Digitalisation et modélisation appliquée à l'anthropologie biologique

The course is for complete beginners in digitisation and modelling in Anthropology. The course will look at how digitisation is prevalent in society and how 3D models can assist with understanding different aspects of human anatomy and fossil hominids. An introduction will be given to specific modelling techniques currently used in Biological Anthropology. This will include the creation of 3D models and the analysis of these models, including virtual sex determination, reconstruction of fossil hominids and locomotion. The course will also look at the ethical questions that digitisation raises. The final exam will consist of the student undertaking a small project and writing a report on the project (70%) aswell as giving an oral powerpoint presentation on the project (30%).

The course lectures will be given in English and access to a computer is a requirement for the course. It would be preferable if students can come with their own laptops, should they own one.  

• Discover the history of digitisation and how this has changed our society.  
• Have an introduction into how fossils and human anatomy are digitised from different modelling programmes and be introduced to techniques such as laser scanning and photogrammetry.
• Learn about how digitisation is used in biological anthropology today, including the reconstruction of different fossil hominids, sex determination and comparative analysis.
• Begin to apply practical techniques of digitisation and modelling for biological anthropology.
• Highlight the ethical questions that digitisation raises.
• Compare techniques of virtual analysis vs non virtual analysis.

Connaissances et compétences pré-requises ou co-requises

There is no pre-existing knowledge required as the course is for complete beginners in digitisation. The course complements the other courses in the module :

Paléoanthropologie and Eléments d'anatomie et d'embryologie humaine

The course will consist of lectures and practical sessions in different aspects of digitisation and modelling. 

Informations complémentaires

The course will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10-12 in the Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique although these hours may be subject to change each year.

Contacts

tara.chapman@ulb.be

Campus

Hors campus ULB

Méthode(s) d'évaluation

• Présentation orale
• Rapport écrit

Présentation orale

Rapport écrit

70% written report
30% oral presentation

Langue(s) d'évaluation

• anglais
• français