Cyark

RESONANT: EXPLORING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE, CULTURE, AND CLIMATE THROUGH PLACE-BASED VR [RESONANT IS AN EDUCATIONAL VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) GAME AND COMPANION WEB EXPERIENCE ALLOWING PLAYERS TO EXPLORE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE, HISTORY, AND CULTURE THROUGH THE LENS OF A CHANGING CLIMATE. PLAYERS ARE TRANSPORTED TO THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST THROUGH IMMERSIVE 3D ENVIRONMENTS OF MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK AND WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT. GUIDED BY VOICES FROM NATIVE AMERICAN DESCENDANT COMMUNITIES, PLAYERS WILL GROW THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THESE STORIED LANDSCAPES, REFLECT ON THEIR OWN CULTURE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT, AND CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES OF NATIVE AMERICANS HISTORICALLY AND TODAY.]

CYARK AND THE ARBORGLYPH COLLABORATIVE WILL PARTNER WITH THE BLM TO DOCUMENT AND PRESERVE THE UNIQUEARBORGLYPHS FOUND ON QUAKING ASPEN TREES (POPULUS TREMULOIDES) IN LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA, NEAR MT.WILSON WITHIN THE PARSNIP PEAK WILDERNESS. ARBORGLYPHS, THE INTRICATE AND EXPRESSIVE CARVINGS ETCHED INTOTREE BARK BY BASQUE SHEEPHERDERS AND OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITIES, REPRESENT A CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT YETUNDER-RESEARCHED AND FRAGILE ASPECT OF THE REGION S HERITAGE. THESE CARVINGS, OFTEN DEPICTING FIGURES,SYMBOLS, AND INSCRIPTIONS, PROVIDE A TANGIBLE LINK TO THE PAST, REFLECTING THE EXPERIENCES AND STORIES OFEARLY SETTLERS. THIS PROJECT WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT HISTORIANS, ARCHAEOLOGISTS, THE BASQUE COMMUNITY, LOCALRESIDENTS, AND THE BROADER PUBLIC INTERESTED IN CULTURAL HERITAGE. BY MAKING THESE RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE ANDENGAGING VIA THREE INTERACTIVE DOCUMENTARY TAPESTRY EXPERIENCES, CREATED ON CYARKS TAPESTRY TOURPLATFORM, THE PROJECT AIMS TO FOSTER A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT FOR THE HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTIONS OFBASQUE IMMIGRANTS IN SHAPING THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF THE AMERICAN WEST.THE PROJECT WILL UNFOLD IN FOUR PHASES, COMBINING ADVANCED 3D DOCUMENTATION TECHNOLOGY WITHTRADITIONAL RESEARCH METHODS. IN PHASE 1, WE WILL CONDUCT PREPARATORY RESEARCH AND IDENTIFY POTENTIALARBORGLYPH SITES AND INTERVIEWEES FOR THE NARRATIVE COMPONENT OF THE TAPESTRY EXPERIENCES. PHASE 2INVOLVES TWO FIELD EXPEDITIONS FOR SURVEYING AND DOCUMENTING THE ARBORGLYPHS USING LIDAR ANDPHOTOGRAMMETRY, AS WELL AS CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS FOR THE TAPESTRY EXPERIENCES. PHASE 3 FOCUSES ONPROCESSING THE COLLECTED DATA AND PRODUCING THE THREE TAPESTRY EXPERIENCES, WHICH WILL COMBINE THECOLLECTED HIGH-RESOLUTION 3D MODELS, VIDEO INTERVIEWS, AND ADDITIONAL MULTIMEDIA CONTENT TO EXPLOREPLACE-BASED HERITAGE. THE EXPERIENCES WILL BE DEVELOPED IN ENGLISH BUT WILL CONTAIN BASQUE WORDSTHROUGHOUT TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. THE FINAL PHASE, PHASE 4, WILL CENTER ON THELAUNCH AND PROMOTION OF THIS VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE THROUGH IN-PERSON AND ONLINE EVENTS, COUPLED WITHONGOING MONITORING OF THE IMPACT AND REACH OF THE INTERACTIVE DOCUMENTARY EXPERIENCES.EXPECTED DELIVERABLES INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE DIGITAL RECORD OF THE ARBORGLYPHS PUBLISHED ONOPENHERITAGE3D.ORG, THREE EDUCATIONAL AND IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL TOURS, AND A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS ANDOUTREACH ACTIVITIES. THESE EFFORTS WILL NOT ONLY PRESERVE THE FRAGILE ARBORGLYPHS, WHICH ARE AT RISK DUE TOENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND THE PASSAGE OF TIME BUT ALSO ENHANCE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING ANDAPPRECIATION OF THIS UNIQUE ASPECT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE.THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN CYARK AND THE ARBORGLYPH COLLABORATIVE IS PIVOTAL TO THE PROJECTS SUCCESS.WHILE CYARK BRINGS EXPERTISE IN 3D DOCUMENTATION AND DIGITAL STORYTELLING, THE ARBORGLYPH COLLABORATIVECONTRIBUTES SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THESE SPECIFIC CULTURAL ARTIFACTS AND THEIR HISTORICAL CONTEXT.TOGETHER, THESE ORGANIZATIONS WILL ENSURE THAT THE PROJECT NOT ONLY DOCUMENTS THESE IMPORTANT CULTURALSYMBOLS BUT ALSO CONTEXTUALIZES THEM WITHIN THE BROADER NARRATIVE OF BASQUE IMMIGRATION AND SETTLEMENTIN THE AMERICAN WEST.

