@AcdEngine

ARC-funded LIEF project based at @unimelb. We work on: cultural data | digital humanities | arts & creative industries | policy | gender

 Melbourne (Naarm)
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Joined February 2022
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We're also proud to share 'Outside Inn: Exploring the Heritage of a Historic Hotel through 360-Panoramas': mdpi.com/2571-9408/6/5/232 #culturaldata #digitalhumanities

Outside Inn: Exploring the Heritage of a Historic Hotel through 360-Panoramas

This research project investigates the potential of 360-panorama tours to improve the situated and contextual interpretation, virtual visitation, and spatial understanding of recorded or simulated...

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The primary goals of this study were to establish a comprehensive step-by-step workflow for creating an interactive tour of a significant heritage site, demonstrate how other media such as text, videos, &
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...3D models can be linked, gather feedback from cultural heritage professionals, and offer future research directions and development guidelines.
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We have two new publications out this week for the Australian Cultural Data Engine! First, 'The Slipperiness of Name: Biography and Gender in Australian Cultural Databases': onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… #culturaldata #digitalhumanities

The Slipperiness of Name: Biography and Gender in Australian Cultural Databases

In this article, we examine and historicise problems related to name and gender in biographical and cultural databases. Combining theoretical and computational approaches to onomastics, we identify...

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In this article, Nat Cutter, Rachel Fensham & Tyne Sumner examine and historicise problems related to name and gender in biographical and cultural databases.
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They evaluate the affordances and constraints of naming conventions in Australian cultural databases, considering evolving trends in data collection and use, in relation to the complex lives of individual artists.
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Tyne Daile Sumner@tynedaile6 Jun 2023
Our new article is out today in Gender & History: 'The Slipperiness of Name: Biography and Gender in Australian Cultural Databases.' Co-authored with @NatCutter & @RachelFensham for the @AcdEngine! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… #culturaldata #digitalhumanities

The Slipperiness of Name: Biography and Gender in Australian Cultural Databases

In this article, we examine and historicise problems related to name and gender in biographical and cultural databases. Combining theoretical and computational approaches to onomastics, we identify...

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Our data analytics also feature in this article by @oldlillipilli for @ConversationEDU, where you can click through to the Australian Cultural Data Engine’s Archibald Prize database: theconversation.com/as-julia… #culturaldata #digitalhumanities

As Julia Gutman’s maverick collage wins the Archibald prize, the award is truly in the hands of a...

This year’s Archibald and Wynne Prize winners show that a new generation of artists have now entered the mainstream.

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We're proud to have the work of the Australian Cultural Data Engine (ACD-Engine) featured in @GuardianAus this week! 'How to win the Archibald prize: what 100 years of data tells us' #culturaldata #digitalhumanities theguardian.com/artanddesign…

How to win the Archibald prize: what 100 years of data tells us

Australia’s most prestigious portrait prize also tells us a lot about the nation – so we’ve gone through more than a century of data and 6,000 finalists to get the big picture

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Rachel Fensham@RachelFensham8 Mar 2023
We are lifting the lid on gender inequalities in the arts @AcdEngine @AusCouncilArts @ETS_Unimelb – at Melbourne, Victoria
Tyne Daile Sumner@tynedaile7 Mar 2023
Our latest article out in Pursuit on cultural data, gender, careers & the arts: pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/artic… #culturaldata #digitalhumanities

Gendered labour in the Australian arts

University of Melbourne researchers highlight the obscured history of Australian women artists and opportunities for change on International Women's Day.

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Rachel Fensham@RachelFensham8 Mar 2023
Coding for gender remains critical in cultural data collection otherwise decades of fighting for recognition and participation will disappear @AcdEngine #genderequity #digitalhumanities – at Melbourne, Victoria
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@blablafishcakes7 Mar 2023
We haven't even nearly got to the stage where women speak as much in films as men and yet the awards are all considering going 'gender neutral' thereby wiping out even more chances for women to be recognised in their own profession. Not to mention directors, screenwriters etc.
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We’re excited to announce our "Data Futures for Architectural History and Cultural Heritage" Workshop will take place this month in Brisbane on November 23rd at the University of Queensland. Details and Eventbrite can be found here: acd-engine.org/blog/workshop… #culturalheritage #daqa
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We're grateful to be here at the Powerhouse museum today (@powerhouse) to talk all things cultural data! @RachelFensham opens with an overview of the work the @AcdEngine has done in harnessing and networking across Australian collections #culturaldata #digitalhumanities
scotte@scotte_east18 Oct 2022
Rachel Fensham from the @AcdEngine talking about the changing context of Cultural Data in Australia at our workshop today at the @powerhouse
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Program and speakers are now updated for the “Mapping Culture and History” workshop, co-hosted with the Time-Layered Cultural Map of Australia in November. Registrations and more info. here: eventbrite.com.au/e/mapping-… #mappingculture #culturaldata

Mapping Culture and History Workshop

Don't miss this two day conference celebrating the possibilities of digital mapping for the humanities at the University of Newcastle.

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Program & speakers now updated for our 'Cultural Data Imaginaries' workshop in Sydney later this month. Registrations here: eventbrite.com/e/cultural-da… #digitalhumanities #GLAM #culturaldata
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Tyne Daile Sumner@tynedaile3 Oct 2022
Presenting our co-authored paper (awfully) early this morning at #DCMI2022: 'What’s in a Name?: A Cross-Section of Biography, Gender & Metadata in Cultural and Performing Arts Databases' for @AcdEngine: dublincore.org/conferences/2…

Papers: Identities and Identity Management in Metadata

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scotte@scotte_east27 Sep 2022
Was so great to work with my colleagues on the ACD-Engine on this submission on the National Cultural Policy consults. #culturefirst #culturalpolicy #auspoll
Australian Cultural Data Engine@AcdEngine27 Sep 2022
Like hundreds of our colleagues, collaborators & peers, we recently submitted a paper to the National Cultural Policy consultation. You can find our paper in the online archive under 'Australian Cultural Data Engine': acd-engine.org/blog/cultural… #culturaldata #GLAM

Cultural Policy: ACD-Engine Submission — Australian Cultural Data Engine

A new National Cultural Policy

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We're excited to host the first of our partner workshops this month in Sydney on October 19th in collaboration with The Powerhouse Museum. Free registration, numbers limited. Details and Eventbrite can be found here: acd-engine.org/blog/workshop… #digitalhumanities #culturaldata
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