Research products of the grant-funded project
Publications
- Neville, D., Arner, T., Mason, A. (in preparation). “Reimagining the Viking legacy in virtual reality: Race and representation in America’s Viking past.” In Ralf Bleile, Volker Hilberg, and Franziska Lichtenstein (eds.), Vikings! –Vikings? Towards a responsible use of the term “Viking“. Archäologisches Landesmuseum in der Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (expected 2025).
Presentations
- Mason, A. Recontextualizing Medieval Material Culture with Annotated 3D and VR Experiences, 43rd Annual Haskins Society Conference, Richmond, VA (November 2024).
- “Summer Research Groups in the Humanities: The Virtual Viking Longship Project,” Learning and Teaching Center Lunch, Carleton College, Northfield MN (September 2024).
- Arner, T., Mason, A. & Neville, D. (August 2024). Poster: Gender and Work in the Virtual Viking Longship Project, Women of the Viking World Conference, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
- Mason, A., Neville, D., and Arner, T. (August 2024). Virtual Reality Development as Digital Pedagogy: The Virtual Viking Longship Project, 10th Annual Digital Pedagogy Institute Conference, University of Waterloo, Canada, Online.
- Mason, A., Neville, D., and Arner, T., Loomis, H., Smith, M., Pandit, K., Haas, L., & Ochoa-Andersen, J. (August 2024). Reinventing DH Student Research at Liberal Arts Colleges with Spatial Computing: The Virtual Viking Longship Project, DH 2024, George Mason University, Washington DC.
- Neville, D. (February 2024). Reimagining the humanities: Immersive 3D environments for teaching, learning, and research. Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
- Mason, A., Haas, L., Pandit, K., Smith, M., & Ochoa-Andersen, J. (April 2024). Ships and Sea Chests and Swords, Oh My! 3D Scanning in German Museums for the Virtual Viking Longship Project, Medieval & Renaissance Studies lunchtime lecture, Carleton College, Northfield, MN.
- Mason, A. (January 2024). Vikings in VR?: New Digital Humanities and Local History Approaches to the Viking World. Invited talk for History Happy Hour, Northfield Historical Society, Northfield, MN.
- Haas, L., Pandit, K., Smith, M., & Ochoa-Andersen, J. (October 2023). The Virtual Viking Longship Project. Poster presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium 2023, Carleton College, Northfield, MN.
- Neville, D., Arner, T., & Mason, A. (April 2023). The Virtual Viking Longship Project: A study in the future of liberal arts teaching and research. Paper presented at the Emerging Technologies for Education Conference 2023, Lindenwood University, Online.
- Neville, D., Arner, T., Mason, A. (October 2022). Reimagining the Viking legacy in virtual reality: Race and representation in America’s Viking past. Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Germany.
Digital Products
- Neville, D. Collection of 3D models of artifacts from the Viking Museum Haithabu. Captured with a Creaform Academia 50 handheld 3D scanner, edited in VXelements and VXModel 11 with minor texture map editing and converting done in GIMP, and hosted on Sketchfab. (March 2024).
- Mason, A., Smith, M., Shrestha, W. Collection of 3D models of of artifacts from the Viking Museum Haithabu. Captured with a Peel 2 handheld 3D scanner and/or created in Agisoft MetaShape, cleaned in Blender, and hosted on Sketchfab. (August 2024).
- Mason, A. Hjemkomst Ship Rudder, 3D model of a portion of the Hjemkomst ship in Moorhead, MN. Captured with Polycam, cleaned in Agisoft MetaShape, and hosted on Sketchfab. (June 2023).
Blog posts
- Ochoa-Andersen, J. Student Research Partnership in Digital Arts & the Humanities: The Viking Longship Project. Humanities Center Blog, Carleton College. 1/10/2024.
- Haas, L., Pandit, K., Smith, M., & Ochoa-Andersen, J. Poster session and public demo at Carleton College Research Symposium. Virtual Viking Longship Project Blog, 10/23/2023.
- Smith, M. Summer Research Partnership in Digital Arts and the Humanities. Humanities Center Blog, Carleton College. 9/29/2023.
- Pandit, K. Student Research Partnership in Digital Arts and the Humanities: Software Developer at Virtual Viking Longship Project. Humanities Center Blog, Carleton College. 9/29/2023.
- Haas, L. Summer Research Partnership in Digital Arts and the Humanities: Virtual Viking Longship Project. Humanities Center Blog, Carleton College. 9/29/2023.