Associate Professor Erik Champion

Enterprise Fellow UniSA Creative

City West Campus (K4-32)
tel +61 8 830 20005

email Erik.Champion@unisa.edu.au

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Research Degree Supervisor

About me

digital heritage, serious games, virtual

Erik is an Enterprise Fellow at the University of South Australia (Creative-Architecture), Honorary Professor at ANU Centre for Digital Humanities Research (CDHR), Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia and Emeritus Professor at Curtin University. He was previously UNESCO Chair of Cultural Heritage and Visualisation, and Professor at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. He was also CIC Visualisation Theme Leader and Steering Committee member at the Curtin Institute for Computation (CIC).

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About me

In the media

Date	Title
17/06/2020	Antarctica without windchill, the Louvre without queues: how to travel the world from home, https://theconversation.com/antarctica-without-windchill-the-louvre-without-queues-how-to-travel-the-world-from-home-140174
05/03/2019	Virtual reality adds to tourism through touch, smell and real people’s experiences, https://theconversation.com/virtual-reality-adds-to-tourism-through-touch-smell-and-real-peoples-experiences-101528

Research

Research focus

Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
Built Environment and Design
Architecture
Geomatic Engineering
History and Archaeology

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2021	Champion, EM 2021, Rethinking virtual places, Indiana University Press, US.
2021	Champion, EM 2021, Virtual heritage: a guide, Ubiquity Press, UK. Open access 97
2019	Champion, E 2019, Organic design in twentieth-century Nordic architecture, Routledge, US. 1
2019	Champion, E 2019, The phenomenology of real and virtual places, Routledge, US. 16
2018	Benardou, A, Champion, E, Dallas, C & Hughes, LM 2018, Cultural heritage infrastructures in digital humanities, Routledge, UK.

Books

Year	Output
2023	Champion, E 2023, Playing with the past: into the future, Springer, Switzerland.
2021	Champion, EM 2021, Rethinking virtual places, Indiana University Press, US.
2021	Champion, EM 2021, Virtual heritage: a guide, Ubiquity Press, UK. Open access 97
2019	Champion, E 2019, Organic design in twentieth-century Nordic architecture, Routledge, US. 1
2019	Champion, E 2019, The phenomenology of real and virtual places, Routledge, US. 16
2018	Benardou, A, Champion, E, Dallas, C & Hughes, LM 2018, Cultural heritage infrastructures in digital humanities, Routledge, UK.

