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Workshop Report: “Perspectives on Uses and Users in the History of Office Buildings”

18 December 2023

written by :
Jens van de Maele, Stephanie Fransis

Workshop Report: “Perspectives on Uses and Users in the History of Office Buildings”

On 21 and 22 November 2023, the BUREU team organised a workshop on the history of office buildings.
Event
Entrance Hall of the Governmental Administrative Centre, Brussels, 1972

19 September 2023

Perspectives on Uses and Users in the History of Office Buildings

Workshop on the history of office building use(rs) in the framework of the BUREU research project.
Event
Form Follows Conception. Representing Non-Linear History through Multimodal Hypertext

21 March 2023

Form Follows Conception. Representing Non-Linear History through Multimodal Hypertext

Hands on History lecture by Christian Wachter, Bielefeld University.
Event
Designing Historical Video Games: Attentat 1942, Svoboda 1945, and Beyond

9 March 2023

Designing Historical Video Games: Attentat 1942, Svoboda 1945, and Beyond

Lecture by Vít Šisler, Charles University | Charles Games, Prague (CZ)
News
CfP: Perspectives on Uses and Users in the History of Office Buildings

6 March 2023

written by :
Jens van de Maele

CfP: Perspectives on Uses and Users in the History of Office Buildings

Workshop on 30 November - 1 December 2023 at the University of Luxembourg. Deadline: 20 April 2023.
Event
BUREU: EU office buildings between architectural “hardware” and managerial “software”, 1950s-2000

6 February 2023

BUREU: EU office buildings between architectural “hardware” and managerial “software”, 1950s-2000

Research seminar with Jens van de Maele
Thinkering
From 9 to 5

21 December 2022

“For folks like me on the job from 9 to 5”

A contribution on office culture by BUREU team member Marco Ninno.
Event
The sound of data

9 November 2022

THE SOUND OF DATA – Science meets Music

Do you want to hear what scientific data sounds like? Eager to discover the fascinating links between science and music? Then Rockhal on Saturday, December 3rd, is the place to be for the final event of the Esch2022 project “The Sound of Data – Science meets Music”.
Thinkering
BUREU: A new transnational research project crossing the border between architectural history and European integration history

24 October 2022

written by :
Jens van de Maele

BUREU: A new transnational research project crossing the border between architectural history and European integration history

The newly started research project BUREU has the purpose to develop a transnational and multidisciplinary framework for the analysis of EU administrative buildings.
Event
Vladan Joler

14 October 2020

New Extractivism

Hands on History session with Prof. Vladan Joler (New Media department of the University of Novi Sad) - online event.
Forum Z
Visualising history

17 April 2019

written by :
Lars Wieneke

Visualising history

A Forum Z on history paintings, 3D reconstructions, virtual worlds and time machines.
Thinkering
On creating a research poster for an academic conference

22 November 2018

written by :
Fabio Spirinelli

On creating a research poster for an academic conference

Historians like to write, and they write a lot. Throughout my studies in history, I was taught how to analyse sources and how to write a scientific work. But I have never been taught how to present my research in a poster format – which requires a minimum amount of creativity.
News
Kulturen des Reparierens: Dinge - Wissen - Praktiken

22 May 2018

written by :
Stefan Krebs

Kulturen des Reparierens: Dinge - Wissen - Praktiken

Reparieren und Instandhalten sind ökonomisch wie kulturell zentrale Praktiken im »Leben« technischer Dinge und Infrastrukturen. Der Band rückt diese bislang wenig untersuchten Tätigkeiten in den Vordergrund und fragt nach den Wissensformen der unterschiedlichen Kulturen des Reparierens.
Thinkering
Paper prototype, wireframe

23 March 2018

written by :
Sytze Van Herck

The scientific user experience design method

When academics or developers create a website or an application, they usually start from the back end and only then focus on the design or front end. In this blogpost I would like to argue that the design process and user analysis specifically should come first. The methods outlined below were discussed during the workshop on the introduction to user experience design and evaluation methods by dr. Carine Lallemand and dr. Vincent Koenig.
Thinkering
Video games as a real object of study: Some lessons from the Gamescom Congress 2017

29 August 2017

written by :
Fabio Spirinelli

Video games as a real object of study: Some lessons from the Gamescom Congress 2017

Can video games be a serious research topic or are they only entertainment products? At the Gamescom Congress in Cologne, a series of talks and panel discussions were dedicated to video games from many different perspectives. In this blogpost, I will discuss some of them illustrating that video games can and should be taken seriously.
Data
histograph

9 May 2017

written by :
Marten Düring

histograph, a tool for the exploration of multimedia archives

histograph helps institutions reveal the manifold relations between their digital collections of texts, images, audio and video documents.
Data
BLIZAAR project

9 May 2017

written by :
Marten Düring

BLIZAAR - Hybrid Visualization of Dynamic Multilayer Graphs

BLIZAAR project develops new visualization techniques for the exploration of multimedia document collections
Thinkering
Rediscovering Pompeii digitally

8 May 2017

written by :
Floor Koeleman

Rediscovering Pompeii digitally

Pompeian wall paintings as a source of inspiration for neo-classical domestic interior decorations; a digital approach to art history.