Despoina V. Sampatakou
@archaeobruja.bsky.social
Research Associate @UofGlasgow
Teaching Fellow @aberdeenuni
PhD in Digital #Archaeology
@UniOfYork
she/her
#firstgen
Teaching Fellow @aberdeenuni
PhD in Digital #Archaeology
@UniOfYork
she/her
#firstgen
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Creating and Evaluating Digital Media for Archaeological Storytelling - BAR Publishing
Archaeologists strive to disseminate their research to audiences through various media, often with limited time and funding available as part of do-it-yourself (DIY) projects. However, there is a lack...
www.barpublishing.com
So happy my research is out! I’ve developed a methodology for archaeologists to evaluate the impact of digital storytelling on public understanding of the past, using three different media to assess which is most effective for knowledge dissemination.
www.barpublishing.com/book/creatin...
www.barpublishing.com/book/creatin...
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Re-opening our sign-ups for the @tag2025york.bsky.social Archaeology as Worldbuilding game-playing session. It's on 15 December from 9-12, so it doesn't conflict with other sessions. Hope to see you there:
forms.gle/bcMCZNZUJPUq...
forms.gle/bcMCZNZUJPUq...
TAG 2025 Worldbuilding Sign Up
This form is for you to sign up to participate in the TAG2025 Worldbuilding session. The session requires a 3 hour commitment and the slots are limited to 30 people. We will be playing an archaeology-...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Re-opening our sign-ups for the @tag2025york.bsky.social Archaeology as Worldbuilding game-playing session. It's on 15 December from 9-12, so it doesn't conflict with other sessions. Hope to see you there:
forms.gle/bcMCZNZUJPUq...
forms.gle/bcMCZNZUJPUq...
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We are all storytellers, in period-inappropriate drag
It's the LARP turn in academia
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We are all storytellers, in period-inappropriate drag
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Digital Classicist Wiki editing session and discussion next Monday, 16:00 GMT: Digital approaches to ancient art and iconography.
ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Please join us!
ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Please join us!
Ancient Art and Iconography: Digital Classicist Wiki editing session
ics.sas.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Digital Classicist Wiki editing session and discussion next Monday, 16:00 GMT: Digital approaches to ancient art and iconography.
ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Please join us!
ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Please join us!
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If you are planning to attend CAA in Vienna and you have an #archaeogaming paper to present consider submitting in our #archaeogaming session! Deadline has been extended to November 9 so there are a few more days left!
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If you are planning to attend CAA in Vienna and you have an #archaeogaming paper to present consider submitting in our #archaeogaming session! Deadline has been extended to November 9 so there are a few more days left!
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Tomorrow @apolitopoulos.bsky.social and @docrandom.bsky.social are back behind the streaming wheel with Europa Universalis V! Aris' brain will break, Angus will crunch, and history will be (re)played! Join us around 15:00 CET always on www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Tomorrow @apolitopoulos.bsky.social and @docrandom.bsky.social are back behind the streaming wheel with Europa Universalis V! Aris' brain will break, Angus will crunch, and history will be (re)played! Join us around 15:00 CET always on www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast
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BOYCOTT EAA-ATHENS 2026 🏺
This is not a BTC action but we are helping to disseminate this call, as the president of the EAA has shown great willingness for reprisals.
Please distribute widely, particularly to offline colleagues.
This is not a BTC action but we are helping to disseminate this call, as the president of the EAA has shown great willingness for reprisals.
Please distribute widely, particularly to offline colleagues.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
BOYCOTT EAA-ATHENS 2026 🏺
This is not a BTC action but we are helping to disseminate this call, as the president of the EAA has shown great willingness for reprisals.
Please distribute widely, particularly to offline colleagues.
This is not a BTC action but we are helping to disseminate this call, as the president of the EAA has shown great willingness for reprisals.
Please distribute widely, particularly to offline colleagues.
Currently in misty Aberdeen to give a talk about our work at the ARC XR lab for the #NARSS series by the Archaeology Department
I’ve missed this place so much :)
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
I’ve missed this place so much :)
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Currently in misty Aberdeen to give a talk about our work at the ARC XR lab for the #NARSS series by the Archaeology Department
I’ve missed this place so much :)
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
I’ve missed this place so much :)
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
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Opening soon! Exhibition I co-curated in Amsterdam on slavery in colonized Suriname and antiquity. www.allardpierson.nl/en/calendar/...
Not my soul
Welcome to the Allard Pierson, the museum and heritage collections of the University of Amsterdam.
www.allardpierson.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Opening soon! Exhibition I co-curated in Amsterdam on slavery in colonized Suriname and antiquity. www.allardpierson.nl/en/calendar/...
I’ve been invited to talk about my career path at the Glasgow Women in Computing Science workshop #GWiCS @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Come along if you fancy a mumble about how an archaeologist ended up working in computing science 👾
Image: Colleen Morgan, CC-BY
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8251105548...
Come along if you fancy a mumble about how an archaeologist ended up working in computing science 👾
Image: Colleen Morgan, CC-BY
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8251105548...
October 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I’ve been invited to talk about my career path at the Glasgow Women in Computing Science workshop #GWiCS @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Come along if you fancy a mumble about how an archaeologist ended up working in computing science 👾
Image: Colleen Morgan, CC-BY
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8251105548...
Come along if you fancy a mumble about how an archaeologist ended up working in computing science 👾
Image: Colleen Morgan, CC-BY
uofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8251105548...
