You might notice things are looking a bit different around here. That’s because we’ve just launched an entirely new website for the UC Arts Digital Lab.
As well as giving our site a visual upgrade, we’ve rearranged some of the pages to hopefully make it easier for visitors to find out who we are and what we do, and for students to find out how to get involved in the Lab.
The Arts Digital Lab is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Faculty of Arts Digital Research Seed Fund. With support from the Faculty of Arts, we have been able to extend the funding to support a further two projects. The successful projects are: Congratulations to all of the… Read More »Faculty of Arts Digital Research Seed Fund 2023
The Earthquake Stories Walk, developed earlier this year by Our Stories Project Trust with the support of the Arts Digital Lab, recently featured on the Speak Up – Kōrerotia podcast on Plains FM 96.9. Kōrerotia, hosted by Sally Carlton, is New Zealand’s only specialist human rights radio show. The theme… Read More »Earthquake audio trail featured on Kōrerotia podcast
A new digital audio experience launching next week will connect powerful quake memories to physical places in the city – to provide residents and visitors with a unique opportunity to understand the pain and resilience and human impact of the Canterbury Earthquakes. “I was on the fifth floor of the… Read More »Quake stories come to life with new audio walk
Professor Paul Millar is the winner of the Royal Society of New Zealand’s 2022 Pou Aronui Award, for distinguished service to humanities-aronui over a sustained period of time. We’re thrilled to acknowledge Paul’s achievement and very pleased to see the work he has done at UC, particularly with the CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes… Read More »Paul Millar – Royal Society Pou Aronui Award 2022
Recorded sessions from the Australasian Association for Digital Humanities Conference, DHA2021 Ka Renarena Te Taukaea | Creating Communities, are now available to view on YouTube: See the full playlist here.
DHA2021: Ka Renarena Te Taukaea | Creating Communities, the biennial conference of the Australasian Association of Digital Humanities (aaDH), begins on Monday 22nd, hosted by the University of Canterbury. Professor Paul Millar, President of aaDH, says that the conference theme is a response to the extreme events our region has been experiencing—including… Read More »Distinguished All-Women Panel on Indigenous Data Sovereignty to open Australasian Digital Humanities Conference
When it comes to dancing, pulling a sled, climbing stairs or doing tricks, “Spot” is definitely a good dog. It can navigate the built environment and perform a range of tasks, clearly demonstrating its flexibility as a software and hardware platform for commercial use. Viral videos of Boston Dynamics’ robotic… Read More »Is ‘Spot’ a good dog? Why we’re right to worry about unleashing robot quadrupeds
Kia ora Koutou, As we mark the 10th anniversary of the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that devastated Ōtautahi Christchurch, we remember those who were lost, and send our deepest aroha to those who have suffered. Nine years ago on this day the Christchurch Press published an ‘In Memoriam Special Feature’ telling the… Read More »Remembering 22 February 2011
The talk that Jennifer Middendorf and Samuel Hope presented at the National Digital Forum in Wellington in November, titled “Human ethics challenges in digital community story-telling”, is now available to view on YouTube. In the talk, Samuel and Jennifer discuss some of the ethical challenges faced by the Understanding Place… Read More »National Digital Forum 2019 presentation: Human ethics challenges in digital community story-telling
