Arts meet technology

Matt Plummer

Matt Plummer

Senior Research Partner

Victoria University of Wellington

Biography

My background spans the arts and technology. I work with researchers from different disciplines to facilitate collaborative projects, especially those which utilise technology in innovative and transformative ways. I've assisted with the development of a range of open source projects, augmented reality applications, research tools and community building and skills training events.

Interests

  • Digital Humanities
  • Researcher Development
  • Research Consulting
  • Facilitating collaborative projects
  • High Performance Computing
  • Audio/visual Performance
  • Web Design

Education

  • MA in Art History, 2010

    Victoria University of Wellington

  • BA(Hons) in Art History, 2006

    Victoria University of Wellington

Skills

Open Access

Data Publishing

Network Analysis

Skill development

Research Provenance

Research Support

Accomplish­ments

Software Carpentries instructor

See certificate

Introduction to web design

See certificate

Projects

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Colliding Worlds

Colliding Worlds

A bespoke network visualisation of projects using VR at Victoria University of Wellington.

Building Websites

Building Websites

Hands-on workshops developing static workshops and teaching the basics of git, web logic and markdown.

Customising Open Source Tools

Customising Open Source Tools

Working with a group of third year computer science students, we adapted and augmented popular digital journalism tools

Digitales

Digitales

Series of opinion pieces on the intersection of technology and research for VUW’s student publication, Salient

Hiko Digital Publishing Platform

Hiko Digital Publishing Platform

Hiko is a digital writing and publishing platform developed to create individual and collaborative texts that were interactive, co-creative and media-rich, without requiring specialist coding skills.

ResBaz

ResBaz

Skill development and research community building

Recent Publications

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