Computer Applications and quantitative methods in Archaeology

Acronym: CAA Germany

General Information

Identification Code: 452651648430-16

Website: www.ag-caa.de

Entity Form: Non-profit organization

Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

Registration Date: 12/17/2022

Last Update: 11/20/2023

Mission & Interests

Goals: Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) is an organisation bringing together archaeologists, mathematicians, and computer scientists. Its mission is to encourage and facilitate dialogue between these disciplines, to provide an overview of the present state of the discipline, and to stimulate discussion to progress the field.

Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Interests:

Culture
Education and training
Research and innovation

Levels of Interest:

global
sub-national
national
european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: The CAA is invested in ensuring free access to cultural heritage data while maintaining privacy, copyright and security issues. For members of the CAA it is thereby of high relevance that common data structures are adhered to to ensure accessibility and usability. Important questions to answer thereby include among others: access regulation, maintenance, cost, provenance and retrievability - in particular considering size, distribution and type of data. To this end, the CAA is interested in influencing and contributing to the common European data space for cultural heritage (CEDCHE, Europeana) - related to policy areas Culture, Information Society. Also related to the Data Act (awaiting approval). In addition, the CAA has a strong focus on education and teaching - in particular for developing joint curriculums between archaeologists and computer scientists. In dedicated working groups, key material has been developed and discussed. This relates to the European strategy for universities, respectively to the activities of the CULT (culture and education) committee.

Communication Activities: - yearly workshops and conferences on national and international level covering all topics related to digital humanities and cultural heritage (see e.g. https://ariadne-infrastructure.eu/caa-2021-roundtable-well-attended/) - special interest working groups on various topics related to digital humanities and cultural heritage - webcasts on the same topics - newsletters and blog entries on the same topics - a dedicated Journal of the CAA (on the same topics)

EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Sub-group of the Expert Group on the Common European Data Space for Cultural Heritage#E03800/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103212 #MEMBER #C#Professionals

Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Alteburger Str. 234

Post Code: 50968

City: Köln

Country: GERMANY

Phone:

Indic Phone: 49

Phone Number: 01737028743

EU Office

Address: Alteburger Str. 234

Post Code: 50968

City: Köln

Country: GERMANY

Phone:

Indic Phone: 49

Phone Number: 01737028743

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Complementary Information: As a not-for-profit organisation, all incurring costs such as conference organisation etc. are directly covered by participation fees. All persons involved are voluntary workers at no cost.

Membership Information

Members25 Percent: 3

Members: 3

Members F T E: 0.75

Info Members: Since we are a non-profit association basing on volunteer commitment, we have no concrete working time. Participation in the activities also depends on member commitment etc.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure

Is Member Of: - various archaeologists, universities and cultural heritage institutions, including e.g. Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, University of Cologne, Redaktion Rundbrief Grabungstechnik, Deutsches Bergbaumuseum etc.

Organisation Members: - European Association of Archaeologists (https://www.e-a-a.org/) - Deutscher Archäologen-Verband (https://www.darv.de/)