Robert MacDougall, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

The golden age of cranks: communication networks and heterodox ideas in 19th-century North America
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$92,495
Seeing the past: augmented reality and computer vision for history
SSHRC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$16,502
History at play: augmented reality gaming and the ubiquitous past
SSHRC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$49,560

All 3 grants and awards

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The golden age of cranks: communication networks and heterodox ideas in 19th-century North America

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: MacDougall, Robert D.

Keywords: history of communication; history of technology; cranks; quacks; pseudoscience; inventors; print culture; public sphere; communication networks; digital history; United States history; Canadian history; 19th century

$92,495

Seeing the past: augmented reality and computer vision for history

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Kee, Kevin B.

Keywords: digital history; digital humanities; augmented reality; computer vision; historical research; history teaching and learning

$16,502

History at play: augmented reality gaming and the ubiquitous past

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Image, Text, Sounds and Technology

Principal investigators: MacDougall, Robert D.

Keywords: public history; history education; historical consciousness; participatory learning communities; ubiquitous computing; ubiquitous learning; augmented reality games; location based games; social networking; heritage; tourism; War of 1812

$49,560

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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