Chapters

Year	Output
2023	Champion, E 2023, 'Reflective experiences with immersive heritage', in Agiatis Benardou & Anna Maria Droumpouki (eds), Difficult Heritage and Immersive Experiences, Routledge, UK, ch. 2, pp. 23-40.
2022	Champion, E, Nurmikko-Fuller, T & Grant, K 2022, 'Alchemy and archives, swords, spells, and castles: medieval-modding Skyrim', in H. Robert (ed.), Teaching the Middle Ages through Modern Games, De Gruyter Oldenbourg, Germany, ch. 9, pp. 175-199.
2021	Champion, E 2021, 'Preserving authenticity in virtual heritage', in EM Champion (ed.), Virtual Heritage: A Guide, Ubiquity Press, UK, ch. 10, pp. 129-137. Open access 9
2020	Champion, E & Foka, A 2020, 'Art history, heritage games, and virtual reality', in K Brown (eds), The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities and Art History, Routledge, UK, ch. 17, pp. 238-253. 1
2019	Champion, EM 2019, 'From historical models to virtual heritage simulations: 3D models, digital history, theory, virtual heritage', in P Kuroczyński, M Pfarr-Harfst & S Münster (eds), Der Modelle Tugend 2.0: Digitale 3D-Rekonstruktion als virtueller Raum der architekturhistorischen Forschung, arthistoricum.net, Germany, ch. 4, pp. 338-351. Open access
2018	Benardou, A, Champion, E, Dallas, C & Hughes, LM 2018, 'Introduction: a critique of digital practices and research infrastructures', in A Benardou et al. (eds), Cultural Heritage Infrastructures in Digital Humanities, Routledge, UK, ch. 1, pp. 1-14.
2018	Champion, E 2018, 'Introduction', in E Champion (ed.), The Phenomenology of Real and Virtual Places, Routledge, US, pp. 1-18.
2018	Champion, E 2018, 'Norberg-Schulz: culture, presence and a sense of virtual place', in E Champion (ed.), The Phenomenology of Real and Virtual Places, Routledge, US, ch. 9, pp. 144-163.
2018	Champion, E 2018, 'The role of 3D models in virtual heritage infrastructures', in A Benardou et al. (eds), Cultural Heritage Infrastructures in Digital Humanities, Routledge, UK, ch. 2, pp. 15-35.
2018	Miller, K, Champion, E, Summers, L, Lugmayr, A & Clarke, M 2018, The role of responsive library makerspaces in supporting informal learning in the digital humanities, Elsevier, US. 3 10
2017	Champion, E 2017, 'A schematic division of game-learning strategies relevant to digital archaeology and digital cultural heritage', in D Jiménez-Badillo (ed), Arqueología Computacional: nuevos enfoques para el análisis y la difusión del patrimonio cultural, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico, ch. 14, pp. 213-224. Open access
2017	Champion, E 2017, 'Single white looter: have whip, will travel', in AAA Mol et al. (eds), The Interactive Past Archaeology, Heritage, and Video Games, Sidestone Press, The Netherlands, ch. 7, pp. 107-122.
2012	Champion, E 2012, 'The nonessentialist essentialist guide to games', in B Herzogenrath (ed.), Travels in Intermedia[lity]: Reblurring the Boundaries, Dartmouth College Press, US, ch. 14, pp. 192-210.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2021	Bekele, MK, Champion, E, McMeekin, DA & Rahaman, H 2021, 'The influence of collaborative and multi-modal mixed reality: cultural learning in virtual heritage', Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, vol. 5, no. 12, article no. 79, pp.1-17. Open access 2 2 3
2021	Nishanbaev, I, Champion, E & McMeekin, DA 2021, 'A web GIS-based integration of 3D digital models with linked open data for cultural heritage exploration', ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, vol.10, no. 10, article no. 684. Open access 1 3
2021	Rahaman, H, Johnston, M & Champion, E 2021, 'Audio-augmented arboreality: wildflowers and language', Digital Creativity, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 22-37. Open access 4
2020	Champion, E & Rahaman, H 2020, 'Survey of 3D digital heritage repositories and platforms', Virtual Archaeology Review, vol. 11, no. 23, pp. 1-15. Open access 20 14 48
2020	Champion, E 2020, 'Culturally significant presence in single-player computer games', ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, vol. 13, no. 4, article no. 29, pp. 1-24. Open access 3 2 6
2020	Dawson, B, Joseph, P & Champion, E 2020, 'Evaluating user experience of a multimedia storyteller panorama tour: The Story of the Markham Car Collection', Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 251-278. 1
2020	Nishanbaev, I, Champion, E & McMeekin, DA 2020, 'A comparative evaluation of geospatial semantic web frameworks for cultural heritage', Heritage, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 875-890. Open access 2 2 5
2019	Bekele, MK & Champion, E 2019, 'A comparison of immersive realities and interaction methods: cultural learning in virtual heritage', Frontiers in Robotics and AI, vol. 6, article no. 91. Open access 38 22 47
2019	Champion, E & Rahaman, H 2019, '3D digital heritage models as sustainable scholarly resources', Sustainability, vol. 11, no. 8, article no. 2425, pp. 1-8. Open access 19 15 50
2019	Dawson, B, Joseph, P & Champion, E 2019, 'The Story of the Markham Car Collection: a cross-platform panoramic tour of contested heritage', Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 62-86. Open access 1
2019	Nishanbaev, I, Champion, E & McMeekin, DA 2019, 'A survey of geospatial semantic web for cultural heritage', Heritage, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 1471-1498. Open access 17 11 4
2019	Rahaman, H & Champion, E 2019, 'To 3D or not 3D: choosing a photogrammetry workflow for cultural heritage groups', Heritage, vol. 2, no. 3, article no. 112, pp. 1835-1851. Open access 36 27 2
2019	Rahaman, H, Champion, E & Bekele, M 2019, 'From photo to 3D to mixed reality: a complete workflow for cultural heritage visualisation and experience', Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, vol. 13, no. article no. e00102, pp. 1-12. Open access 32 6
2017	Champion, EM 2017, 'Digital humanities is text heavy, visualization light, and simulation poor', Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, vol. 32, no. S1, pp. i25-i32. Open access 12 8 34
2016	Champion, E 2016, 'Entertaining the similarities and distinctions between serious games and virtual heritage projects', Entertainment Computing, vol. 14, pp. 67-74. Open access 16 15 14
2016	Champion, E 2016, 'Worldfulness, role-enrichment & moving rituals: design ideas for CRPGs', Transactions of the Digital Games Research Association, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 117-143. Open access
2016	Champion, EM 2016, 'A 3D pedagogical heritage tool using game technology', Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 63-72. Open access 5 3 1
2015	Champion, E 2015, 'Defining cultural agents for virtual heritage environments', Presence, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 179-186. 10 10 3
2012	Champion, E, Bishop, I & Dave, B 2012, 'The Palenque project: evaluating interaction in an online virtual archaeology site', Virtual Reality, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 121-139. 13 12 2
2012	Pujol, L & Champion, E 2012, 'Evaluating presence in cultural heritage projects', International Journal of Heritage Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 83-102. 41 36
2011	Champion, E & Dekker, A 2011, 'Biofeedback and virtual environments', International Journal of Architectural Computing, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 377-395. 5

