Champion, Erik. “From Historical Models to Virtual Heritage Simulations”. Chap. 4 In Der Modelle Tugend 2.0 Digitale 3d-Rekonstruktion Als Virtueller Raum Der Architekturhistorischen Forschung Computing in Art and Architecture, edited by Piotr Kuroczyński, Mieke Pfarr-Harfst and Sander Münster, 337-51. Heidelberg, Germany: arthistoricum.net, 2019. https://books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/arthistoricum/catalog/book/515
CFP: Playable Theory & Critical History in Archaeological Games (CAA 2020)
Robert Houghton, Juan Hiriart and I are running a session at CAA 2020, 14-17 April, Oxford, on playable theory in archeological games. Come and join us with presentations and demonstrations of your games and game ideas! Extended deadline Thu 14 Nov. Submit proposals here: 2020.caaconference.org/call-for-paper
eTourism, Immersive GLAM and Virtual Heritage
[Image care of Ian Brodie, HIDDEN and below supplied by Barbara Bollard]
Galleries Libraries Archives and Museums, meet eTourism and Digital Heritage!!
Speakers:
- Mr Alec Coles, OBE FRSA, CEO of Western Australian Museum
- Associate Professor Barbara Bollard (AUT NZ), will talk about her research on modelling environments such as 3D Antarctica huts via drone-based photogrammetry (see also ideolog article: up, up and away).
- Mr Ian Brodie, award winning photographer and film tourism author, will engage us with his AR projects as part of HIDDEN.
- Archaeologist and Senior Research Librarian, Alexandra Angeletaki, (NTNU Trondheim Norway), will talk about her use of immersive VR and related technology projects to bring historical texts and artefacts alive in the Gunnerus Library, Trondheim (founded 1768) via projects like MUBIL.
- Dr David McMeekin will explain the Getty Foundation funded Ancient Itineraries-Exploring Digital Art History project.
- Professor Erik Champion will discuss exciting new futures between games, VR/ XR, and the GLAM sector.
Dr Christina Lee will MC the event.
Looking for a visiting scholar after August 2020?
I am looking for a visiting scholar/fellow role from 1 September 2020 (or sometime during the last 4 months of 2020) can be very short-term. If you know of one especially in digital humanities, serious games, digital heritage, please let me know, thanks.
eTourism, Immersive GLAM & Virtual Heritage
Free event at Curtin University Friday 8 November 12.30-3 PM
Register at eventbrite. [Above image care of Alexandra Angeletaki NTNU Trondheim]
Speakers:
- Mr Alec Coles, OBE FRSA, CEO of Western Australian Museum (tbc)
- Associate Professor Barbara Bollard (AUT NZ), will talk about her research on modelling environments such as 3D Antarctica huts via drone-based photogrammetry (see also ideolog article: up, up and away).
- Mr Ian Brodie, award winning photographer and film tourism author, will engage us with his AR projects as part of HIDDEN.
- Archaeologist and Senior Research Librarian, Alexandra Angeletaki, (NTNU Trondheim Norway), will talk about her use of immersive VR and related technology projects to bring historical texts and artefacts alive in the Gunnerus Library, Trondheim (founded 1768) via projects like MUBIL.
- Dr David McMeekin will explain the Getty Foundation funded Ancient Itineraries-Exploring Digital Art History project.
- Professor Erik Champion will discuss exciting new futures between games, VR/ XR, and the GLAM sector.
Dr Christina Lee will MC the event.
nb below are photos of the venue (direct drive in from Manning Road, east of Waterford Plaza). Theatre “Exhibition Space” is on the ground floor directly ahead, after entering the door in the photo (to the left of the vertical Visitor Reception sign).
