A non-profit in the UK is using technology to help South Asians revisit fading memories….
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Broadcast: Funding secured for 20 immersive projects
Digital Catapult and Arts Council England have selected 20 ‘cultural experiences’ using extended reality immersive technology (XR) to receive funding, mentorship and technical support to “realise new forms of art, storytelling and entertainment.”….
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The Bookseller: William Collins pre-empts ‘radical’ Dalrymple debut on Indian independence
Dalrymple is the co-founder of Project Dastaan, a South Asian peacebuilding organisation. He has been published in the New York Times and Conde Nast Traveller, and worked with BBC Radio 4 and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture…..
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Times of India: William Dalrymple’s son Sam to debut with book on Partition
Historian William Dalrymple’s son Sam will come out with his debut book in 2022 which will look into five partitions in Asia and also offer a new assessment of Indian independence.
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The Indian Express: The other Dalrymple and the 5 partitions that hold clues to many present strifes in Asia
Two and half years back Sam Dalrymple, along with a group of volunteers from India and Pakistan, began an ambitious project. Project Dastaan took the young scholar of Sanskrit and Persian to the nooks and corners of South Asia, first to interview survivors of the Partition, and then to find their homes on the other…
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Reuters: Far from home, refugees build digital heritage with virtual reality
Growing up, Naseem Badar heard stories from her parents, uncles and aunts of how they fled for their lives from their village in northern India amidst bloody riots during the Partition and made their way to the newly created country of Pakistan….
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TIME: How a Refugee Revisited His Birth Village During the Pandemic – After 73 Years Away
Days after Hari Krishan Lal Anand’s 90th birthday, he returned to the village where he was born. He had been separated from from his hometown for more than seven decades by political strife, wars and, finally, a pandemic. His family had arranged a trip as a birthday surprise. Tears filled his eyes as he saw…
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La Biennale di Venezia: VENICE GAP-FINANCING MARKET PROJECTS SELECTED
Selection includes 28 feature-length Fiction Film and Documentary projects, 12 VR Immersive Story projects, 12 Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality projects, and 3 Biennale College Cinema projects.
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XRBeat: 20 Startups Selected for CreativeXR’s Third Accelerator
Back in March Digital Catapult and Arts Council England launched the application call for their third CreativeXR startup accelerator. Looking for 20 companies to help fund and develop their projects, this year’s assortment of applicants have now been chosen.
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Digital Catapult: Digital Catapult and Arts Council England announce 20 teams joining latest round of CreativeXR
CreativeXR, the programme from Digital Catapult and Arts Council England to support the creation of new cultural experiences using immersive technology (XR), will go ahead as planned in 2020, providing much-needed investment in the creative industries. A record 260 teams applied to join CreativeXR’s third round which asked applicants to come up with original immersive…
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