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The cyberpunk worlds of William Gibson have never seemed so far away as when I was staring at my computer screen trying to figure out how to use Github in conjunction with a free Bootstrap template. All the sci-fi romance of cyberspace shriveled into a dry husk as I watched introductory how-to videos on YouTube…

I’m a migration researcher; forced and irregular migration in particular. Therefore, being a part of the CHI community makes me think about how my research goes beyond the academic spheres and gives voice to the communities, in my case, refugees who need to be heard. I like to mention the scope, function, and ethics of…

During 2006 Wolgang Belracchi sold a Campendonk forgery for 2.88 million euros. During his trial 4 years later he was dubbed “greatest art forger of our time”. After 4 more years researchers designed neural network that, after less than 4 hours of training, creates forgeries that can fool experts half of the time. This algorithm,…

Although the ultimate objective of the CHI Grad Fellowship will be for each fellow to launch their own digital cultural heritage project, our early weeks have been spent on an activity designed to exercise our coding muscles. Using a vision document we put together, we were directed to work in small groups to build a…

By trade, I’m an artist so I am a very visual and tactile when it comes to learning. Since everything is online learning new skills, like coding, have been kind of difficult for me. Recently in CHI we got into groups and started working on our first rapid development project. My group proposed a site…

To be honest, I did not want to write about COVID. In August, I was excited about the beginning of a new semester. With the forthcoming academic year, I could focus some of the energy I had spent reading about the pandemic and refocus my energy on my dissertation and upcoming foray into this strange,…

When I applied for the CHI Fellowship, I knew that I wanted my project to be a visual online project that maps out conflict and displacement. In future posts, I hope that I can further develop this idea; however, I wanted to first look at how we will be shaping cultural heritage during these uncertain…

Hi everyone! I’m Marwa Bakabas, a second year Ph.D. student in the Department of Anthropology at Michigan State University with a specialization in Global Urban Studies. This year, I am also a fellow in the Cultural Heritage Informatics (CHI) fellowship initiative for the academic year 2020-2021. I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in Global…

Hi, my name is Lillian Young. I am a second year MFA Studio Art Grad in the College of Art, Art History and Design at Michigan State University. This year I am also one of the new CHI Fellows. I am a painter who likes to moonlight as a printmaker. My art mainly focuses on…