conference CFPs
| *START* | DUE | CONFERENCE | THEME | LOCATION |
| 23-Nov-19 | invited | ITCF | 4th Boao International Tourism Communication Forum (ITCF) | Hainan China |
| 03-Dec-19 | 18-Oct-19 | ozchi2019 | Experience Design (short papers) | Perth Australia |
| 09-Dec-19 | accepted | DHdownunder | Call for workshops | Newcastle Australia |
| 14-Jan-20 | 08-Dec-19 | GO GLAM | Generous and Open: Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums | Gold Coast Australia |
| 29-Jan-20 | 30-Nov-19 | MSIVISM 2020 | Multimedia, Sci Info & Visualization for Info Systems & Metrics | Canary Islands Spain |
| 10-Feb-20 | 18-Oct-19 | Digraa2020 | DiGRA Australia 2020 National Conference | Brisbane Australia |
| 27-Feb-20 | 24-Oct-19 | GRAPP | Computer Graphics and Applications | Valletta Malta |
| 17-Mar-20 | 14-Oct-19 | DHN2020 | Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries | Riga, Latvia |
| 26-Mar-20 | 01-Nov-19 | Archives | Archives Unleashed | New York USA |
| 14-Apr-20 | 31-Oct-19 | CAA2020 | Computer Applications & Quantitative Methods in Archaeology | Oxford UK |
| 25-Apr-20 | 06-Jan-20 | CHI2020 | CHI April 25-30:altchi submission | Hawaii USA |
| 03-Jun-20 | 29-Nov-19 | DIGRA2020 | Play Everywhere | Tampere Finland |
| 05-Jul-20 | 21-Mar-20 | WAC#9 | World Archaeological Congress (sessions due 15 October 2019) | Prague, Czech Republic |
| 22-Jul-20 | 15-Oct-20 | DH2020 | Digital Humanities: carrefours/intersections | Ottawa Canada |
| 18-Aug-20 | 15-Oct-20 | IFPH | 6th World Conference of the International Federation for Public History | Berlin Germany |
| 26-Aug-20 | 31-Oct-19 | Critical Heritage | Futures (subtheme Digital Heritage) | London UK |
| 15-Sep-20 | 02-Dec-19 | FDG | Foundations of Digital Games (workshops 2/12; paper abstracts 13/1) | Valetta Malta |
| 05-Oct-20 | 02-Oct-19 | ICOMOS2020 | ICOMOS WORLD 2020 | Sydney, Australia |
| 19-Apr-21 | ? | CAA2021 | Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology | Limassol, Cyprus |
| 08-May-21 | 10-Sep-20 | CHI2021 | CHI2021 | Yokohama, Japan |
| 26-Jul-21 | ? | DH2021 | Digital Humanities | Tokyo Japan |
| START | *DUE* | CONFERENCE | THEME | LOCATION |
| 17-Mar-20 | 14-Oct-19 | DHN2020 | Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries | Riga, Latvia |
| 03-Dec-19 | 18-Oct-19 | ozchi2019 | Experience Design (short papers) | Perth Australia |
| 10-Feb-20 | 18-Oct-19 | Digraa2020 | DiGRA Australia 2020 National Conference | Brisbane Australia |
| 27-Feb-20 | 24-Oct-19 | GRAPP | Computer Graphics and Applications | Valletta Malta |
| 14-Apr-20 | 31-Oct-19 | CAA2020 | Computer Applications & Quantitative Methods in Archaeology | Oxford UK |
| 26-Aug-20 | 31-Oct-19 | Critical Heritage | Futures (subtheme Digital Heritage) | London UK |
| 26-Mar-20 | 01-Nov-19 | Archives | Archives Unleashed | New York USA |
| 03-Jun-20 | 29-Nov-19 | DIGRA2020 | Play Everywhere | Tampere Finland |
| 29-Jan-20 | 30-Nov-19 | MSIVISM 2020 | Multimedia, Sci Info & Visualization for Info Systems & Metrics | Canary Islands Spain |
| 15-Sep-20 | 02-Dec-19 | FDG | Foundations of Digital Games (workshops 2/12; paper abstracts 13/1) | Valetta Malta |
| 14-Jan-20 | 08-Dec-19 | GO GLAM | Generous and Open: Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums | Gold Coast Australia |
| 25-Apr-20 | 06-Jan-20 | CHI2020 | CHI April 25-30:altchi submission | Hawaii USA |
| 05-Jul-20 | 21-Mar-20 | WAC#9 | World Archaeological Congress (sessions due 15 October 2019) | Prague, Czech Republic |
| 08-May-21 | 10-Sep-20 | CHI2021 | CHI2021 | Yokohama, Japan |
| 22-Jul-20 | 15-Oct-20 | DH2020 | Digital Humanities: carrefours/intersections | Ottawa Canada |
| 18-Aug-20 | 15-Oct-20 | IFPH | 6th World Conference of the International Federation for Public History | Berlin Germany |
travel
- 14-18 October 2019 I will be in Auckland and Wellington (New Zealand) and Melbourne (Australia).
- 23-24 November I have been invited to Hainan China
- 9 December I am the keynote at DH Downunder Newcastle Australia.
- 15-17 April 2020 with Dr Robert Houghton and Dr Juan Hiriart I am at CAA2020 UK convening a session on game design and archaeology/history:S19. From Spade to Joystick-Playable Theory and Critical History in Archaeological Games (Other) Submit! NB S26 is inspired by one of my books so that is worth a submission too!
S26. iN Deep: Cultural Presence in Immersive Educational Experiences (Other)
In his book Critical Gaming (2015), Erik Champion argued that virtual realities should express ‘cultural presence,’ the meaning and significance of a time, place, or object to people of the past. Hyper-reality, photogrammetry, and ever-increasing levels of ‘accuracy’ in 3D models do not inherently convey aspects of cultural significance and meaning, and many VR/AR/XR experiences fall dramatically short of the goal of expressing the importance of past places and things to their original communities. Emphasis on technological and (especially) hardware innovation often deflects attention from critically engaging with questions of meaning-making.
