Many of the discussions at this year's edition of the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology CAA 2016 conference held earlier this week in Oslo were directly or somewhat less directly related to anxieties (and occasional optimism) about the impact of various types of technologies (and social arrangements related to technologies) on archaeological (information) work and practices.
Forthcoming presentations
Latest Publications
What a Standard Makes out of a Process? Data-documentation Standards and Their Consequences to Process Documentation
Huvila, I., Sköld, O., Zengenene, D., & Andersson, L. (2026). What a Standard Makes out of a Process? Data-documentation Standards and Their Consequences to Process Documentation. Journal of Documentation, 82, 289–314. http://doi.org/10.1108/JD-10-2025-0324 (Original work published 2026)
Habitats of Archaeological Knowledge: From Information Ecologies to Information-in-Ecologies
Huvila, I. (2026). Habitats of Archaeological Knowledge: From Information Ecologies to Information-in-Ecologies. In N. Solhjoo (Ed.), Multispecies Information Science (pp. 201–220). London: Routledge. http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003583424-15
Documenting AI Use in Humanities Research
Huvila, I. (2025). Documenting AI Use in Humanities Research. In H. Verhagen, S. Tienken, A. Widholm, M. Fridlund, M. Nermo, & A. Blåder (Eds.), Huminfra 2025 (pp. 57–62). Stockholm: Stockholm University.
Letting AI Loose in an Archive: Technology to Manage or to Manage With
Huvila, I. (2025). Letting AI Loose in an Archive: Technology to Manage or to Manage With. Archiv, Theorie & Praxis, 75, 12–15.
Researchers Data Processing Descriptions–Understanding Paradata Creation Practices and Their Underpinning Instrumentalities
Huvila, I., Andersson, L., & Sköld, O. (2025). Researchers Data Processing Descriptions–Understanding Paradata Creation Practices and Their Underpinning Instrumentalities. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 76(11), 1570–1590. http://doi.org/10.1002/asi.70003 (Original work published 2026)
