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This course will develop your practical and theoretical competencies in a range of digital imaging techniques and in the technical principles underlying digital imaging technologies, including resolution, colour management, file formats, compression, lighting conditions, and computational processing workflows. You will gain experience in designing and planning digitisation projects and develop critical analytical frameworks for evaluating digitisation projects. You will analyse the social, political, and ethical factors of digitisation such as access inequality, structural discrimination, and environmental sustainability.

1 x 2hr Lecture and 1 x 1hr Seminar/Lab each week over 10 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus

Available to all students fulfilling requirements for Honours entry into Digital Media and Information Studies and Archaeology.

INFOST5048

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Assessment 1: Moodle Forum posts 10% - Participation grade, minimum of 6x150-200 words

Assessment 2: Portfolio 90%

■ Component A: Critical Review of Published Project (50%) - w/c 1500 words

■ Component B: Lab Notebook with Reflective Commentary (15%) - w/c equivalent 500

■ Component C: Digitisation Project Plan (25%) - w/c equivalent 1000

■ Develop practical competencies in a range of digital imaging techniques such as 2D digitisation, photogrammetry, structure-from-motion imaging, reflectance transformation imaging, and manipulation of 3D model data from various sources (e.g. laser scanning, microCT, photogrammetry).

■ Gain a comprehensive understanding of the technical principles underlying digital imaging technologies, including resolution, colour management, file formats, compression, lighting conditions, and computational processing workflows.

■ Enable students to design and plan digitisation projects appropriate to different material types and project objectives, from initial scoping through quality control to delivery, preservation and maintenance. 

■ Develop critical analytical frameworks for evaluating digitisation projects and understand how digitised collections are used by a variety of stakeholders, including cultural heritage practitioners, researchers, students, and the wider public.

■ Communicate technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences (technical specialists, cultural heritage professionals, public users) through written reports, visual documentation, and oral presentations. 

By the end of this course students will be able to:

1.Demonstrate an understanding of the technical principles, capabilities, and limitations of digital imaging technologies that may include 2D scanning, photogrammetry, RTI, SfM, laser scanning data manipulation, microCT data processing. 

2.Articulate relationships between physical objects & places and their digital surrogates, including debates about authenticity and representation. 

3.Explain professional standards and best practices for metadata creation, quality control, file management, and long-term digital preservation. 

4.Analyse the social, political, and ethical dimensions of digitisation, including access politics, representation of marginalized communities, colonial legacies, digital repatriation and environmental sustainability. 

5.Engage in reflective practice, documenting processes, and learning iteratively through hands-on experimentation.