{"id":4,"date":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/itch\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-11-21T10:01:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:01:34","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/itch\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--intro-text align-center\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--intro-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          ITCH 3\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Join us for the 3rd annual ITCH Symposium, co-hosted by USC Dornsife, the Ahmanson Lab in the USC Libraries, and the UCLA XR Initiative. Presenters will share prototypes, insights, and creative explorations, followed by discussions on the promise and challenges of using immersive tech to reimagine cultural heritage research, teaching, and engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>ITCH 2025 is co-hosted by USC Dornsife, the Ahmanson Lab in the USC Libraries, and the UCLA XR Initiative.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdNPsjncV9kD6AxLhGJvfUr4N-S3TwMH5IZZ7Y5EiisQ20ciw\/viewform?usp=dialog\">RSVP to attend and receive pre-circulated materials<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/itch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/410\/2025\/11\/ITCH-Symposium-Program-1.pdf\">View the ITCH 3 Symposium 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Technology, UCLA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Experience Pompeii I.14 on Apple Vision Pro<\/strong><br \/>\nKai Feng Wu, Ph.D. Candidate, Media Arts + Practice, USC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Multispecies Ethnography and Virtual Reality in Bhutanese Highland Ecosystems<\/strong><br \/>\nBrian Young, Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology, UCLA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Digital Turf Project<\/strong><br \/>\nDoug Daniels, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Library Data Science Center, UCLA<br \/>\nAlex Casteel, Ph.D. Candidate, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA<br \/>\nConnor Lim, Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, UCLA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bunker Hill Refrain<\/strong><br \/>\nMeredith Reitan, Associate Dean &amp; Adjunct Associate Professor, USC<br \/>\nAndy Rutkowski, Visualization Specialist, USC Libraries, USC<br \/>\nSuzanne Noruschat, Southern California Studies Specialist, UCS 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