More than words: a study on the visibility of hand gestures in public spaces

Case studies of Forum Romanum and Mayan Tikal

Kamil Kopij

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9937-9791

Poland

Jagiellonian University

Assistant Professor at the Chair of Classical Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University. His interests revolve around the archaeology of ancient Rome, including issues related to propaganda and political image-making during the late Roman republic. He is also interested in using modern methods to study past public events and public spaces.

Kaja Głomb

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5083-0385

Poland

Jagiellonian University

A doctoral student in social sciences, her research focuses on cognitive processes relating to witness testimony, including facial recognition and the role of witness emotions and characteristics in testimony. Additionally, she conducts research in methodology that includes testing new experimental methods, such as using VR to induce psychological states.

Szymon Popławski

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0208-1903

Poland

Wrocław University of Science and Technology

An architect in addition to his design activities, specializing in the study of Greco-Roman Egypt. He is currently preparing a dissertation on ancient building techniques of the el-Alamein region. Part of his research is related to the reconstruction of ancient architecture in a virtual environment. In a published project, he was responsible for creating three-dimensional models of Roman contiones, which allowed further acoustic and proxemic analyses.

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Accepted: 2023-05-29

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Published: 2023-07-15

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2023.19315