Spatial Heritage: Engaging Academics & Audiences with 3D tools

Spatial Heritage: Engaging Academics & Audiences with 3D tools

Methods Workshop Series

Memorial Room,  Worcester College,  Walton Street, Oxford

Wednesday 21 February 2024, 2pm-3.30pm

All welcome

Abstract:

This Method workshop will explore 3D tools with a specific emphasis on engaging academics and heritage professionals with 3D digitisation and publishing, as well as some suggestions for best practice regarding how to reach intended external audiences with this content. Hands-on activity: If you can, please bring along an object you wish to capture in 3D. Your object should be a minimum of 20cm in size and you should avoid subjects which are: transparent (e.g. glass), reflective (e.g. polished metal), a single, uniform colour (e.g. a white coffee cup), very delicate (e.g. a feather). Some ideal candidates might be: a small ornament or statue, a toy (not a uniform colour), or a stone! Joint initiative between the Heritage Pathways - TDEP Project (Professor Kathryn Eccles) and the Digital Humanities and Sensory Heritage Network based at TORCH (Dr Emanuela Vai).

Biography:

Thomas Flynn, @nebulousflynn is a UK based digital heritage consultant and editor of the free monthly newsletter The Spatial Heritage Review. Thomas began working with 3D while at the British Museum in 2014, going on to co-found Museum in a Box a couple of years later. In 2017, Thomas joined the team at sketchfab.com as Cultural Heritage Lead, evangelising 3D digitisation, publishing, and open access within the cultural sector. Thomas is also on the advisory board for Rijksmuseums 2and3D conference and a contributing member of the IIIF 3D Community Group. For the last 10 years Thomas has been working at the intersection of 3D and cultural heritage, his work spanning the commercial and GLAM sector with a focus on open access, outreach, and engagement via online 3D experiences.

Find out more about the Digital Humanities and Sensory Heritage Network here.