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Do you see yourself as a Nancy Drew, a Sherlock Holmes, or a Hercule Poirot? Why not check out our latest blogpost and solve the case of #RhiannonCurseoftheFourBranches? interactivepasts.com/a-murder-of-...
#MurderMystery #Mythology #Wales
#MurderMystery #Mythology #Wales
October 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Do you see yourself as a Nancy Drew, a Sherlock Holmes, or a Hercule Poirot? Why not check out our latest blogpost and solve the case of #RhiannonCurseoftheFourBranches? interactivepasts.com/a-murder-of-...
#MurderMystery #Mythology #Wales
#MurderMystery #Mythology #Wales
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Tomorrow (Friday 17th, 1pm) I'll be speaking as part of the series of talks organised by The Digital Archaeology & Heritage Lab at York at King's Manor and online. I'll be exploring how we study the sounds of the past + approaches to sound installations in museums and online experiences
October 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Tomorrow (Friday 17th, 1pm) I'll be speaking as part of the series of talks organised by The Digital Archaeology & Heritage Lab at York at King's Manor and online. I'll be exploring how we study the sounds of the past + approaches to sound installations in museums and online experiences
October 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Penultimate presentation by Maki Wardle on Alternate reality games and London's archaeology!
October 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Penultimate presentation by Maki Wardle on Alternate reality games and London's archaeology!
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getting weird @ #TIPC4 this afternoon, and we're streaming all of today's wonderful programming over on twitch.tv/streamingthepast! come hang out at the event of the season 🎭🎮💀
October 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
getting weird @ #TIPC4 this afternoon, and we're streaming all of today's wonderful programming over on twitch.tv/streamingthepast! come hang out at the event of the season 🎭🎮💀
First talk of day 2 at the #TIPC4 conference by the @valuefnd.bsky.social
Csilla, @apolitopoulos.bsky.social, and @docrandom.bsky.social taking about their future plans on mixing archaeology and play :)
#past<3play
Csilla, @apolitopoulos.bsky.social, and @docrandom.bsky.social taking about their future plans on mixing archaeology and play :)
#past<3play
October 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
First talk of day 2 at the #TIPC4 conference by the @valuefnd.bsky.social
Csilla, @apolitopoulos.bsky.social, and @docrandom.bsky.social taking about their future plans on mixing archaeology and play :)
#past<3play
Csilla, @apolitopoulos.bsky.social, and @docrandom.bsky.social taking about their future plans on mixing archaeology and play :)
#past<3play
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Katrine Haydock is wrapping up this session talking about photogrammetry and 3D objects and art!
October 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Katrine Haydock is wrapping up this session talking about photogrammetry and 3D objects and art!
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We are SO back! Game developer panel for #TIPC4 with Leyla, @wisproy.bsky.social, and @colewehrle.bsky.social to talk about the development of historical video games! Tune in over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast
October 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
We are SO back! Game developer panel for #TIPC4 with Leyla, @wisproy.bsky.social, and @colewehrle.bsky.social to talk about the development of historical video games! Tune in over at www.twitch.tv/streamingthepast
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Second session of the day has just started! Louise Bedford will be talking about an archaeologist's journey into game design!
October 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Second session of the day has just started! Louise Bedford will be talking about an archaeologist's journey into game design!
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If you work in a classics library, as the classics librarian in a general academic library, in any research library or heritage institution that contains some classics content, or are in any capacity involved in cataloguing or taxonomising ancient world data, you may be interested in…
#digiclasswiki
#digiclasswiki
October 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If you work in a classics library, as the classics librarian in a general academic library, in any research library or heritage institution that contains some classics content, or are in any capacity involved in cataloguing or taxonomising ancient world data, you may be interested in…
#digiclasswiki
#digiclasswiki
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A reminder that #ClassicsTober starts tomorrow on @classicstober.bsky.social and the overall theme is KATABASIS.
September 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
A reminder that #ClassicsTober starts tomorrow on @classicstober.bsky.social and the overall theme is KATABASIS.
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Here's the official #archInk2025 prompt list - 31 days of archaeological (illustration) prompts for October.
From pigment and bronze to provenance and afterlife, each prompt open to be explored through drawing or other techniques and mediums.
Ready to join in?
#archInk
From pigment and bronze to provenance and afterlife, each prompt open to be explored through drawing or other techniques and mediums.
Ready to join in?
#archInk
September 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Here's the official #archInk2025 prompt list - 31 days of archaeological (illustration) prompts for October.
From pigment and bronze to provenance and afterlife, each prompt open to be explored through drawing or other techniques and mediums.
Ready to join in?
#archInk
From pigment and bronze to provenance and afterlife, each prompt open to be explored through drawing or other techniques and mediums.
Ready to join in?
#archInk
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Huge congratulations to a very deserving @gabemoshenska.bsky.social, newly Professor of Public Archaeology!
Tim Schadla-Hall mid-rant at Pizza P once told me "listen you little fucker, you're going to be professor of public archaeology one day" Well today is that day. I miss you Tim.
October 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Huge congratulations to a very deserving @gabemoshenska.bsky.social, newly Professor of Public Archaeology!
Looking so forward to this and seeing many of you there!
The Playful Archaeology panel (Oct.) 10 features @waltros.bsky.social, @clmorgan.bsky.social, and @archaeobruja.bsky.social! In this panel, archaeologists working with different forms of games and play will discuss the role of play, games and fun in archaeological theory and practice!
September 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Looking so forward to this and seeing many of you there!
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BTC Call for Action - EAA
EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.
Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.
Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
September 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
BTC Call for Action - EAA
EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.
Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...
EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns.
Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...