Conferences

Year	Output
2022	Champion, E & McCallum, S 2022, 'Game design prototyping workshop : brainstorming and designing collaborative and creative game prototypes with immersive surfaces', in Craig Anslow & Judy Kay (eds), ISS '22: Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 72-75. Open access
2021	Champion, E, Kerr, R, Rahaman, H & McMeekin, D 2021, 'Time-layered gamic interaction with a virtual museum template', in M Ioannides et al. (eds), 8th European-Mediterranean Conference, EuroMed 2020, Springer, vol. 12642 LNCS, pp. 311-322. 1
2020	Arthur, PL, Champion, E, Craig, H, Gu, N, Harvey, M, Haskins, V, May, A, Pascoe, B, Piper, A, Ryan, L, Smith, R & Verhoeven, D 2020, 'Time-layered cultural map of Australia', in S Reinsone et al. (eds), DHN 2020: Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries, RWTH Aachen University, vol. 2612, pp. 184-191. Open access
2020	Champion, EM 2020, 'Games people dig: are they archaeological experiences, systems or arguments?', in S Hageneuer (eds), International Conference on Digital Methods in Teaching and Learning in Archaeology, Ubiquity Press, ch. 1, pp. 13-25. Open access 5
2019	Bekele, MK & Champion, E 2019, 'Redefining mixed reality: user-reality-virtuality and virtual heritage perspectives', in MH Haeusler, MA Schnabel & T Fukuda (eds), 24th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Intelligent and Informed, CAADRIA 2019, CAADRIA, pp. 675-684. Open access 7
2019	Rahaman, H & Champion, E 2019, 'The scholarly rewards and tragic irony of 3D models in virtual heritage discourse', in MH Haeusler, MA Schnabel & T Fukuda (eds), 24th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Intelligent and Informed, CAADRIA 2019, CAADRIA, pp. 695-704. Open access 3
2018	de Kruiff, A, Marcello, F, Burry, J, Champion, E & Burry, J 2018, 'Learning from lost architecture: immersive experience and cultural experience as a new historiography', in J Merwood-Salisbury, Ml Dudding & C McDonald (eds), 35th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ 2018), SAHANZ, pp. 113-126. Open access
2016	Champion, EM 2016, 'The missing scholarship behind virtual heritage infrastructures', in CE Catalano & L De Luca (eds), Eurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage, GCH 2016, Eurographics Association, pp. 57-65. 2
2016	Champion, EM, Qiang, L, Lacet, D & Dekker, A 2016, '3D in-world telepresence with camera-tracked gestural interaction', in CE Catalano & L De Luca (eds), Eurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage, GCH 2016, Eurographics Association, pp. 119-122. 1
2015	Champion, E 2015, 'Roleplaying and rituals for cultural heritage-orientated games', 2015 DiGRA International Conference, Digital Games Research Association, Digital Games Research Association DiGRA, vol. 12, pp. 1-16. Open access
2015	Champion, E 2015, 'Theoretical issues for game-based virtual heritage', in M Ebner et al. (eds), 4th European Immersive Education Summit, EiED 2014, Springer, pp. 125-136. Open access 1 1 9
2014	Warren, R & Champion, E 2014, 'Linked open data driven game generation', in P Mika et al. (eds), 13th International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2014, Springer, pp. 358-373. 3 1
2012	Wang, L & Champion, E 2012, 'Chinese culture approached through touch: Chinese cultural heritage learnt via touch-based games', 2012 18th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia: Virtual Systems in the Information Society, VSMM 2012, IEEE, pp. 87-94. 1
2011	Champion, EM & Dekker, A 2011, 'Indirect biofed architecture: strategies to best utilise biofeedback tools and interaction metaphors within digital architectural environments', 16th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2011, CAADRIA, pp. 241-250. Open access
2011	Hearns, M, Cockeram, J, Schott, G, Bell, T, Champion, E & Loke, SK and 17 other authors 2011, 'He ara hou ka tū mai: NZ institutions of higher learning unpacking demands and facilitating change', ASCILITE 2011 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE, pp. 571-579. Open access 5
2011	Wang, L & Champion, E 2011, 'A pilot study of four cultural touch-screen games', 12th Annual Conference of the New Zealand Chapter of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction, CHINZ 2011, ACM, pp. 57-64. 2

