cyprus and from prehistory to the modern-day. |
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Pedagogy: | Excellent research feeds into excellent teaching practice: One of the principle aims of OLCAP is to link research generated by group members to best-practice learning in schools, HE institutions, and in museums. This includes promoting research-based teaching of objects and landscapes, conducting research into pedagogical methods of teaching using objects, and visualising and teaching landscapes. |
Training and Employability: | Careers in archaeological and historical research require not only theoretical underpinnings, but also a range of competencies to deal practically with different types of material culture and landscapes. OLCAP meets this need by providing free training opportunities in subject-specific core research skills. |