Humanities and Technology
The following represents a selection of projects currently underway in the area of 'Humanities and Technology'.
- Scientific Analysis of Early Medieval Manuscripts
- 3D Models of the Old Library
- The TCD Forum on Creative Arts and Technology
- Íomhá
- Other
Scientific Analysis of Early Medieval Manuscripts
Undertaken in collaboration with the Physics Department, the project focuses on the Book of Kells in the first instance. It aims to identify the pigments and binding media, as well as sources of supply; and also to evaluate the degree of change of the materials with a view to ascertaining the stability of the manuscript and the original intentions of its creators.
Susan Bioletti and Dr Bernard Meehan, Library; Professor Werner Blau, Physics.
- E-mail: susie.bioletti@tcd.ie
This project has received funding from the Trinity College Library and the HEA.
Íomhá
The Íomhá project will help art historians and museum curators take advantage of the next generation of computing systems, especially web-based multi-modal information systems. Iomhá will help in the historian’s/curator’s task of annotating images of their holdings in their own natural language such that the holdings are accessible within and outside their language communities. The focus of the Iomhá project is to identify how historians/curators create categories and use linguistic and visual icons based on the categories for annotating works of historical/aesthetic importance. Iomhá is a collaborative project Trinity’s Departments of Computer Science and Art History, and the National Gallery of Ireland.
Professor Khurshid Ahmad, School of Computer Science and Statistics
- E-mail: kahmad@tcd.ie
This project has received funding from the Long Room Hub Research Initiative Scheme, which in turn is funded by the Higher Education Authority under PRTLI IV.
3D Models of the Old Library
LibViz is an innovative research project that will develop a system to visualise collected data about the building environment in the Trinity College Old Library, including dust dispersion levels, temperature and relative humidity levels and condition of structural elements, within an accurate to-scale recreation of the building and its key features. It is intended that all environmental and structural information gathered as part of the Preservation of the Old Library project will eventually be incorporated into the model, and that it will be used to document the impact of changes once remediation is commenced. The LibViz project team is also developing a detailed 3D model of a Virtual Long Room which may also be linked to full digital copies of important items in the collection.
Susan Bioletti, Library; Professor Carol O’Sullivan, School of Computer Science and Statistics
- E-mail: susie.bioletti@tcd.ie
This project has received funding from the Long Room Hub Research Initiative Scheme, which in turn is funded by the Higher Education Authority under PRTLI IV.
The TCD Forum on Creative Arts and Technology
Trinity College Dublin has a number of diverse academic programmes and individual researchers working on the cusp of the creative arts and technology. Often working in isolation, the potential for interaction among these groups and individuals is limited at present. The TCD Forum on Creative Arts and Technology is a first stage in encouraging the release of the interactive energies that lie within this work. Launched in February 2008, the forum is open to all TCD academics and postgraduate students working in the areas of electronic engineering, music technology, animation, digital projects, multi-media, drama, film, music, and in other areas of creative endeavour.
Professor Kevin Rockett, School of Drama, Film and Music.
- Email: krockett@tcd.ie
See also
- Irish Film & TV Research Online
- Crookshank-Glin Collection Cataloguing and Digitisation Project
- Irish Military Migration
- Greek Papyri Project
- The Weingreen Museum
- Bridge-IT Project
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