Melissa Shiff, York University

Research

Jewish studies art augmented reality art digital humanities site-specific installation homeland I.N. Steinberg holocaust

Latest funding

The imaginary Jewish homelands of I.N. Steinberg: an augmented reality project
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$308,499

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The imaginary Jewish homelands of I.N. Steinberg: an augmented reality project

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Shiff, Melissa E.

Keywords: Jewish studies; art; augmented reality art; digital humanities; site-specific installation; homeland; I.N. Steinberg; holocaust; alternative history; nation state; tourism; cultural heritage; geospatial studies; mobile communications; memory

$308,499

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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