Thomas Blake

Assistant Professor of Medieval Literature at Austin College

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CUR Institute panel on strategies for mentoring student projects in the Arts and Humanities

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Kathryne Beebe: Dominican nuns in Ulm journeyed on pilgrimages in the "sacred geographies of their imaginations." #TerraDigita

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Joey McMullen: The "mythological geography" of the Early Irish Dindshenchas tradition critiques teleological temporality. #TerraDigita

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Gregory Hayworth shows how transmissive light in IR can improve our ability to read palimpsests. #TerraDigita

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Laura Morreale: "The word 'map' is best understood as a verb rather than a noun." #TerraDigita

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@LauraMorreale suggests implementing color shading to indicate degrees of certainty about 13th cent. London property locations. #TerraDigita

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Sara Ann Knutson discusses the production network of walrus ivory creating a concatenation of medieval Viking trading posts. #TerraDigita

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Andrew Thornebrook talks about user-friendly and free Choicescript game-creating platform. #TerraDigita

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Image ownership issues make open sharing spectral imaging results harder. #TerraDigita

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Q: When will these newer map images be available?

A: Complicated to transfer because of huge amounts of data.
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Q: How much does spectral imaging cost?
A: A lot. Varies on equipment, but you can coordinate with a team and outsource it.
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Helen Davies explains how multi-spectral imaging revived the 13th century Vercelli wall map, making it legible.

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Di Bai explains the difference between basic RGB and basic hyperspectral imaging systems #TerraDigita

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Chet Van Duzer talks about spectral imaging of Martellus's World Map. #TerraDigita

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Beto to Dr. Tanglen: There are some things I don't know how to compromise on, and a woman's right to choose is one of them.

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Beto O'Rourke (incredulously) to Grayson Dems: in 2017 we have to march for science, we have to march for women

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"Who could have imagined that in 2017 we would have had to stand up against white supremacists, Nazis."

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Beto O'Rourke speaks at Grayson County courthouse.

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Town Hall with Beto O'Rourke