Modeling and Annotating the Mithraeum of Dura Europos
An educational tool and research database of the Dura Europos Mithraeum.
This six-person group project was created for the course Introduction to Applications of Computer and Data Science for the Digital Humanities [2022]. Our team consisted of humanities (art history, architecture, and history) graduate students and computer science undergraduate students. I was responsible for creating interactive photogrammetry (as seen in the "Models" section), setting up the website (using Github Pages, HTML, CSS, and Javascript; integrating data visualizations, our Unity model, and photogrammetry), and facilitating the technical and historical understanding of the project across our team.
Questions our team aimed to address:
- How are we contributing to the accessibility of Yale’s collection?
- How can we break down and organize a large amount of data to make it readable and stimulating to viewers?
- What does each visualization and piece of analysis we included bring to help visitors better understand this collection?
Questions running through my mind while implementing photogrammetry, website:
- How can I make the photogrammetry more interactive? How can I have each photogrammetry communicate with the analysis it is associated with?
- Is each tab title accurate to its contents?
- Due to our limited (2 week) time frame, which technical elements of our project are essential, and what are nice to haves that we can refine if we have time?
Guiding principles running through my mind while working with my team:
- How can I act as a bridge between art history students and computer science students? How can we generate a good team dynamic that limits the fear of asking questions?
- How can we match the art history students’ visions for data visualization with the capabilities of our computer science students?
- Does everyone have a balanced workload?
Our deliverable website can be seen here:
Modeling and Annotating the Mithraeum of Dura Europos