New Book Out In The Wild
I know I have talked about it enough but I finally have a hardcover copy in my hands… Rethinking Virtual Places Download/Print Leaflet by Erik M. Champion Published by: Indiana University Press
View ArticleNew Open-access Article on Mixed Reality
A new open-access article by Mr Mafkereseb Bekele, a PhD student at Curtin University and his three supervisors (myself, Dr David McMeekin and Dr Hafizur Rahaman): “The Influence of Collaborative and...
View Article30% discount on latest book
Regards my latest book “Rethinking Virtual Places”-Indiana University Press have kindly offered a 30% discount just by using this URL (but only for customers “outside US, Canada and Latin America”):...
View ArticlePh.D. finally added to the University repository
I deposited my PhD thesis (Evaluating Cultural Learning in Virtual Environments, 2006) at the University of Melbourne but they only just now added it to their new system, here it is:...
View ArticleCAA2022 potential session
Despite COVID, lack of travel resources etc, (especially to the UK from Australia), I’ve been thinking about proposing a panel/session at CAA2022 about “what is lost in the digits”-which elements,...
View Articlenew book project in screen tourism and landscapes
With two fine co-editors our edited book proposal on the above topic has been through the review process and judged fit for publication with helpful and positive comments. It still has to pass the...
View ArticleCultural Presence Session proposed for CAA2022 Oxford
Associate Professor Elaine Sullivan will propose a session on cultural presence based on my writing in Critical Gaming) but also on wider issues of virtual heritage, for CAA2022, Oxford, 8-11 August...
View ArticleBook chapters task list
I know I said I was cutting back on book chapters but … Champion, E., Nurmikko-Fuller, T., & Grant, K. (2022: invited). Chapter 12 Alchemy and Archives, Swords, Spells, and Castles:...
View ArticleMea culpa
If you have asked me to review or write or supervise and I have not got back to you (I think I have, but there was a large 2022 backlog), I apologize. 4 overseas grant applications to review, 3 books...
View ArticleMetaVerse VS XR
If you read this conversation article, the Metaverse is basically XR (extended reality), not Neal Stephenson’s Snowcrash. The Conversation is full of conflicting opinions on what is or should be the...
View ArticlePhD scholarships at UniSA in South Australia
There are two PhD scholarships at the University of South Australia, in Built Environment and Design, that may interest Australian or NZ citizens or Australian permanent residents:...
View Article3D, Maps and DBPedia
The UNESCO Chair of Cultural Heritage and Visualisation (10/2016 – 09/2020) project at https://unesco-chv.curtin.edu.au will be shut down in June 2022. Before then feel free to look at the online...
View Articlemy work lately
My work lately, here is what I sent to IVE for their news as a new member: Erik Champion was invited onto the advisory board of MOD museum (https://mod.org.au/). Invited research mentor/consultant to...
View ArticleCAA 2022, Oxford
This year the Computing Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Conference is running in person in Oxford, UK and virtually. CAA2022 will be held 8-11 August 2022. If you are interested,...
View ArticleExcellent article on Assassin’s Creed (and history)
Well, in French, on Ubisoft’s relationship with historical reconstructions and history-inspired escape rooms:...
View Articletheory of change – a better way for museums to think about impact
Paul Bowers posted this “Theory of Change” for museums, I greatly like it, I do wonder if museum people agree with it or are even doing it already. Museums today describe their impact in overreaching...
View ArticleOne Aspect of Place is Missing?
I enjoyed reading through the recent “Geographies of Place in Digital Art History” written by people I know (and one I have worked with and written papers with). But as an intellectual exercise, do you...
View ArticleImmersive Challenges for Museums & Heritage Sites
I will give a talk tonight via Zoom to UniSA IVE colleagues on the above topic. Time: 4PM 2022 IVE Research Seminar Series Please join our next IVE Seminar. Presenter: Prof. Erik Champion Enterprise...
View ArticlePhD scholarship at UniSA on games in Australian museums
“A Framework for Developing Educational Games in and with Australian Museums“ The University of South Australia in Adelaide has graciously offered us (myself, and Drs Susannah Emery and Julie Nichols)...
View ArticleOld ideas
On cleaning up old email I found these cursory ideas in 2013 when I was invited to Curtin. Here are notes I jotted down as part of a sketch for a Centre of Excellence idea but here I am only listing...
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