MyNDIR Editor and SSHRC Insight Development Grant Project
Lead: P. A. Baer
Trish Baer received her Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in the departments of
English and History in Art from the University of Victoria in 2013.
Her Interdisciplinary dissertation “An Old Norse Image Hoard: From
the Analog Past to the Digital Present” was nominated for “The
Governor General’s Gold Medal Award.” Her doctoral dissertation
unites the long-established field of Old Norse Studies with the
emerging field of Digital Humanities.
In addition to exploring
the transmission, reception, and remediation of illustrations,
Baer’s dissertation documents the creation of a digital image
repository named: MyNDIR (My Norse Digital Image Repository). MyNDIR
was launched at the UVic’s Digital Humanities Summer Institute (June
2013) and was awarded the 2013-14 “Digital Humanities Praxis
Innovation Award.” Baer was awarded a Social Sciences and Research
Council Insight Development Grant (2020 – 2023) for Visualizations
of Norse Myths for Children in the Victorian and Edwardian Eras
(1837-1915).
Programmer Consultant: Martin Holmes
Martin Holmes is a programmer at the University of Victoria
Humanities Computing and Media Centre, specializing in
digital editions and XML technologies.
Programmer Consultant: Pat Szpak
Patrick works as a web designer at Humanities Computing and Media Centre. From mobile phones
to desktop screens, he cares about how a website looks, reads, and
performs for its viewers.
Research Assistants
Research Assistant
2022 - current: Gabrielle Eisenberg
Gabrielle Eisenberg is a Greek and Roman Studies major and a Film
minor, and a student in the Humanities Scholars Program at UVic.
Gabrielle has studied the relationship between theory and myth. She
is interested in the transmission and reception of mythology
throughout the ancient Indo-European region up to the present
day.
Research Assistant
2020 - current: Sage Dunn-Krahn
Sage Dunn-Krahn is an undergraduate student of Medieval
Studies at UVic. They are especially interested in Norse Mythology,
modern medievalism, gender transgression in early modern France and
Mughal India. They work as a researcher and xml coder on
MyNDIR.
They have also worked as a researcher on Perfecta, a
digital project headed by Helene Cazes.
Research Assistant
2022: Joe Hansen
Joe Hansen is a Medieval Studies and Creative Writing
Student at UVic. He is descended from Danish immigrants to the
Pacific North West and has always been fascinated with the old
stories since he first played Age of Mythology. His interests
include the translation of the Middle Ages to modern times in pop
cultural artifacts from Fantasy novels to "realistic" video games.
Research Assistant
2021 - 2022: Camryn Cutter
Camryn Cutter is a second year English student at the
University of Victoria. She worked on MyNDIR for her HUMA 295
practicum in 2021 and joined the team in June 2021. Her interests
include law, fairytales and folklore, and mythology.
Research Assistant
2020 - 2022: Camille Laliberte
Camille Laliberte is an English and Philosophy student at
the University of Victoria. She has been on the MyNDIR project since
2020. Her research interests include the studies of fairy and folk
tales in literature and culture.
Scholars' Program: Internship
Internship
2023: Chloe Mee
Chloe Mee is an English Honours student starting her third
year at the University of Victoria. She is working with MyNDIR
through the Humanities Scholars Program starting in August 2023. Her
research interests include Victorian fiction and the periodical
press.
Internship
2022: Gabrielle Eisenberg
Gabrielle Eisenberg is a Greek and Roman Studies major and a Film
minor, and a student in the Humanities Scholars Program at UVic.
Gabrielle has studied the relationship between theory and myth. She
is interested in the transmission and reception of mythology
throughout the ancient Indo-European region up to the present
day.
Digital Humanities Practicum Students
HUMA 180 Practicum Student
2021: Haley England
Haley England is a first-year Linguistics student at the
University of Victoria with an interest in language acquisition.
Haley researched biographical information and identified monograms
for MyNDIR.
HUMA 180 Practicum Student
2021: Trinity Blacklock
Trinity Blacklock is a first year Humanities university
student at UVic. She contributed to the MyNDIR project by
researching authors and illustrators in order to help create
biographies. Going forward, Trinity plans to study History and
English, before entering into the Education program.