Co-Production of alternative views of lost heritage

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This project focuses on harnessing the creative capacities of communities to provide transformational engagements and research production between communities and researchers: to enable (crowd sourced) co-production of heritage data. Using photogrammetry techniques, we utilize the ubiquity of the camera (in the hands of the communities) to photograph heritage artefacts and environments that are uploaded to our server, transformed to 3D models (through an automatic and online photogrammetry server), and stored in open file formats, with metadata, and archived in the public HER of Wales, via Archwilio. This process preserves 'by record' an archive of 2D photographs and 3D models of the heritage, metadata and their locations. Saving the data in the HER provides long-term sustainability of the data. Focusing on photogrammetry rather than laser scanning enables the co-production of the heritage archive and a broader coverage of the heritage: more objects to be scanned than would be ever possible without the community involvement, and at low cost. We will research and develop a 'wikipedia' style moderation structure, enabling experienced users to become moderators, to authenticate and moderate the content, to create a self-moderating and self-sustaining and enduring process. This model will create "heritage-pedians".We will create alternative views: use 3D-printing (rapid prototyping) to generate 3D physical models of the data, and will research how to create a novel multi-touch and tangible tabletop display, that uses the 3d-printed objects as tangible input devices to manipulate and explore the table-top interaction along with multi-touch. I.e., using augmented reality code, the table will notice the presence of a tangible object and alter the content of the visualization based on the object placed on the table. The tangible table will form the centrepiece of our exhibition, and enable the public to view and manipulate the information in a novel and exciting way, and enable researchers to discuss and explore different interpretations of the past.