Earlier this month at the BABAO conference (British Association of Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology) I presented a poster in the Infectious Disease session. I was incredibly pleased to be awarded the Bill White prize. You can see the poster (and GIFS of the interactive panels) below!* If you are coming to the Day of the Dead conference next month you’ll be able to see this poster in the flesh (paper)!
Click to embiggen (A0). For a smaller (but still big enough to read A1 size poster, click here!)
Interactive Panels:
Given that I didn’t have a PDF of this poster to re-print at A4 as handouts, people were instead given the option of taking a handy ‘Are There Black Death Victims in My Cemetery?‘ flow chart.
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*As you can see, this poster is hand drawn. The above is a digital facsimile created using an iPad and a photo-stitching programme, so do forgive any wonky-ness.
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Marvellous
Thank you!
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I thought you did an outstanding job.
Thank you Linda. I appreciate your comment muchly.
This is hands down one of the best posters I’ve ever seen. You’ve managed to achieve the near impossible feat of making a tricky concept comprehensible to the layperson, but still interesting to specialists. How long did it take you to plan out and put together?
I’m generally much quicker at doing things by hand. Even though I’ve no problem designing things on my computer, I tend to fiddle with things until they’re just so, figuring if it’s digital it should be precise. I actually made an error – designing it as landscape (which I prefer), but the conference guidelines were portrait so I had to do a quick shuffle around. 🙂 Although I knew I wanted to present something that was memorable, opposed to a more… traditional conference poster, the idea to do it by hand was actually just because I was on fieldwork and with no access to electricity during my breaks (although I did at home on the night)! I decided just to risk it for a biscuit. All said and done it was probably a few working days from start to finish.
Fantastic poster! … Just wow!
Thanks! I’m so glad that people are enjoying it. And not just for its style, but also the content maybe? 😀
You’ve really managed something special here – presenting some heavy-duty research in a specialised field in a way that is educational, entertaining, aesthetically pleasing … and all without dumbing down the content for the non-specialist audience (like me). Brilliant!
Excellent work. I agree – it’s the best research poster I’ve ever seen.
Ta muchly! Can I quote that on my next job application?
Best poster I have seen in years – identifying your concepts, processes, and results in a logical and easy to understand way… but your novel display hooks the reader. Well done!
Thanks! I do hope it makes other people think about their conference presentations – although I hope we don’t end up in a positon where we’re all competing to out-do each other with ever more elaborate posters… the research is still key! 😀
Neat stuff
Well done Alison! Looking forward to seeing it IRL in Belfast! 🙂
A brilliant and unique job done by a great artist, loved reading each line and viewing each picture. Fantastic!
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Gosh, that was fascinating! I love information presented in a way that’s fun and easy to digest — still with a focus on the data, but with equal focus on the interpretation. Plus, cute stick-limbed people!
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