By Harlan Wallach
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23 Jun 2011 – 9:17 pm
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40° 2' 57"N x 94° 48' 23"E)
We’ve had the opportunity here in NUIT A&RT to work in China, on several cultural heritage projects, but our longest and deepest collaboration has been with the Dunhuang Academy. Today I received these photos from one of our associates, Peter Little of the Friends of Dunhuang Foundation. This past week the river that passes in [...]
By Harlan Wallach
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23 May 2011 – 6:34 pm
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43° 39' 15"N x 80° 36' 49"W)
This past weekend I had the honor of presenting at the “Approaches to the Qu’ran in sub-Saharan Africa” conference held at the Canadian Museum of Textiles in Toronto, Canada. Sponsored by York University and the Ismaili Cultural office. This conference represented an opportunity to talk about the Aluka | Ithaka sponsored project involving the background, [...]
By Harlan Wallach
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20 Dec 2010 – 5:09 pm
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-0° 0' 0"S x 0° 0' 0"E)
For the second time in as many days the NU homepage is highlighting work coming out of NUIT A&RT NUAMPS. Of course we’re honored to be able to collaborate with the Dunhuang Academy and have the opportunities that this work creates. The article authored by Chris Ganjani and Sherry Minton of NUIT communications is excerpted [...]
By Harlan Wallach
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25 May 2010 – 5:26 am
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39° 53' 22"N x 97° 41' 25"E)
I’m off to Dunhuang for a conference at the end of June. This will be the last trip for this consultation project. National Geographic magazine is featuring the caves in an article this month. Our project is indirectly mentioned in one of the last paragraphs: “Digital technology may provide one solution. Following up on a [...]
By Harlan Wallach
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25 Jun 2009 – 6:58 am
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-0° 0' 0"S x 0° 0' 0"E)
From today’s NU NEWSCENTER: Rare Africa Photos Go Online, Open New Options for Africa Research EVANSTON, Ill. — This week — for the first time ever — a searchable collection of thousands of rare photographs chronicling Europe’s colonization of East Africa becomes available to anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world, thanks to [...]
By James Prinz
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8 Jun 2009 – 5:35 pm
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-0° 0' 0"S x 0° 0' 0"E)
After several delays and confusion as to the exact whereabouts of the driver and our shipment, the truck finally arrived on Monday morning. Everything was carefully unloaded and an inventory was taken. The equipment was divided up between three different teams and moved to the caves. Unfortunately a small sandstorm kicked up which made the [...]
By NUAMPS
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6 Jun 2009 – 4:47 am
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40° 8' 14"N x 94° 39' 48"E)
We’ve just completed our second day of training at the Dunhuang Academy. Today’s topics covered lighting, data management, and server. Jim began the day with a presentation which carried basic lighting topics from yesterday into a more detailed discussion of lighting techniques particular to the cave photography. After lunch I presented on data management techniques [...]
By Harlan Wallach
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5 Jun 2009 – 1:36 am
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40° 2' 47"N x 94° 48' 39"E)
This is a “blended” demonstration, a graphical depiction of lenses and frames based on different lenses on similar camera setups, and a performed demonstration in front of the screen using the instructors, to depict the camera, (Jim) a foreground sculpture (Stef), and the mural (Chris). This team will go to any length to help make [...]
Our plane was not allowed to get access to the jetway upon arrival. This team of quarantine officials boarded to check for people with fevers. The quarantine team used infrared thermometers to make sure no one was sick. An auspicious start, the whole delay was only a little over an hour. We have meetings tonight, [...]
By Harlan Wallach
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18 May 2009 – 7:31 am
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-0° 0' 0"S x 0° 0' 0"E)
from today’s NYTIMES : Social Networks Eclipse E-Mail By TEDDY WAYNE Published: May 17, 2009 Alongside the explosive growth of online video over the last six years, time spent on social networks surpassed that for e-mail for the first time in February, signaling a paradigm shift in consumer engagement with the Internet. According to a [...]
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