10:10-11:10
PNC Key Note Session
Moderator: Lewis LANCASTER
Immersive Strategies for the Embodiment of Culture and Heritage
Jeffrey SHAW, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
ECAI Panel (11:30 - 13:00)
Visualization and Virtual Systems in Digital Humanities
Moderator: Jeanette Zerneke
11:30-11:50
Dr. D. Dayalan
Archaeological Survey of India
Draft: Digital Documentation of Excavations- Buddhist Site at Kankanahalli
The recent exploration followed by excavations at Kanganhalli (Lat. 16 49’ 30” N and Long. 76 54’ 20”E) and its surrounding area on the left bank of Bhima river in Karnataka State by the Archaeological Survey of India has brought to light the most outstanding discovery of Buddhist stupa complex which is in fact unique in the history of Buddhist art of India in general and of Karnataka in particular. Sannati, the big village nearby has a vast fortification of early historic period. Two major rock edicts of Asoka are also noticed in the Chandralamba temple at Sannati.
The stupa complex is constructed in highly sculptured lime stone slabs and the core is filled with mud, brick bats and rubble stones. The extent portions of the stupa at Kanganhalli consist of the lower and upper medhi (drum) and the lower part of anda (dome). The stupa proper is of 22 metres diameter enclosed by the railing with a diameter of 28 metres. The drum of the stupa is divided into two tiers i.e., lower and upper medhi encased with exquisitely carved panels depicting the symbolic representation of Buddha such as simhasana, bodhi-vriksa with a seat below and stupa model, dharma charka, muchilinda naga, jataka stories, events in Buddha’s life and other themes related to Buddhism. Large number of label inscriptions mention about the name, status and origin of the donors, names of the ruling kings and details of the depictions in the sculptured panels are unearthed from the excavations. The papers deals about the digital documentation of the excavations and also of the hundreds of sculptural panels and architectural members retrieved from the excavations. The paper also deals with the identification of the places from where the donors/pilgrims came from and plotting of the places in the map.
11:50-12:10
Dr. Andreas Kunz
Institute of European History, Section World History
The "Digital Atlas on the History of Europe since 1500" - A Progress Report
The "Digital Atlas on the History of Europe since 1500" is a project undertaken in the area of study called "Spatial Research in European History since 1500" at the Institute of European History, Mainz, Germany. The atlas combines thematic cartography with GIS-based mapping in order to create a visual and interactive history of the European state system since 1500. At the present, some 250 maps - many of them interactive - have been placed online (http://www.atlas-europa.de), and future developments will contain a GIS-based information system on the territories and states of Europe since 1500.
12:10-12:30
John Lee, Jonathan Webster, and Joe Chan
Department of Chinese Translations and Linguistics of City University of Hong Kong
Developing Visual Analytics for Text Data
We introduce a text visualization tool being developed at the Visual Analytics for Texts Group (http://vistxt.ctl.cityu.edu.hk) at the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics, City University of Hong Kong. The tool is designed to help users search for and visualize patterns and structures in texts. The key objective of our research is to take text visualization beyond the word-based focus, making it possible to visualize multiple layers of lexico-grammatical and semantic patterning across multilingual, vast collections of text data.
We demonstrate a prototype tool that illustrates this objective by visualizing a collection of religious and poetic texts. Inspired by the “Blue Dots” platform at Berkeley, which allows one to visualize search results in 3-D graphics from the Korean Buddhist Canon, this tool distinguishes itself from its peers in two respects.
• It interacts with corpora richly encoded with detailed lexico-grammatical information, and with multiple languages.
• It also supports a methodology for obtaining rich analytic data, in our case using M.A.K. Halliday’s Systemic Functional Theory.
12:30-12:50
Kevin Cain
Director, Institute for the Study and Integration of Graphical Heritage Techniques
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Antonio Hui
Digital Imaging Specialist, Institute for the Study and Integration of Graphical Heritage Techniques
Data-driven visualization of Chichen Itza for immersive full dome theater
In this short talk, we'll discuss a digital documentation project at the pre-Columbian site of Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. Chichen Itza, undisputed as the most iconic ancient Maya site, is a meeting of styles and peoples: post-classic Maya, Tula, and 'Mexicanized' Maya monuments crowd together in a single site. From the richly detailed Puuc structures to the spartan but imposing Pyramid of Kukulkan, Chichen Itza presents an excellent opportunity to study variations in Maya building over time. The primary goal our documentation project was to provide humanities scholars with access to accurate spatial and photographic data from the site under study, including comprehensive recording for highly detailed sculptural elements. A secondary goal was to be able to present the site in immersive venues such as 'full dome' theaters commonly found in science centers across the globe. In order to fulfill both requirements, we created open source tools to share data and simplify collaboration. In the talk, we'll briefly convey our documentation process, note how it evolved over time, and suggest in what ways humanities researchers could benefit from our experiences.
12:50-13:00
Discussion
14:00-17:00 (Shuttle bus waiting at University Circle for pickup)
PNC Tour: "Applied Laboratory for Interactive Visualization and Embodiment" ALiVE Multi-media and 3-D demonstrations hosted by City University's School of Creative Media
17:00-18:00
ECAI Tour Supplement:
Extension of the PNC tour for ECAI affiliates and collaborators to explore some of the experimental projects and research under development in collaboration with ALiVE.
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