Other outputs

Books in Press

Champion, E. (2022: in press). Playing with The Past: Into the Future. 2nd edition. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer-Nature. ISBN: 978-3-031-10931-7. Due 19.11.2022.2.
Champion, E., Stadler, J., Lee, C., and Peaslee, R. (Ed). (2023: in press). Screen Tourism and Affective Landscapes: The Real, The Virtual, and the Cinematic. Routledge Cultural Heritage and Tourism Series. Contracted. ISBN 9781032355962. Due 30.12.2022

Chapters in Press

Champion, E. (2022: invited). Not Quite Virtual: Techné between Text and World. In B. Mauer & A. Salter (Eds.), Reimagining the Humanities. Anderson, South Carolina, USA: Parlor Press. Chapter sent. Due 2022 USA summer.
Champion, E. (2022: invited). Reflective Experiences with Immersive Heritage: A Theoretical Design-Based Framework. In A. Benardou & A. M. Droumpouki (Eds.), Difficult Pasts and Immersive Experiences. London, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781032060866. 21 December 2022.
Champion, E., & Hiriart, J. (2023: invited. In press). Workshopping Board Games for Space Place and Culture. In M. Lasansky & C. Randl (Eds.), Playing Place: Board Games, Architecture, Space, and Heritage. Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: MIT Press. Planned for Fall 2023.
Champion, E. M. (2023: invited). Virtual Heritage: How Could It Be Ethical?? In A. Pantazatos, T. Ireland, J. Schofield, & R. Zhang (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Heritage Ethics: Routledge. Chapter sent.
Champion, E. (2023). Swords Sandals and Selfies: Videogame Tourism. In E. Champion, C. Lee, J. Stadler, & R. Peaslee. (Ed). (2023). Screen Tourism and Affective Landscapes. Routledge. Screen Tourism and Affective Landscapes: The Real, The Virtual, and the Cinematic. Routledge Cultural Heritage and Tourism Series. Contracted. ISBN 9781032355962. Due 30.12.2022.6.
Champion, E. (2023: invited). Caught between a Rock and a Ludic Place: Geography for Non-Geographers via Games. Invited. Games and Geography. Germany, Springer-Nature. Chapter sent.

Books

Champion, E. M. 2021. Rethinking Virtual Places, Indiana USA, Indiana University Press, Indiana, USA. https://iupress.org/9780253058355/rethinking-virtual-places/
Champion, E. (ed.) 2021. Virtual Heritage: A Guide, London, UK: Ubiquity Press. https://doi.org/10.5334/bck
Champion, E. 2019. Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture, New York, USA, Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Organic-Design-in-Twentieth-Century-Nordic-Architecture/Champion/p/book/9780415787284
Champion, E. (ed.) 2018. The Phenomenology of Real and Virtual Places, London, UK: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315106267
Benardou, A., Champion, E., Dallas, C. & Hughes, L. (eds.) 2017. Cultural Heritage Infrastructures in Digital Humanities, London, United Kingdom: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Cultural-Heritage-Infrastructures-in-Digital-Humanities/Benardou-Champion-Dallas-Hughes/p/book/9781472447128. ISBN-13: 978-1472447128.
Champion, E. 2015. Critical Gaming: Interactive History And Virtual Heritage, UK, Ashgate Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315574981
Champion, E. (ed.) 2012. Game Mods: Design, Theory and Criticism, Pittsburgh, PA, USA: Entertainment Technology Centre Press. http://www.etc.cmu.edu/etcpress/content/game-mods
Champion, E. 2011. Playing With The Past, London, United Kingdom, Springer. http://www.springer.com/us/book/9781849965002

