Michael Shanks - site 2006: First Brainstorming

Notes from our second group meet

Re-structuring to suit the idea of "Sites of the Imagination"

several imaginary versions of one place -- simulated by dispersing ourselves throughout the room during the presentation
morphing photographs on large screen
addition of sensory cues -- scents like incense, sounds like cattle, Greek music
interactivity -- audience's choice of the order in which the sites are presented according to their own associations
narrative becomes the story of the audience's experience of the presentation

possible mechanisms for ceding control to the audience: -video game vis-a-vis Indiana Jones -basic narrative scenario: maybe archaeologists or tourists or Cretans

Structure of Paper Report:

10 page individually produced "imaginations" or "narratives" arranged according to the order chosen by the audience, bookended by the idea of our investigation as an investigation actually undertaken by the audience during our presentation, for a total of approximately 80 pages.

ALSO WE NEED TO TALK TO MICHAEL ABOUT THE DATE OF THE FINAL PRESENTATION

Notes from our first group meeting

Structural Presentation

individual interests form nodes of presentation
linked, perhaps on wiki, through an interwoven narrative and clickable text
connect conceptual map to actual movement through a map of the site
end with questions, resonance of Knossos into Western imagination - reimagination into the future