Writing PhD proposals backwards
I receive quite a few PhD proposals and they generally try to prove too much, and quote methods as if they are methodology (the latter is the study of methods, ideally explaining which methods are most...
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I have been busy writing job and grant applications and lecture presentations. But still intending to publish/finish the below: Pending, To Be Presented or Published Books and edited books in press or...
View ArticleLatest Book Chapter We Are Working On
With Dr. Juan Hiriart, writing a very short chapter for Champion, E., & Hiriart, J. (2021: pending). Workshopping Board Games for Space Place and Culture. In C. Randl & M. Lasansky (Eds.),...
View ArticleThis Game Has History: Book publisher ideas requested
Just hypothetically, of course, say I had a “friend” interested in editing or co-editing a book on (insert famous game series name here) and.. .. if this “friend" was in talks with a consultant...
View ArticleNew Book Chapter Planned
Last week I was asked if I would write a book chapter for an edited volume “Difficult Pasts and Immersive Experiences” to be published by Routledge (History, Heritage Studies & Archaeology series)...
View ArticleVR silos and weak onsite mobile-based virtual heritage experiences
Has anyone written on gaps (in power, features, or connection, etc.) between offsite (desktop virtual environments (VEs), and headset VEs) and mobile device-based AR/MR that augments the experience...
View ArticleMetadata in 3D file formats
Something to explore at a later date but it seems X3D and Collada are recommended when placing metadata (like exif) in a 3D file. For glTF (a 3D transmission format) posters seem to recommend an id...
View ArticleCourse coordinators? Upcoming Virtual Place accessible theory book
My publisher, Indiana University Press, has asked me to name academics who would like to be alerted when my next book, Rethinking Virtual Places, is out in case they might consider it for course...
View ArticleOrganic Design in 20thC Nordic Architecture
Just received a big compliment from a US academic/architect I respect on my (Nordic) organic architecture book, Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture. Very chuffed, esp considering I...
View ArticleNew Paper for EuroMed2020 Virtual Conference
The paper “Time-Layered Gamic Interaction with a Virtual Museum Template” by Erik Champion, Rebecca Kerr, Hafizur Rahaman and David McMeekin will be presented virtually at EuroMed 2020 Conference next...
View Articlegame-induced cultural tourism slides available
My presentation slides for virtual The Interactive Pasts Conference Online 2 (TIPC2), (held 5-6 November, notionally, at Leiden) are on slideshare. The twitch stream for the conference is at...
View Articlevirtual museum kitset/template paper
My slides for the below EuroMed2020 paper presentation yesterday are on slideshare. We were told the publications will be available at latest in January 2020. Time-Layered Gamic Interaction with a...
View ArticleTitles are misleading
Professor Jeremy Huggett has published an article drawn, I understand, from a talk he gave at Virtual Heritage Ireland in 2015. It quotes 2 or 3 of my earlier publications and I am not sure on certain...
View ArticleAssassin’s Creed in the Classroom
Have sent out a proposal to people who use the above game series in the classroom and/or write about it. Have spoken to Ubisoft about this so possibly can work with historians and archaeologists...
View Articleupcoming virtual public talk, Uppsala
25 November 2020 (virtual invited talk to Uppsala University Sweden) Virtual Humanities From virtual museums to virtual worlds, the word “virtual” is both a popular and a vague term. Although...
View ArticleTLC 2.0 wins ARDC platform grant
New data platforms will help transform Australian research November 25, 2020 Categorised: News “The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) is excited to announce a new investment of $9.7 million, with...
View Articlemy quiet summer plans
oh and examining PhD theses… Pending, To Be Presented or Published Books and edited books in press or under review Champion, E. (2021: in press). Rethinking Virtual Places. Indiana University Press,...
View ArticleNew Journal Article!
Champion, E. (2020). Culturally Significant Presence in Single-player Computer Games. Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, 13(4). doi:10.1145/3414831. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3414831...
View ArticleChanges in titles
Yesterday I signed an agreement to be an adjunct Professor of or at Curtin University, today that changed to accepting the title of Emeritus Professor. Hard to keep up! The requirement is: has...
View ArticleThe depiction of violence in virtual heritage
On cleaning up my old email I found an old short paper suggestion to a Digital Humanities Conference Workshop, in 2013?! Not even sure they replied, cant remember! I think some of the ideas were used...
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