The Role of Cultural Bias and Knowledge in the Analysis of Medieval Paintings
Archaeologists are specialists in analysing heritage from past cultures. However, when conducting analyses, they are not free from the influence of their own cultures. To understand how culture and knowledge may influence the way archaeologists visually analysis remains from the past, we asked archaeology students from the University of Warsaw to analyse non-European medieval paintings from Faras Gallery National Museum in Warsaw as part of a project. Our goal was to determine if archaeological education can override culturally grounded tendencies in processing figurative art called Other Race Effect.
Feb 14, 2024
