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Spring Undergraduate Fellowships

December 5, 2016

Wired! is excited to announce new research opportunities for Duke undergraduates in Spring 2017. Interested in becoming a Wired! Fellow? You could become part of a team that is animating historical imagery; building a historical geospatial database; or designing an interactive mobile app for the Nasher. Read the project descriptions below for more information!

If you would like to participate, please send an email detailing relevant experience & interest in participation to the project leader(s) of your choice listed below.

 

Map History: Paris of Waters

Applications will be accepted for motivated students with a solid reading knowledge of French. This project takes an innovative approach to urban history. It redirects the focus from Paris’ built environment to a study of its infrastructure as related to water—its management through navigable above-ground waterways, underground works, hydraulics, waste management, and the provision of drinking water to the city’s inhabitants. Students will mine published historic city records related to water, making a contribution to a research-based digital visualization of data findings. Applications should be submitted to Professor Sara Galletti, sara.galletti[at]duke.edu.

 

Develop Components of a Digital Exhibition: Jacopo de’ Barbari’s Portrait of Venice

project-portrait-thumbApplications will be accepted for students with a range of research, computer science, and data visualization skills. The project includes an exhibition opening at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University in September 2017. The experience of seeing the original woodblock print of Jacopo de’ Barbari’s View of Venice, ca. 1500, from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts will be enriched by a series of interactive, innovative digital displays. These displays engage not only with the inventions necessary for making a groundbreaking work of art, but also with historical and social themes visible in the print. Students will conduct various assignments directly related to the digital displays for the exhibition. Applications should be submitted to Professor Kristin Huffman, kristin.huffman[at]duke.edu.

 

Create an Interactive Museum Display in the Nasher: The Medieval Arch from Alife, Italy

project-alife-orig2This research team will produce a digital interactive display for the Nasher Museum during the Spring of 2017, a display that will focus attention on the wild beasts and critters of the remarkable arch from the town of Alife, near Naples.  Students will be expected to learn new skills, such as vector painting in 3D studio Max and other digital representational technologies.  This will be fun! Team leader will be Lucas Giles, MA in Digital Art History, Duke University, working closely with Professor C. Bruzelius, Julia Liu, and the Wired! team. Applications should be submitted to Professor Caroline Bruzelius, caroline.bruzelius[at]duke.edu.