Unpath’d Waters: Information Management DigITea talk - February 10 2026.

This session was recorded in February 2026 by CIfA's Information Management Group in their bitesize online DigITea talk series. This session is titled 'Unpath’d Waters - Digital heritage data and immersive systems, opportunity or barrier? ' by Stuart Jeffries of Glasgow School of Art. This presentation will look at some recent academic projects in the heritage domain that have explored the affordances of immersive systems approaches (VR/AR/XR) to meaningful delivery of both heritage datasets and heritage narratives. The talk will discuss projects such as the ‘Digital Laocoon’, looking at conservation and narrative challenges in the wake of the Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building fires and also the recent Historic England led Unpath’d Waters project focused on the enhancement, aggregation and delivery of maritime heritage datasets held across the UK. There will be special focus on the Unpath’d Waters objective of reaching new audiences, including immersive system design work which focused on audiences with visual impairments. Finally, this presentation will broadly consider both the audience reception for these delivery modes and, in particular, the same implications for professional practice. To view the full report go to: https://unpathdwaters.org.uk/ Jeffrey, S., Love, S., & Poyade, M. (2021). The Digital Laocoön: Replication, Narrative and Authenticity. Museum & Society, 19(2), 166–183. https://doi.org/10.29311/mas.v19i2.3583 Further information about the group can be found on CIfA's Information Management Group page - https://www.archaeologists.net/groups...