Purpose-driven startup in Edinburgh, Scotland specialising in Islamic art, architecture, material culture, and histories for wide public audiences. Our Academy online courses and workshops are open to all, and we help games industry teams create authentic game worlds inspired by Islamic civilisation. Led by Founding Director and Principal Consultant Glaire Anderson, PhD our games projects include Assassin's Creed Mirage and its educational ‘History of Baghdad’ Codex feature (Ubisoft, 2023). We work collaboratively across the academy, games, and GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) for positive social impact.
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Digital Lab for Islamic Visual Culture & Collections (DLIVCC)
Purpose-driven startup in Edinburgh, Scotland specialising in Islamic art, architecture, material culture, and histories for wide public audiences. Our Academy online courses and workshops are open to all, and we help games industry teams create authentic game worlds inspired by Islamic civilisation. Led by Founding Director and Principal Consultant Glaire Anderson, PhD our games projects include Assassin's Creed Mirage and its educational ‘History of Baghdad’ Codex feature (Ubisoft, 2023). We work collaboratively across the academy, games, and GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) for positive social impact.
Hello Reader, It's been an intense few weeks in the Digital Lab! Over the last two weeks we launched our new online Academy. Simultaneously, we held our very first Digital Lab Days events in Edinburgh and Glasgow. It was incredible how both new initiatives brought people together - online and in-person, longtime supporters and collaborators as well as new members of our community. What brought us together was a shared commitment to accurate, meaningful cultural representation in video games,...
Hello Reader! 📢 Hard to believe the time has come - Day 1 of our in-person Digital Lab Days Islamic Art, Games/XR & GLAM Scotland event starts tomorrow. Here's what we're looking forward to:⚡ Keynote by Iraqi-British game designer, artist, and creative producer Malath Abbas of Biome Collective, on 'Navigating Art, Games and Identity Over 10 Years'💡 Exciting presentations crossing art, games, XR, and cultural heritage by Josef Wesley Mona Arafat, Ahmed Elshaer, Isabella Inskip, and Halley...
Hello!Reflecting on the work we've done on video games for education and public impact, Digital Lab Education Coordinator Sarah Slingluff and I put heads together on how to bring a concise intro to the vibrant art, architecture, and histories of Muslim societies and Islamic civilization around the globe to wider audiences.The Digital Lab Academy is the result.It launches 30 June and will be taught online by Sarah, so participants can join from anywhere. It's short and to-the-point. It's open...