Publications

In press

Apaydin, Veysel, Fouseki, Kalliopi, Francis, David, Gardner, Jonathan, and Perry, Sara. Under contract. Critical Heritage and Social Justice: Redistribution, Recognition and Representation in Context. London: UCL Press.

Perry, Sara, Gargett, Katrina, McKinney, Sierra, Apaydin, Veysel, Mirashrafi, Sophia, and Katifori, Akrivi. Performing the egalitarian life: Neolithic Çatalhöyük as a springboard for future thinking. In: Apaydin, Veysel et al. (eds.) Critical Heritage and Social Justice: Redistribution, Recognition and Representation in Context. London: UCL Press.

2025

Dolcetti, Francesca, Perry, Sara, and Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco, Paola. 2025. Values-led digital design for the post-disaster recovery of heritage and sense of place. Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage. https://doi.org/10.1145/3771096 [open access]

Campbell, Shantol, Abadie, Veronica, Volpe, Rosanna, and Perry, Sara. 2025. In pursuit of systemic equality: The UK’s first Network for Ethnically Diverse Staff in development-led archaeology. In: Cobb, Hannah and Hawkins, Kayt (eds.) Documenting Activism and Creating Change. Oxford: Archaeopress.  Pp. 203–216. https://www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/download/9781805830061 [open access]

Perry, Sara, Simandiraki-Grimshaw, Anna, Morgan, Colleen, Taylor, James Stuart, Fadioui, Aida, Foket, Lise, Hacıgüzeller, Piraye, Sampatakou, Despoina V., Derudas, Paola, Wright, Holly, Clough, Alice. (2025). Towards New Futures for Archaeological Data Production: Challenging Archaeonormativity through Storytelling. Journal of Field Archaeology, 50(8), 796–815: https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2025.2504235 [open access]

2024

Perry, Sara, Foxton, Katrina, Gargett, Katrina, Northall, Lawrence. 2024. Centring audiences: What is the value of audience mapping for influencing public engagement with cultural heritage? The Historic Environment: Policy & Practice, 15(2), 248–272: https://doi.org/10.1080/17567505.2024.2341361 [open access version available here]

Rutherford, Ananda, Sichani, Anna-Maria, Foxton, Katrina, & Perry, Sara. 2024. Ethics as Practice: Report on the 1st Discovery Project Ethics Workshop. London: Towards a National Collection: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13683142 [open access]

Simandiraki-Grimshaw, Anna, Perry, Sara, and Purcell, Ayesha. 2024. CHANSE Transformations Audiences. London: Museum of London Archaeology: https://doi.org/10.48583/kdkk-6z70 [open access]

2023

Perry, Sara. 2023. The importance of trust: Communities of practice in public engagement in development-led archaeology. FORUM: Journal of the Council for British Archaeology, 10, 45-50. [open access version available here]

Sloane, Barney, Richards, Julian, Sturt, Fraser, Coats, Ann, Roberts, Michael, Gaffney, Vince, Jeffrey, Stuart, Choong Han Lin, Andrew, and Perry, Sara. 2023. Second Report – Unpath’d Waters: Marine and Maritime Collections in the UK. AHRC: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7984563 [open access]

2022

Perry, Sara, Apaydin, Veysel, Curtis, Caitlin L., Fisher, Ashley, Gargett, Katrina, Özdöl Kutlu, Serap, McKinney, Sierra, and Tarkan, Duygu. 2022. Narratives Around Audiences: Creating Relationships between Çatalhöyük and Different Publics. In: Hodder, Ian and Tsoraki, Christina (eds.), Communities at Work: The Making of Çatalhöyük. London: British Institute at Ankara Monograph Series, 27-38.

Perry, Sara, Dennis, Meghan, and Fredheim, Harald. A Future for Field-Schools? Integrating Archaeological and Heritage Practice Through Applied Field Training. In Watrall, E. & Goldstein, L. (eds.), Digital Heritage and Archaeology in Practice. U Press Florida, 237-259.

Perry, Sara and Copps, Magnus. 2022. Who are archaeology’s audiences?, British Archaeology (184): 58-59.

