Displa[y/c]ing science - Culture in the making
Jonathan Westin

The discrepancy between the scientific community's knowledge of antiquity and the representations that are mediated to the public through modern media could result in a belief that there exist two ancient worlds; one actively researched but seemingly unable to make a mark in this world, and another one which is based on outdated information but forever part of our collective memory. This memory kept alive through architecture, art and media is misleading but must nonetheless be taken into account when we are mediating new research since myths, misinterpretations and misconceptions make up an as great part of our cultural heritage as any objective truth.New research and memory exist in a constant negotiation, dependent on each other to grow and to root. From a perspective of culture as a consequence of this negotiation, I will give an overview of my research field and discuss how connotations are accumulated and interpreted through representations and reconstructions as being the "culture" of an artifact. Culture made through translation.