Digitising the cultural landscape of North Uist

Sharon Pisani; Alan Miller; Màiri Morrison

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-47328-9_29

Digitising the cultural landscape of North Uist

Sharon Pisani^*, Alan Miller, Màiri Morrison

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Computer Science

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Abstract

North Uist lies in the Western Isles, at the heart of the vernacular Gaelic community. The area is rich in heritage, with unique archaeological sites accompanied by artefacts, stories, poems, and songs about local legends or contemporary accounts of past events. Many are available in English, but are at their most expressive and authentic in the original Gaelic. Currently, there is a crisis in the vernacular community; decade-on-decade reductions in the numbers of people using Gaelic in their day-to-day lives presents an urgent problem for the community. The recent revolution in the way that digital technologies are being used offers innovative opportunities to preserve the ‘Cultural Landscape’, to make it more widely available, and indeed to contribute to its development. Capturing this requires the representation of the landscape that provides the setting for North Uist’s heritage. Emergent immersive and mobile technologies offer the possibility of integrating digital representations of these elements into the Gaelic medium, with the goal of capturing vernacular interpretation of Uist heritage, ensuring that Gaelic expression is part of emergent media and that the transmission of heritage and language is authentic.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Immersive learning research network
Subtitle of host publication	9th international conference, iLRN 2023, San Luis Obispo, USA, June 26-29, 2023, revised selected papers
Editors	Marie-Luce Bourguet, Jule M. Krüger, Daniela Pedrosa, Andreas Dengel, Anasol Peña-Rios, Jonathan Richter
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	397-407
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031473289
ISBN (Print)	9783031473272
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47328-9_29
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2023
Event	9th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, United States Duration: 26 Jun 2023 → 29 Jun 2023 https://www.immersivelrn.org/ilrn2023/home-ilrn2023/

Publication series

Name	Communications in computer and information science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	1904
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

Conference

Conference	9th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network
Abbreviated title	iLRN2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Luis Obispo
Period	26/06/23 → 29/06/23
Internet address	https://www.immersivelrn.org/ilrn2023/home-ilrn2023/

Keywords

Cultural landscapes
Gaelic
Virtual reality
Cultural heritage
Wellbeing
Immersive learning

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Pisani, S., Miller, A., & Morrison, M. (2023). Digitising the cultural landscape of North Uist. In M.-L. Bourguet, J. M. Krüger, D. Pedrosa, A. Dengel, A. Peña-Rios, & J. Richter (Eds.), Immersive learning research network: 9th international conference, iLRN 2023, San Luis Obispo, USA, June 26-29, 2023, revised selected papers (pp. 397-407). (Communications in computer and information science; Vol. 1904). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47328-9_29

Pisani, Sharon ; Miller, Alan ; Morrison, Màiri. / Digitising the cultural landscape of North Uist. Immersive learning research network: 9th international conference, iLRN 2023, San Luis Obispo, USA, June 26-29, 2023, revised selected papers. editor / Marie-Luce Bourguet ; Jule M. Krüger ; Daniela Pedrosa ; Andreas Dengel ; Anasol Peña-Rios ; Jonathan Richter. Cham : Springer Nature, 2023. pp. 397-407 (Communications in computer and information science).

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Pisani, S, Miller, A & Morrison, M 2023, Digitising the cultural landscape of North Uist. in M-L Bourguet, JM Krüger, D Pedrosa, A Dengel, A Peña-Rios & J Richter (eds), Immersive learning research network: 9th international conference, iLRN 2023, San Luis Obispo, USA, June 26-29, 2023, revised selected papers. Communications in computer and information science, vol. 1904, Springer Nature, Cham, pp. 397-407, 9th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network, San Luis Obispo, California, United States, 26/06/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47328-9_29

Digitising the cultural landscape of North Uist. / Pisani, Sharon; Miller, Alan; Morrison, Màiri.
Immersive learning research network: 9th international conference, iLRN 2023, San Luis Obispo, USA, June 26-29, 2023, revised selected papers. ed. / Marie-Luce Bourguet; Jule M. Krüger; Daniela Pedrosa; Andreas Dengel; Anasol Peña-Rios; Jonathan Richter. Cham: Springer Nature, 2023. p. 397-407 (Communications in computer and information science; Vol. 1904).

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Pisani S, Miller A, Morrison M. Digitising the cultural landscape of North Uist. In Bourguet ML, Krüger JM, Pedrosa D, Dengel A, Peña-Rios A, Richter J, editors, Immersive learning research network: 9th international conference, iLRN 2023, San Luis Obispo, USA, June 26-29, 2023, revised selected papers. Cham: Springer Nature. 2023. p. 397-407. (Communications in computer and information science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-47328-9_29

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