Barney Sloane, Richards, Julian, Sturt, Fraser, Coats, Ann, Roberts, Michael, Gaffney, Vince, Jeffrey, Stuart, and Perry, Sara. 2022. Unpath’d Waters: Marine and Maritime Collections in the UK. AHRC: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152083 [open access]

Cooper, Adrian, Gosling, Kevin, Kennedy, Anra, Perry, Sara, Reed, Darren, Richards, Julian, Smith, Neil, Torreggiani, Anne, and Wright, Holly. 2022. Making it FAIR: understanding the lockdown ‘digital divide’ and the implications for the development of UK digital infrastructures: A Towards a National Collection COVID-19 Project Final Report. AHRC: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5833768 [open access]

2021

Hacıgüzeller, Piraye, Taylor, James, Perry, Sara. On the Emerging Supremacy of Structured Digital Data in Archaeology: A Preliminary Assessment of Information, Knowledge and Wisdom Left Behind. Open Archaeology 7(1): 1709-1730. https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0220 [open access]

Dolcetti, Francesca, Boardman, Claire, Opitz, Rachel, and Perry, Sara. 2021. Values-led Design Cards: Building Ethically Engaged Archaeology and Heritage Experiences. Sustainability 13(7): 3659. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13073659 [open access]

Palma, Gianpaolo, Perry, Sara, and Cignoni, Paolo. 2021. Augmented Virtuality Using Touch-Sensitive 3D-Printed Objects. Remote Sensing 13(11): 2186. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13112186 [open access]

2020

Katifori, Akrivi, Perry, Sara, Vayanou, Maria, Antoniou, Angeliki, Ioannidis, I-P., McKinney, Sierra, and Chrysanthi, Angeliki, 2020. “Let Them Talk!”: Exploring Guided Group Interaction in Digital Storytelling Experiences. Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage 13(3): Article 21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3382773 [access pre-print on ResearchGate here.]

McKinney, Sierra, Perry, Sara, Katifori, Akrivi, and Kourtis, Vassilis, 2020. Developing Digital Archaeology for Young People: A Model for Fostering Empathy and Dialogue in Formal and Informal Learning Environments. In: Hageneuer, S. (ed.) Communicating the Past in the Digital Age: Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Methods in Teaching and Learning in Archaeology (12–13 October 2018). Pp. 179–195. London: Ubiquity Press. https://doi.org/10.5334/bch.n [open access]

2019

Perry, Sara, 2019. The Enchantment of the Archaeological Record. European Journal of Archaeology 22(3), 354–371. https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2019.24 [access pre-print on ResearchGate here.]

Perry, Sara, Roussou, Maria, Mirashrafi, Sophia S., Katifori, A., and McKinney, Sierra, 2019. Shared Digital Experiences Supporting Collaborative Meaning-Making at Heritage Sites. In Hannah Lewi, Wally Smith, Dirk vom Lehn, Steven Cooke (eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites. London: Routledge. Pp. 143-156. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429506765 [access pre-print on ResearchGate here.]

Roussou, Maria, Perry, Sara, Katifori, Akrivi, Vassos, Stavros, Tzouganatou, Angeliki, and McKinney, Sierra, 2019. Transformation through Provocation? Designing a “Bot of Conviction” to Challenge Conceptions and Evoke Critical Reflection. In: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 627. ACM Digital Library. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300857 [access pre-print on ResearchGate here.]

Perry, Sara, 2019. Foreword: Critiquing Public Archaeology. In Howard Williams, Caroline Pudney, Afnan Ezzeldin (eds.), Public Archaeology: Arts of Engagement. Oxford: Archaeopress. Pp. xi-xiv. ISBN 9781789693737 [open access]

Katifori Akrivi, Karvounis Manos, Kourtis Vassilis, Perry Sara, Roussou Maria, and Ioanidis Yannis, 2018. Applying Interactive Storytelling in Cultural Heritage: Opportunities, Challenges and Lessons Learned. In: Rouse R., Koenitz H., Haahr M. (eds.), Interactive Storytelling. ICIDS 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11318. Springer, Cham. Pp. 603-612. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04028-4_70 [access pre-print on ResearchGate here.]

