As you prepare for your visit to Chapel Hill, please look at the schedule of demos and discussions below and be sure to bring with you any materials, information, files, etc, that might contribute to our discussions or that you would like to share with the group. Please bring your computer, too!
All of our sessions will have participants/audience with different areas of expertise: humanists, musicians, computer programmers, artists. We will want to vary the focus of our discussions to engage all areas of expertise, so we will all be learning about how others work and what their concerns are. I am really excited about this – I hope you are too.
Before you arrive: be sure to visit IDEA’s website and get a password so you can access the manuscripts interface.
Wednesday 25 February
1:30 – 3:00pm
Odum Institute
Davis Library, 2nd floor
Welcome and Introductions
Discussion of IDEA’s future
3:00 – 3:30pm
break
3:30-5:00pm
Odum Institute
Demo: BIA Interface (Roberta, Lorenzo)
Discussion: working with manuscripts in IDEA
Evening
Supper at the Carolina Inn
Thursday 26 February
9:00 – 10:30am
Davis Library HUB, 2nd floor
Demo: 3D Reconstructions for Cultural Heritage Projects (Antonella)
Discussion: working with objects and architectural spaces in Isabella d’Este’s apartments (Studiolo & Grotta)
10:30 – 11:30am: break
11:30am – 1:00pm
Davis Library HUB, 2nd floor
Demo: The Brown Dog Project (Luigi)
Discussion: integrating projects and technologies within IDEA
1:00 – 3:00pm
lunch
3:00 – 4:30pm
Davis Library HUB, 2nd floor
Demo: The Illustrated Credenza (Valerie & Lisa)
Discussion: projects that bridge digital and real worlds
Evening
dinner at Anne’s house
Friday 27 February
9:00 – 10:30am
Hyde Hall Incubator, 2nd floor
Review of demos & discussions from Wednesday and Thursday
Discussion: initial thoughts about/possibilities for integrating projects & programming
Set schedule of topics for Friday afternoon and Saturday discussions
10:30 – 11:30am
break
11:30am – 1:00pm
Demo: POPP: Parsing Ottaviano Petrucci’s Prints (Anne)
Discussion: data mining within IDEA
1:00 – 3:00pm
lunch
3:00 – 4:30pm
Hyde Hall Incubator, 2nd floor
Evening
restaurant dinner, Squids
Saturday 28 February
9:00 – 10:30am
Hyde Hall Incubator, 2nd floor
Discussion: topic decided at Friday 9:00am discussion
10:30 – 11:30am
break
11:30am – 1:00pm
Discussion: topic decided at Friday 9:00am discussion
1:00 – 3:00pm
lunch
3:00 – 4:30pm
Discussion: topic decided at Friday 9:00am discussion
Evening
Concert
Gerrard Hall
6:30pm Anne, Marco, Paul at Gerrard Hall
7:00pm Doors open to the public
7:30pm Concert
Cenacolo at Anne’s
Travel
General information
The weather in Chapel Hill/Durham is more or less like the weather of Bologna: cold in the winter, but only occasionally icy or snowy. Be sure to bring a warm coat, walking shoes, scarf, warm gloves, warm socks.
RDU is a small airport, located about 15 minutes from Anne’s house and about 25 minutes from Aloft hotel. I have made arrangements for people with cars (myself and several grad students) to drive you to and from the airport, the hotel, campus, Anne’s house.
Anne’s house is about a 30-minute drive to UNC campus, and the Aloft hotel is along the way. The Aloft hotel (www.aloftchapelhill.com) is a small, modernist, boutique hotel with an exercise room, small swimming pool, and a fully-stocked bar. There is a breakfast station in the lobby, but no restaurant. There are restaurants and a Fresh Market grocery within 2-minutes walk.
Across the street from Aloft is a bus stop where any blue campus bus will take you up the hill to campus for free. Other buses will also take you up the hill, but they’re not free. If you wanted to walk to campus, it takes about 30 minutes on foot.
Anne’s house is located along the American Tobacco Trail, a paved trail through the woods, along the tracks where trains used to carry tobacco from North Carolina farms to the drying houses in Durham. If you like to take nature walks in the early morning or late afternoon, be sure to bring appropriate footwear and clothing.
Arrivals
Thursday 19 February
6:31pm: Roberta & il suo Marco (alloggio, casa di Anne)
Tuesday 24 February
11:54am: Luigi (alloggio, casa di Anne)
4:30pm: Daniela (alloggio, Aloft hotel)
6:46pm: Marco (alloggio, Aloft hotel)
6:53pm: Valerie (alloggio, Aloft hotel)
7:05pm: Lisa (alloggio, Aloft hotel)
9:56pm: Lorenzo (alloggio, casa di Anne)
Wednesday 25 February
9:58am: Antonella
Thursday 26 February
2:53pm: Paul (alloggio, Aloft hotel)
Friday 27 February
9:30am: Deanna (alloggio, Aloft hotel)
Departures
Sunday 1 March
7:30am: Luigi
9:15am: Paul
10:05am: Valerie
11:00am: Lisa
6:30pm: Antonella
7:45pm: Marco
Monday 2 March
1:30pm: Daniela, Deanna
Wednesday 4 March
12:15pm: Lorenzo
Thursday 5 March
2:15pm: Roberta e il suo Marco