Across its research priority areas—physical computing, desktop fabrication, and exhibits—the MLab is currently involved in various scholarly projects, which are described in the overviews below. Each overview provides a project description and status, together with information about contributors, partnerships, and support. With these overviews, the MLab regularly publishes material related to our research. When the status of a project changes, we also update its overview. Please do not hesitate to email maker@uvic.ca with any questions you have about our projects.
Illustrated Guide to Prototyping the Past
on November 25, 2016 In August 2016, the MLab began work on An Illustrated Guide to Prototyping the Past, which, instead of acting as a how-to manual, outlines the problem[...]
Physical Computing + Fabrication at DHSI
on November 24, 2016 Since 2013, the MLab has taught several Physical Computing and Fabrication courses at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute at UVic. During the week[...]
The Reading Optophone Kit
on November 23, 2016 In November 2015, the MLab began work on remaking a reading optophone as the third volume in the Kits for Cultural History series. The optophone was a[...]
The Early Magnetic Recording Kit
on October 27, 2016 The second volume in the Kits for Cultural History series, the Early Magnetic Recording Kit prompts people to re-perform what many claim was the first[...]
The Early Wearables Kit
on October 26, 2016 The first volume in the Kits for Cultural History series, the Early Wearables Kit prompts people to reverse engineer and reassemble an electro-mobile [...]
Kits for Cultural History
on September 20, 2014 Supported by a four-year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grant, the Kits for Cultural History project is led by Jenter[...]
NANO: Digital Humanities, Public Humanities
on August 1, 2014 In March 2013, New American Notes Online (NANO)---an online, open-access, peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal---invited Jentery Sayers and the MLa[...]
Building Public Humanities
on July 13, 2013 Extending the “Hello World” workshop series supported by the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab (ETCL), the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI), a[...]
IJLM: Scalar and Multimodal Communications
on July 8, 2013 Motivated by the combination of knowing and doing in humanities curricula, "Teaching and Learning Multimodal Communications" (IJLM 4.1, the MIT Press)[...]
The Long Now of Ulysses
on May 21, 2013 How are interpretations of literature changing in a digital age? Using James Joyce's Ulysses as its tutor text, this student-curated exhibit (built fo[...]
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