DHC Personnel and Projects 2014-15
November 11, 2014
There is a lot going on in DHC at the moment and now that the new Research Associate and Student Volunteer team are in place, and the projects well underway, I thought it time to provide an update. Research Assistant. History Post Graduate Harriet Davis is this year’s DHC’s Research Associate. Previously the role primarily …
‘Lest we forget’: Life Lines’ World War I digitisation workshop in DHC.
October 13, 2014
Life Lines is a public engagement initiative by the University of Nottingham’s Lakeside Arts Centre and the Manuscripts and Special Collections (MSC) Department. It began in April 2014, and is funded by Innovations in Museum Displays whose mantra is ‘participation over interaction’. The aim of the Life Lines project is to engage Lakeside visitors by …
A day trip to the University’s Manuscripts and Special Collections dept by DHC alumnus Sam Rigby.
September 4, 2014
One of the projects that DHC volunteers worked on in 2013-14 was the digitisation of sections of the extensive slide collection which is housed within the space. DHC hopes to one day have a database of selected images from the collection, which could range from classical sculpture to twentieth century architecture, and would be available …
Model Making: part one by DHC Leonardo Fellow James E Smith
August 11, 2014
I have been juggling numerous new projects recently but I thought it was about time I followed up my introduction post with something about my piece ‘Model’, made during the first months of my residency at the DHC and currently on show at The Collection in Lincoln until September 7th. Having been commissioned by The …
Shooting to Success: Video and Photography in the DHC by student volunteer alumnus Tom Travis
July 29, 2014
I’ve had a keen interest in film and photography for about ten years, so when I received an email asking for volunteers to help with video production in the Digital Humanities Centre I leapt at the opportunity. I was really impressed to find such an Aladdin’s cave of high performance kit tucked away in the …
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