MODELING AND ANNOTATING THE MITHRAEUM OF DURA EUROPOS
03/22 – 05/22
OVERVIEW
“Modeling and Annotatting the Mithraeum of Dura Europos” is an educational tool and research database of the Dura Europos Mithraeum.
This six-person group project was created for the course “Introduction to Applications of Computer and Data Science for Digital Humanities” in Spring 2022. Our team consisted of humanities (art history, architecture, and history) graduate students and computer science undergraduate students.
I was responsible for creating interactive photogrammetry (as seen in the “Models” section), setting up the website (using Github Pages, HTML, CSS, and Javascript; integrating data visualizations, our Unity model, and photogrammetry), integrating data visualizations, and facilitating the technical and historical understanding of the project across our team (project management).
This six-person group project was created for the course “Introduction to Applications of Computer and Data Science for Digital Humanities” in Spring 2022. Our team consisted of humanities (art history, architecture, and history) graduate students and computer science undergraduate students.
I was responsible for creating interactive photogrammetry (as seen in the “Models” section), setting up the website (using Github Pages, HTML, CSS, and Javascript; integrating data visualizations, our Unity model, and photogrammetry), integrating data visualizations, and facilitating the technical and historical understanding of the project across our team (project management).
QUESTIONS
Questions our team aimed to address include:
1. How are we contributing to the accessibility of Yale’s collection?
2. How can we break down and organize a large amount of data to make it readable and stimulating to viewers?
3. What does each visualization and piece of analysis we included bring to help visitors better understand this collection?
Questions running through my mind while implementing photogrammetry and the website:
1. How can I make the photogrammetry more interactive?
2. How can I have each photogrammetry communicate with the analysis it is associated with?
3. Is each tab title accurate to its contents?
4. Due to our limited (2 week) implementation time frame, which technical elements of our project are essential, and what are nice to haves that we can refine if we have time?
1. How are we contributing to the accessibility of Yale’s collection?
2. How can we break down and organize a large amount of data to make it readable and stimulating to viewers?
3. What does each visualization and piece of analysis we included bring to help visitors better understand this collection?
Questions running through my mind while implementing photogrammetry and the website:
1. How can I make the photogrammetry more interactive?
2. How can I have each photogrammetry communicate with the analysis it is associated with?
3. Is each tab title accurate to its contents?
4. Due to our limited (2 week) implementation time frame, which technical elements of our project are essential, and what are nice to haves that we can refine if we have time?
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Guiding principles while working with my team
1. How can I act as a bridge between art history students and computer science students?
2. How can we generate a good team dynamic that limits the fear of asking questions?
3. How can we match the art history studetns’ visions for data visualization with the capabilities of our computer science students?
4. Does everyone have a balanced workload?
1. How can I act as a bridge between art history students and computer science students?
2. How can we generate a good team dynamic that limits the fear of asking questions?
3. How can we match the art history studetns’ visions for data visualization with the capabilities of our computer science students?
4. Does everyone have a balanced workload?
WEBSITE
Our deliverable website can be seen here.