three reasons why editing a book is a good idea
Originally posted on patter:Is it worth editing a book? I’ve been asked this question a couple of times recently. It’s actually not an easy question, as you might guess. That’s because the answer...
View Articleupcoming conference deadlines
*START* DUE CONFERENCE THEME LOCATION 28-Oct-15 23-Jul-15 dch2015 Digital Cultural Heritage Berlin Germany 02-Dec-15 16-Aug-15 AAA2015 Australian Archaeological Association Conference Fremantle...
View ArticleThe Egyptian Oracle Project: Ancient Ceremony in Augmented Reality...
Strange, authors don’t have a copy yet, and it says the book will be available from July 30 but my library already has a copy. Anyway, I wrote an introductory chapter on virtual heritage and the other...
View ArticleDigital History at #OzHA2015? There was some
Originally posted on Stumbling Through the Past:The Prosecution Project from Griffith University is examining the history of criminal trials in Australia between 1850 and 1960. There are good reasons...
View ArticleSources, Empathy and Politics in History from Below
Originally posted on the many-headed monster:Our opening post in The Voices of the People symposium (full programme here) comes from Tim Hitchcock, Professor of Digital History at the University of...
View ArticleOut soon: My book “Critical Gaming: Interactive History & Virtual Heritage”
Review: If you would like to review the book please check out this page for contact details: https://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=2253 … Purchase: The book will be available via...
View ArticleTheoretical Issues for Game-based Virtual Heritage
Another book chapter published Theoretical Issues for Game-based Virtual Heritage Abstract: This paper critiques essential features in prominent theories of serious games, and compares them to...
View Articlepotential paper in Forum on Video Games and Archaeology
Title: Serious Games and Virtual Heritage Have Let Archaeology Down Wandering around museums or visiting art galleries and school fairs a relatively impartial observer might notice the paucity of...
View Article“Conflict-Solving Strategies in Heritage Studies” Germany, conference...
International Academy Cottbus: Understanding Heritage (ISAC) “Conflict-Solving Strategies in Heritage Studies” Application Application. Deadline for applications: August 25, 2015 General Information:...
View ArticleCritical Gaming: Interactive History and Virtual Heritage is out!
Critical Gaming: Interactive History and Virtual Heritage is out! Well, delivered to me anyway, not sure what to do with 6 copies… Hmm Amazon say it is due out 28 September, seems a bit slow so the...
View ArticleShould exhibits tell stories?
Originally posted on Museum Questions:This is a post I have been trying to write for a long time – over a year. I’m still struggling, so bear with me. There has been a great deal written over the past...
View ArticleA list of virtual heritage projects across time and space
Recently I came across Ruth Tringham’s paper Becoming Archaeological. While searching in 2014 in Erik Champion’s Playing with the Past (2011) for web-based virtual cultural environments that could act...
View ArticleConference: Heritage of China International Symposium 2016
Originally posted on Respatrimoni:International Symposium 6-8 April 2016 ‘Reclaiming Identity and (Re)Materializing Pasts: Approaches to Heritage Conservation in China’ The university of Xi’an...
View ArticleCall For Papers (CFPs)
START *DUE* CONFERENCE THEME LOCATION 11-Apr-16 10-Oct-15 www2016 world wide web Montreal Canada 05-Mar-16 15-Oct-15 EVAA Electronic Visualisation and the Arts Australasia 2016 Canberra Australia...
View ArticleVAMCT
I returned this week from VIRTUAL ARCHAEOLOGY: Museums & Cultural Tourism (VAMCT2015) in Delphi, Greece. A small conference, there wasn’t much of a twitter feed (twitter), but everyone was very...
View Articleare there open access virtual heritage/digital archaeology journals?
Not so many virtual heritage open access journals (help me here!) but there are various open access archaeology journals: The open access archaeology journal I first knew of (around 2004 I think I...
View ArticleJoin the CAA! Call for candidates for four open CAA committee posts
Originally posted on Archaeological Networks:I love the CAA and I thoroughly enjoy being able to give something back to this community by being CAA secretary. If you think this is a great community and...
View Article“Conflict-Solving Strategies in Heritage Studies” Germany, conference...
International Academy Cottbus: Understanding Heritage (ISAC) “Conflict-Solving Strategies in Heritage Studies” Application Application. Deadline for applications: August 25, 2015 General Information:...
View ArticleCritical Gaming: Interactive History and Virtual Heritage is out!
Critical Gaming: Interactive History and Virtual Heritage is out! Well, delivered to me anyway, not sure what to do with 6 copies… Hmm Amazon say it is due out 28 September, seems a bit slow so the...
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