Advisory Board setup
A major game company (I’d say a global company, not in Australia) invited me to quote/ setup an international advisory board in relation to intangible heritage and digital games to meet annually or...
View ArticleFinland 30 August -10 October to 2021
… thanks to a University of Jyvasklya Fellowship.. incredibly expensive flight booked. Permission to leave Australia for work granted.. more soon…
View ArticleVirtual Heritage: A Guide
“Virtual Heritage: A Guide” is published and open access! Why did we write it? For all those interested in an introduction to virtual heritage, but facing steep purchase costs for academic books, so it...
View ArticleFinal touches to next book
I have just written the index for my next book Rethinking Virtual Places and hopefully the final proof. Started about 4-5 years ago so constantly updating it, hope it is out in November at IUP Spatial...
View ArticleBook Chapter (free)
I forgot to say that I wrote a short chapter for Virtual Heritage: A Guide. Champion, E. (2021). Preserving Authenticity in Virtual Heritage. In E. Champion (Ed.), Virtual Heritage: A Guide (pp....
View Article#cfp Small is Beautiful, Melbourne
SYMPOSIUM: SMALL DATA IS BEAUTIFUL: ANALYTICS, ART AND NARRATIVE Taking inspiration from the ‘small is beautiful’ mantra of the1970s which provoked counter-cultural economic and scientific expertise in...
View ArticleAustralian Cultural Data Engine-2 year LIEF
Just been given the green light to be officially on the following #ARC #LIEF grant: “Australian Cultural Data Engine for Research, Industry and Government” (announced in December but took this long):...
View Articleupdate: ‘Rethinking Virtual Places’ Proof Approved
I mentioned in the below post that I was on the home stretch with this book (in the Indiana University Press Spatial Humanities series), final proof was approved by me this week. I also noticed it was...
View ArticleNormal service to resume
This weekend I leave for the “Athens of Finland”, that’s right, the Aalto city, Jvyäskylä, to be a visiting fellow. The University of Jvyäskylä is a partner in the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture...
View ArticleVirtual Heritage: How Could It Be Ethical?
Latest book chapter in the works: Virtual Heritage: How Could It Be Ethical? Invited chapter for The Routledge Handbook of Heritage Ethics, Andreas Pantazatos, Tracy Ireland, John Schofield and Rouran...
View ArticleKeynote and CFP: Living Digital Heritage
Call for papers! Living Digital Heritage Conference: “Integrating the Past into the Present and Future” Friday 5 – Sunday 7 November 2021, Sydney/Virtual Hosted by the Centre for Ancient Cultural...
View ArticleKeynote ISMAR MR-Cultural Heritage Workshop
I have been invited to keynote at the 1st IEEE International Workshop on “Mixed Reality Implications on Cultural Heritage Experience (MrICHE)” at the ISMAR2021 conference. The talk will be delivered...
View ArticleMy trip to Finland
Thanks to the University of Jyväsklyä for inviting me here to central Finland. This is a summary of my time here and upcoming calendar events: 31/8 arrive, 3 plus hour train to Jyväsklyä. 1/9 ARC...
View ArticleInvited Talk in Austria (virtually)
I’m giving a virtual lecture for DHGraz Wednesday 6 October 2021 (tomorrow): “We’re delighted to welcome @nzerik this Wednesday, who will open our Lunchtime Lecture series with an online talk on “Games...
View Article“Intangible Cultural Heritage and Digital Games”
I wrote a commissioned article for Tencent Games last week “Intangible Cultural Heritage and Digital Games”-as some ideas struck me while writing it I’d be happy if I can circulate it more widely if...
View ArticleNew article (open access)
A Web GIS-Based Integration of 3D Digital Models with Linked Open Data for Cultural Heritage Exploration by Ikrom Nishanbaev Erik Champion and David A. McMeekin Nishanbaev, I., Champion, E., &...
View ArticleLiving Heritage
I was invited to present a keynote on Friday 5 November at the civilized NSW time of 9.15 AM (but WA time of 6.15AM!) to the Living Heritage conference, Macquarie University, Sydney. Yes it will be...
View Article2nd edition, Playing With The Past, 2022
Today I agreed to complete a 2nd edition of “Playing With The Past” – Springer persuaded me there was a market for an updated book due to over 10,000 downloads. But I know there is *a lot* to update...
View ArticleLiving Digital Heritage 2021
I was given the honour of opening Living Digital Heritage conference with a keynote today and full congratulations to Frederik Hardtke and the other organizers at Macquarie University’s Centre for...
View Articlenew position and location
I start work today as an Enterprise Fellow at the University of South Australia in Adelaide, South Australia’s City West campus (Academic unit: Creative-Architecture). Happy to talk about collaborative...
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