Conference Proceedings (co-editor)

Ioannides, M., Fink, E., Cantoni, L. & Champion, E. (eds.) 2021. Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection: 8th International Conference, EuroMed 2020, Virtual Event, November 2–5, 2020, Revised Selected Papers, Cyprus: Springer.
Thomassen, A. & Champion, E. (eds.) 2011. Proceedings of the 7th Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment, Wellington, New Zealand: Interactive Entertainment.
Ryu, H. & Champion, E. (eds.) 2010. Proceedings of the 11th ACM SIGCHI New Zealand Chapter's International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, CHINZ 2010, Auckland, New Zealand, July 8-9, 2010: ACM Press.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Highlights

Invited to speak at NTNU Trondheim, Norway (led by Aleka Angeletaki), April 2023. Funding: https://echoing.euRecovery of cultural heritage through higher education-driven open innovation
Champion, E. (2022, 16 November). Gamifying and Preserving 3D World Heritage Models in an Emerging Metaverse. Topic 4: New Visions/New Technologies in Heritage Conservation, World Heritage and Urban-Rural Sustainable Development: Resilience and Innovation, CAUP, Tongji University, Shanghai China, online.
Invited keynote, PHIVE, University of Iceland.
Living Digital Heritage Conference, Macquarie University, Sydney, 5th -7th November 2021
ISMAR 2021, the first IEEE International Workshop on “Mixed Reality Implications on Cultural Heritage Experience (MrICHE)”, 4th October 2021.

Other talks:

Digital Games and Heritage, Glasgow School of Arts, Glasgow, 3rd November 2021 (Virtual)
Digital Humanities, University of Graz, Austria, 6th October 2021 (Virtual).

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Australian National University	AUSTRALIA
Curtin University	AUSTRALIA
Dalhousie University	CANADA
Edith Cowan University	AUSTRALIA
Manukau Institute of Technology	NEW ZEALAND
Massey University	NEW ZEALAND
Panteion University	GREECE
Private Individual	AUSTRALIA
Shenyang Aerospace University	CHINA
Swinburne University of Technology	AUSTRALIA
University Centre of Joao Pessoa	BRAZIL
University of Alberta	CANADA
University of Auckland	NEW ZEALAND
University of Calgary	CANADA
University of Canterbury	NEW ZEALAND
University of Glasgow	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of Newcastle	AUSTRALIA
University of Otago	NEW ZEALAND
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Technology	IRAQ
University of the Aegea	GREECE
University of Toronto	CANADA
Uppsala University	SWEDEN
Victoria University of Wellington	NEW ZEALAND

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Member ARC Indigenous Discovery Advisory Group	2022
Editorial Board Member Digital Creativity, Games & Culture	2021
Editorial Board Member Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds	2021
Editorial Board Member The Journal of Interactive Humanities	2021
Editorial Board Member Studies in the Digital Humanities	2021
Editorial Board Member Journal of Media Critiques	2021
Editorial Board Member Explorations in Heritage Studies	2021
Emeritus Professor Curtin University	2021
Member Curtin Institute for Computation (CIC)	2021
Member Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)	2021
Member ARC Indigenous Discovery Advisory Group	2021
Member European Architectural History Network	2021
Member, Board of Directors Virtual Systems and Multimedia Society (VSMM)	2021
Reviewer European Science Foundation College of Experts	2021
Visiting Fellow University of Jyväskylä	2021
Honorary Research Fellow University of Western Australia	2020
Honorary Research Professor Australian National University	2020
Member ARC Indigenous Discovery Advisory Group	2020
Reviewer Digital Humanities	2020
Reviewer Journal of Aesthetics and Culture	2020

Other

Upcoming Conference Workshop

Champion, E. (2022, 20 November). Prototyping Games for Interactive Spaces and Surfaces. ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ACM ISS 2022), Wellington, New Zealand. Accepted.

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
A Framework for Developing Educational Games in and with Australian Museums	Current
Immersivity and fidelity: Architecture, design and game engines	Current

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