Page 31 - 2021-2022 JKM Library Annual Report Highlights

Archives Meets
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Immersive Media
In Fall 2021, Chatham Archivist Molly Tighe and
Assistant Professor of Immersive Media Joseph
Amodei collaborated to introduce students to archival
research in creative practice and to support their
development of augmented‐reality artworks.

The collaboration included a tour

of the archives, instruction on accessing digital
resources available through the archives, and in‐class
resource consultations that supported the evolution of
each student’s project. The resulting artworks
demonstrated ingenuity and skill in developing
engaging and informative methods of “Serious Play."

In addition, Assistant Professor Joseph Amodei

envisions the collaboration “as a way to introduce the

students to social practice, by collaborating with groups

in their own community and making experiences for

other members of their community.” The University

Archives hopes to continue this collaboration in the

future.