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We’ve moved!

The Arts Digital Lab has outgrown our old space, so over the summer we packed up and moved downstairs to our new offices on level 3 of the James Logie building.  We’re very excited about our new space, which is big enough to let us incorporate some of the ideas… Read More »We’ve moved!

Welcome to our new-look website

You might notice things are looking a bit different around here. That’s because we’ve just launched an entirely new website for the UC Arts Digital Lab.

As well as giving our site a visual upgrade, we’ve rearranged some of the pages to hopefully make it easier for visitors to find out who we are and what we do, and for students to find out how to get involved in the Lab.

Paul Millar – Royal Society Pou Aronui Award 2022

Professor Paul Millar is the winner of the Royal Society of New Zealand’s 2022 Pou Aronui Award, for distinguished service to humanities-aronui over a sustained period of time. We’re thrilled to acknowledge Paul’s achievement and very pleased to see the work he has done at UC, particularly with the CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes… Read More »Paul Millar – Royal Society Pou Aronui Award 2022

Distinguished All-Women Panel on Indigenous Data Sovereignty to open Australasian Digital Humanities Conference

DHA2021: Ka Renarena Te Taukaea | Creating Communities, the biennial conference of the Australasian Association of Digital Humanities (aaDH), begins on Monday 22nd, hosted by the University of Canterbury. Professor Paul Millar, President of aaDH, says that the conference theme is a response to the extreme events our region has been experiencing—including… Read More »Distinguished All-Women Panel on Indigenous Data Sovereignty to open Australasian Digital Humanities Conference

Is ‘Spot’ a good dog? Why we’re right to worry about unleashing robot quadrupeds

When it comes to dancing, pulling a sled, climbing stairs or doing tricks, “Spot” is definitely a good dog. It can navigate the built environment and perform a range of tasks, clearly demonstrating its flexibility as a software and hardware platform for commercial use. Viral videos of Boston Dynamics’ robotic… Read More »Is ‘Spot’ a good dog? Why we’re right to worry about unleashing robot quadrupeds