The Digital Scholars in Practice Lecture Series is pleased to welcome Dr. Stephennie Mulder, Associate Professor of Art History. Dr. Mulder's talk is titled, "Can Digital Gaming be a Means of Heritage Recovery?" The lecture will take place on Friday, November 8, 2024, at 11:30 am in the PCL Scholars Lab Data Lab. Pizza will be served! 🍕
This project explores the creation of a game based on the 1998-2010 excavation of an early Islamic palatial mansion in Syria by a Syrian-American team. In 2015, the area of the site was damaged and looted by the militant group ISIS. The game, titled The White Banner, was created as a demo in the summer of 2024, and was collaboratively produced by a UT Austin student and faculty team in consultation with Syrian colleagues, many of whom worked for years at the site and who have deep, affective relationships to the area and its heritage. This presentation explores the possibilities and limitations of this ongoing project.
Location: Perry-Castañeda Library, Scholars Lab Data Lab
