Cèsar Carreras
Autonomous University of Barcelona
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Historical methods: A journal of quantitative and interdisciplinary history | 2013
Cèsar Carreras; Pau De Soto
Abstract In the last years, the use of geographical information systems has been common in many historical and geographical studies. Perhaps one of the least known applications is network analysis, a series of functions related to hydrology and mobility. Since 1994, researchers have used network analyses to understand costs and time expenditure in transportation in Roman times, with the aim of modeling commercial routes. Archaeological objects were employed to confirm those commercial distributions whose quantities were related basically to transport costs. The present articles go far beyond and attempt to understand decisions in building a transport network based on time series. It seems that not all Roman decisions in transport infrastructure were due to economic reasons; some parts of Roman roads were built basically for political reasons and affected later developments.
web based communities | 2012
Pere Báscones; Cèsar Carreras
Around 98% of museums in Europe are defined as small and medium-size institutions due to their limited human and economic resources. Those memory institutions are getting real difficulties in becoming digital, in other words using ICT applications. In this context, Project Mus.Cat (http://oliba.uoc.edu/muscat), which is funded by the Department of Culture of the Generalitat of Catalonia, is attempting to address some of these problems by developing museum templates for open-source content management systems (CMSs) such as Joomla 1.5!. Such templates downloaded online allow small and medium size institutions create high quality portals for content dissemination in internet with low economic investment and computer expertise. Curators could easily manage and update contents, include new functionalities, personalise and scale portals and favour the introduction of Web 2.0 applications. Group Oliba is currently developing those open-source templates for Catalan museums and cultural associations, but they will be available online free for any institution. We have already applied Joomla 1.5! to other personalised projects such as Museum of Lleida (http://www.museudelleida.cat), Museum of History of Catalan Immigration (http://www.mhic.net) or Institut Catala d|Arqueologia Classica (http://www.icac.net) with quite successful results in terms of self-management, collaborative work and widespread dissemination.
Lucentum | 2017
Cèsar Carreras; Pau Olmos; Sebastián Rascón Marqués; Ana Lucía Sánchez Montes; Pau De Soto
The paper shows the research on urban pattern of regio IV of Complutum Roman city: a geophysical survey accompanied by the study of some archaeological remains recently excavated, and the documentation from 19th century excavations. So, it has been possible to generate a regio IV urban design new pattern, and identify different archaeological buildings, specially one of them that might be an urban sanctuary of important dimensions.
DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology | 2014
Cèsar Carreras; Federica Mancini
The present paper attempts to discuss the practices of virtual exhibitions covering topics that were not taken into account a decade ago. Topics such as the effort involved in creating an online exhibition, which also affects the time, costs and human resources that are not always available in memory institutions of middle and small size. The best online exhibitions that enjoy international awards demand a high budget only available to large institutions. Therefore, are they good models for the remaining cultural institutions? Another issue is the degree of complementarity between a real and virtual exhibit and fears of competition. Most memory institutions prefer to create their online exhibits once the temporary exhibition is finished. Virtual exhibitions become records of museum activities that are no longer in place. Public participation in content creating was also a wish a decade ago, but new tools have facilitated such cooperation. Both behaviours generate virtual communities (local or distant) around the cultural institution, which is one of the aim of the current development of web 2.0. Of course, technical developments in IT have modified forms and possibilities of current exhibitions (i.e., virtual worlds, video, animations, XML, mobile phones) that should be tested to overcome some of previous drawbacks. The use of participatory technologies in some cases has led not only to bring nearer the museum to its audiences, but rather to subvert the traditional unidirectional relationship between them. This paper combines theoretical discussions of such topics with some empirical data obtained for more than ten years of developing and analysing virtual exhibitions. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology , 2014, 34(2), pp. 87-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.34.6749
International Journal of Digital Culture and Electronic Tourism | 2008
Pere Báscones; Cèsar Carreras
Our research group, called Oliba (http: / /oliba.uoc.edu), has been carrying out different projects for museum portals in the past years. There has been evolution in the cultural operators demands, from static HTML in which they did not want any direct involvement to Content Management Systems (CMSs) for direct administration. Actually, dynamic contents such as agenda, activities or exhibitions have brought about such trends towards a more direct management of the website. It was decided to adapt some free software CMS such PhPNuke or Joomla! in order to avoid the enormous effort that is required for every single new development.
Oxford Journal of Archaeology | 2012
Cèsar Carreras; Rui Morais
Zephyrus: Revista de prehistoria y arqueología | 2012
Ignasi Grau Mira; Cèsar Carreras; Jaime Molina; Pau De Soto; Josep María Segura
e-rph - Revista electrónica de Patrimonio Histórico | 2015
Cèsar Carreras; Elisenda Ardèvol; Ruth Pagès; Federica Mancini
Revista d'arqueologia de Ponent | 2017
Jordi Guàrdia; Cèsar Carreras; Pau De Soto
Zephyrus | 2013
Ignasi Grau Mira; Cèsar Carreras; Jaime Molina; Pau De Soto; Josep María Segura