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Colleen Morgan and McKenna Crowe

Cite this as: Morgan, C. and Crowe, M. 2025 Other Eyes: Choose Your Own Digital Archaeology Paradata Adventure, Internet Archaeology 69. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.69.10

Summary

This publication documents the exciting and complex decision-making processes during the course of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)-funded OTHER EYES project through a text-based interactive game (Twine). We invite you to play the game first or after reading the introduction. Choose your own adventure.

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  • Keywords: archaeology, archaeogaming, paradata, virtual reality, ethics, digital archaeology
  • Accepted: February 2023. Published: June 2025
  • Funding: The publication of this article and the Other Eyes project was funded by AHRC grant number AH/V000896/1
  • Related digital archive: Morgan, C., Sampatakou, D., Schofield, G. (2025) Digital Archive for the Other Eyes Project: the Investigation and Construction of Immersive, Embodied Experiences through Archaeological Data from Human Remains, 2021-2022 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1132986
  • Download the .twee (can only be opened in the Twine app)

Corresponding author: Colleen MorganORCID logo
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University of York

McKenna CroweORCID logo
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Independent researcher

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