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Arts and Humanities Data Service RSC London, November 2004

Arts and Humanities Data Service RSC London, November 2004. Alastair Dunning Arts and Humanities Data Service Executive King’s College London. How is the AHDS Organised?. Established in 1996 AHDS Executive (King’s College, London)

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Arts and Humanities Data Service RSC London, November 2004

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  1. Arts and Humanities Data ServiceRSC London, November 2004 Alastair Dunning Arts and Humanities Data Service Executive King’s College London

  2. How is the AHDS Organised? • Established in 1996 • AHDS Executive (King’s College, London) • AHDS Literature, Languages and Linguistics (Uni. Of Oxford) • AHDS History (Uni. Of Essex) • AHDS Archaeology (Uni. Of York) • AHDS Performing Arts (Uni. of Glasgow) • AHDS Visual Arts (Surrey Inst. of Art and Design) • Funded by the JISC and the AHRB

  3. What does the AHDS do? • Advises on the creation of digital data • Collects, preserves and distributes high-quality digital resources for research and teaching • These resources are free for educational and private use • Generally available online • Today’s presentation focuses on AHDS Performing Arts, AHDS Visual Arts

  4. Designing Shakespeare • 40 years of Shakespearian performance at London and Stratford • http://performingarts.ahds.ac.uk/designing-shakespeare • Cast lists and play details, photographs of performance, video and audio interviews with directors and designers, virtual reality recreations of sets • Nearly 1100 performances catalogued • Search and browse capabilities

  5. Designing Shakespeare • Three ready-made tutorials • Politics and Performance of Place - looking at a two productions that use visual metaphor • Character and Representation - looking at transgendered casting in four Shakespearean productions • Audience, Actor and Space - looking at responses to the performance space at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. • Tutorials at http://www.english.ltsn.ac.uk/designshake/design/

  6. Richard II – Differences in Space Pimlott / Wilmington, RSC, 2000 Barton / Napier, RSC, 1974

  7. Macbeth – Differences in Context Albery / Laing, RSC, 1996 Davies / Dyer, RSC, 1983

  8. Other Performing Arts Collections • Details of theatrical performances at • Birmingham Repertory Theatre Archive Database • National Review of Live Art Reviews Database • French Theatre resources in the 17th and 18th centuries • Other collections of note: • Five Centuries of Scottish Music • Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music • Bach Bibliography Database • http://www.pads.ahds.ac.uk

  9. AHDS Visual Arts • 20,000 images available in fine art, design, fashion • http://vads.ahds.ac.uk • Simple registration required – very basic and completely free • Images can be used for FE and HE educational and private needs

  10. Other AHDS Visual Arts Collections • Victorian Music • Design Council Slide Collection • Imperial War Museum • London College of Fashion: College Archive • National Fine Art Collection • Spellman Collection of Victorian Music Covers

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