2018

Perry, Sara, 2018. Why are Heritage Interpreters Voiceless at the Trowel’s Edge? A Plea for Rewriting the Archaeological Workflow. Advances in Archaeological Practice 6(3), 212-227. https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2018.21 [access pre-print on ResearchGate here.]

Perry, Sara, and Taylor, James, 2018. Theorising the Digital: A Call to Action for the Archaeological Community. In: Mieko Matsumoto, Espen Uleberg (eds.), Oceans of Data: Proceedings of the 44th Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 11-22. [open access]

Perry, Sara, Roussou, Maria, Economou, Maria, Young, Hilary, and Pujol-Tost, Laia, 2018. Moving Beyond the Virtual Museum: Engaging Visitors Emotionally. In: 23rd International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM), Dublin, 2017. Dublin: IEEE. Pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1109/VSMM.2017.8346276 [access pre-print on ResearchGate here.]

2017

Perry, Sara, 2017. Archaeology on television, 1937. Public Archaeology 16(1), 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14655187.2017.1283932 [access pre-print on ResearchGate here.]

2016

Katifori, Akrivi, Perry, Sara, Vayanou, Maria, Pujol, Laia, Kourtis, Vassilis, and Ioannidis, Yannis, 2016. Cultivating Mobile-Mediated Social Interaction in the Museum: Towards Group-Based Digital Storytelling Experiences. MW2016: Museums and the Web 2016. https://mw2016.museumsandtheweb.com/paper/cultivating-mobile-mediated-social-interaction-in-the-museum-towards-group-based-digital-storytelling-experiences/ [open access]

Perry, Sara, 2016. Deconstructing Archaeology’s Digital Media: Announcing Advances in Archaeological Practice’s Digital Reviews. Advances in Archaeological Practice 4(2), 217. https://doi.org/10.7183/2326-3768.4.2.217 [open access]

2015

Perry, Sara, and Beale, Nicole, 2015. The Social Web and Archaeology’s Restructuring: Impact, Exploitation, Disciplinary Change. Open Archaeology 1(1), 153-165. https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2015-0009 [open access]

Perry, Sara, Shipley, Lucy, & Osborne, Jim, 2015. Digital Media, Power and (In)equality in Archaeology and Heritage. Internet Archaeology 38, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.38.4 [open access]

Roussou, Maria, Pujol, Laia, Katifori, Akrivi, Chrysanthi, Angeliki, Perry, Sara, Vayanou, Maria, 2015. The Museum as Digital Storyteller: Collaborative Participatory Creation of Interactive Digital Experiences. MW 2015: Museums and the Web. https://mw2015.museumsandtheweb.com/paper/the-museum-as-digital-storyteller-collaborative-participatory-creation-of-interactive-digital-experiences/ [open access]

Perry, Sara, 2015. Changing the Way Archaeologists Work: Blogging and the Development of Expertise. Internet Archaeology 39(9), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.39.9 [open access]

Perry, Sara, 2015. Crafting Knowledge with (Digital) Visual Media in Archaeology. In: R. Chapman, & A. Wylie (eds.), Material Evidence: Learning from Archaeological Practice. London: Routledge. Pp. 189-210. [access pre-print on Academia.edu here.]

Perry, Sara, and Morgan, Colleen, 2015. Materializing Media Archaeologies: The MAD-P Hard Drive Excavation. Journal of Contemporary Archaeology2(1), 94-104. https://doi.org/10.1558/jca.v2i1.27083 [open access]

Perry, Sara, 2015. Using Digital Technologies to Create Meaningful Social and Cultural Experiences at Archaeological Sites. Heritage Turkey5, 36-37. https://doi.org/10.18866/biaa2015.123 [open access]

2014

Perry, Sara, 2014. Reconstruction Art and Disciplinary Practice: Alan Sorrell and the Negotiation of the Archaeological Record. The Antiquaries Journal94, 323-352. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581514000249

Perry, Sara, 2014. Professionalization: Archaeology as an ‘Expert’ Knowledge. In C. Smith (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer. Pp. 6150-6159. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_1002 [access uncorrected proof on Academia.edu here].

[further references from pre 2014 to be added…]