Digital Cultural Heritage: showcasing research from the University of York and Virginia Tech
Event details
The Humanities Research Centre is pleased to host this collaborative online workshop showcasing ground-breaking research from the University of York and Virginia Tech. This event brings together leading academics to explore how cutting-edge technologies – including AI, XR, and 3D modelling – are transforming how we document, interpret, and experience global heritage.
From the virtual reconstruction of 4,000-year-old Egyptian gardens to the digitisation of World War I excavations and the development of sensory substitution apps for blind users, this showcase highlights the essential role of digital tools in safeguarding our shared human story.
Programme schedule
2.30pm to 2.35pm
- Welcome
2.35pm to 3.10pm - Session 1
- Digital Database Development for Egyptian Archaeological Sites within Metadata Standards and Artificial Intelligence Applications. Heng Song (York).
- AI and XR for Living Heritage: A Multisensory Digital Reconstruction of Meketre’s Garden. Eiman Elgewely (VT).
- From VikingVR to the Raven's Eye: Digital Museum Engagements. Dawn Hadley & Guy Schofield (York).
- Recent Digital Cultural Heritage Projects from Heritage 360. Patrick Gibbs, Kate Giles, Louise Hampson & James Osborn (York).
- Teaching with Data and 17th-Century Sources. Jessica Taylor (VT).
- Digital Documentation of Endangered Knowledge System at Sukur Cultural Landscape, Northeast Nigeria. Akinbowale Akintayo (York).
3.20pm to 4pm - Session 2
- Digitisation of Architectural and Urban Heritage: Revealing Hidden Layers of People's Lived Experience. Gamal Abdelmonem (York).
- From Excavation to Experience: Sharing the Dig Hill 80 Digital Archive through a Spatial Context. Sarah Tucker & Todd Ogle (VT).
- Using Historically Informed Building Technologies to Improve the Listening Experience of Keyboard Instruments. Joseph Thornber (York).
- Researching and Digitizing “The Big O’s” Donations: Finding Uniqueness and Identity of Virginia Tech’s University Fashion Collection. Dina Smith-Glaviana (VT).
- The Internet of Musical Events (InterMusE): Experiments in the Multimedial Digitisation of Musical Ephemera. Rachel Cowgill (York).
- Chance Encounters: The Value of Risk in Transdisciplinary Collaboration and Innovation, the Story of one Digital Project, Still Unfolding. Ed Gitre (VT)
- The Nikki Giovanni Immersive Experience. Trevor Finney, Charles Nichols, Meaghan Dee & Brittney Harris (VT).
4.10pm to 4.50pm - Session 3
- Bringing Material Cultures into the Digital Humanities. Mariam Ismail, Clay Adkins, Kamille Simon & Jamie Raczynski (VT).
- Reexamining Technological Support for Genealogy Research, Collaboration, and Education. Kurt Luther & Fei Shan (VT).
- Multi-Modal Sensory Substitution: Designing the SoundCeption App. Anna Bramwell-Dicks & Helen Petrie (York).
- Minimal Digital Humanities with Static Websites. Jesse Sadler (VT).
- Teaching Historic Preservation in a Digital World. Brinda Gaitonde Nayak (York).
- Beyond Immersion: Making XR History Projects Legible as Learning Environments. David Hicks (VT), Todd Ogle (VT)
- Training Curators of the Future: Developing new techniques for visualising artefacts. Michael White (York).
4.50pm to 5pm
- Discussion and next steps
Registration
This event is free and open to all staff, students, and external partners.
This event has been organised by the Humanities Research Centre, the Digital Creativity Network and the Virginia Tech Center for Humanities.
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