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Humlab

Humlab

ByUmeå University infrastructure

Humlab is a competence center at Umeå University with access to a technical environment for digital humanities. Humlab has a cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary organization, and the meeting across disciplinary boundaries is central. Humlab conducts research, teaching and collaboration. Our mission includes initiating, inspiring and developing the relationship between the Humanities, Culture and Information Technology in research, postgraduate education and teaching. We have equipment and competence in motion-capture, virtual reality, visual storytelling, and art praxis. Our public and flexible facilities are located in the middle of Umeå University campus.

SEAD Conservation Paleobiology

SEAD Conservation Paleobiology

ByUmeå University project-in-depth

This project aim to demonstrate the availability of a long-term record of biodiversity data which could be used to understand the biodiversity implications of the current climate and extinction crisis. The visualisation can lead to a discussion about the regulations for sound environments, and to the initiation of new research questions about health effects.