Institute of Creative Technologies

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The Institute Of Creative Technologies (IOCT) is a unique research environment which sits at the intersection of science, technology, humanities and the arts. It comprises a network of Research Centres and Groups embedded in the Faculties of De Montfort University. Since its launch in September 2006 it has initiated over 100 interdisciplinary and collaborative projects, carried out by more than 90 researchers. These projects have already attracted more than £1 million in external funding.

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http://www.ioct.dmu.ac.uk/

Blog

Wed 16th May, 2012

Digital Textuality with/in Performance
Arnolfini Bristol
2012 May 3-4, hosted by the University College Falmouth

There was a good DMU presence at this seminar programme under the HERA networks initiative:

Participants attending this ELMCIP investigated the
relationship between e-literature/digital text and performance. Members
of the ELMCIP project, international speakers and

Civil War Guide on iPad

Wed 16th May, 2012

HISTORY™ has created an app for the iPad: The Civil War Today . It explores every
phase and aspect of America’s north-south conflict with daily updates that
unveil the events in real time over the course of four years.

The Civil War Today leverages the iPad multi-touch interface,
enabling subscribers to delve into thousands of original documents,
photos, maps, diary entries, quotes and

International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations

Wed 16th May, 2012

Special issue of IJGCMS dedicated to the topic of Ludic Simulations

The International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations (http://www.igi-global.com/ijgcms)
announces a call for papers for a for a special issue dedicated to the
topic of Ludic Simulations, co-guest edited by Patrick Coppock
(University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Italy) and IJGCMS
Editor-in-Chief Rick