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In the early 19th Century much of the Strath of Kildonan was cleared of its people who were replaced by sheep farming. This pattern was repeated across the Scottish Highlands. In 2013 Timespan, Helmsdale Heritage and Arts Centre, hosted a program of activities to mark the 200th anniversary of the Clearances. The centrepiece of these activities was a community excavation of the Caen township in the...
This paper raises awareness about Charles Willson Peale's late 18th and early 19th century Philadelphia Museum of Art and Science and describes a project that reimagines it as a 21st century digital interactive learning environment for cultural heritage and Science Technology Engineering Art Mathematics (STEAM) learning. The project seeks to establish 3 sites of engagement and discuses ongoing research...
This paper presents the evolving embodiments of “A Virtual Laboratory”, a VR-based videogame simulating an experiment of medical distillation in a medieval alchemy lab. Players are encouraged to acquire the knowledge needed to master the operations to be performed by consulting the digital representation of an ancient treatise on distillation hosted at the Gunnerus Library of Trondheim, The game is...
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