UTAH SITES OF BUTLER WASH: PLACE-BASED STORYTELLING WITH DESCENDANT COMMUNITIES

DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION, TRAINING AND CONSERVATION PLANNING FOR NATIONAL HERITAGE BUSANYIN SHRINE WITHIN THE OSUN OSOGBO SACRED GROVE

THE PROJECT WILL FOSTER GREATER PROTECTION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND ALONG THE ANDEAN ROAD SYSTEM THROUGH THE PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF THREE WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE 3D EXPERIENCES PRODUCED IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOCAL PARTNERS IN ECUADOR AND PERU.

NCR-NAMA: STEM ON THE MALL

RESONANT: EXPLORING CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH GAME-BASED VIRTUAL REALITY

TO AWARD US NGO CYARK FUNDS FROM THE AFCP 20TH ANNIVERSARY PARTNERSHIP PROJECT IN MEXICO TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM EXCHANGE CENTERED TRAINING IN HERITAGE SITE MANAGEMENT AND INTERPRETATION IN MEXICO CITY

TO BUILD LOCAL CAPACITY IN THE 3D DOCUMENTATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES AND PRODUCE MINI EXHIBITS FOR THE AMERICAN SPACE.

TRAINING IN THE 3D DOCUMENTATION OF CULTURAL SITES AND THE DISSEMINATION OF AUTHENTIC, COMMUNITY-CENTERED CULTURAL HERITAGE NARRATIVES

TO BUILD LOCAL CAPACITY IN THE 3D DOCUMENTATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES AND PRODUCE MINI EXHIBIT FOR AMERICAN CENTER.

TO BUILD LOCAL CAPACITY IN 3D DOCUMENTATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES AND PRODUCE MINI EXHIBITS FOR TANZANIA AMERICAN SPACES.

TO CREATE 3D DOCUMENTATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES AND PRODUCE A MINI EXHIBIT OF THE COLONIAL SUGAR MILL BOCA DE NIGUA

THE SLOAN CANYON PETROGLYPH TRAIL S 3D DOCUMENTATION AND STORYTELLING INITIATIVE AIMS TO DEEPEN PUBLICAPPRECIATION OF SLOAN CANYON AND ITS CONNECTION TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN NEVADA BYCOMPLETING 3D DOCUMENTATION AND DEVELOPING AN ONLINE TOUR ON CYARKS TAPESTRY PLATFORM. CYARK, INPARTNERSHIP WITH THE SLOAN CANYON CONSERVATION AREA STAFF, WILL ENGAGE WITH LOCAL TRIBES TO CRAFT ANEXPERIENCE REFLECTING THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON SLOAN CANYON. HOME TO OVER 300 ROCK ART PANELS AND NEARLY 1,700DESIGNS, THESE PETROGLYPHS ARE A WINDOW INTO THE LIVES OF NATIVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CALLED THIS PLACE HOME FORGENERATIONS. COLLABORATING WITH THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM) AND THOSE WITH ANCESTRAL TIES TO THESITE, CYARK WILL DOCUMENT THE PETROGLYPH TRAIL WITH LASER SCANNING AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY TO DEVELOP AHIGH-RESOLUTION 3D MODEL. THIS 3D MODEL WILL ANCHOR A VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE ENRICHED BY INTERVIEWS WITH TRIBALMEMBERS AND BLM STAFF. THE RESULT WILL BE DYNAMIC ONLINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES THAT FOSTERS A DEEPERCONNECTION TO THIS SITE. THE ONLINE COMPONENT WILL ALSO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CAN ACCESS THISSITE, GIVEN THE CHALLENGES OF IN-PERSON VISITATION. THE ACCURATE 3D DOCUMENTATION WILL SUPPORT THE BLM SONGOING CONSERVATION EFFORTS, ENSURING THE PETROGLYPHS PRESERVATION FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO INCREASE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE SHIRK RANCH HISTORIC DISTRICT THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF A 3D DOCUMENTATION STORYTELLING PROJECT. AS ONE OF THE MOST INTACT RANCH COMPLEXES DATING FROM THE LATE 1800S, THIS EXPERIENCE WILL HELP SHED LIGHT ON LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY FREE-RANGE RANCHING PRACTICES AND PROVIDE A PRIMER FOR UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY OF LAKE COUNTY. CYARK STAFF WILL TRAVEL TO THE SITE TO COMPLETE LIDAR LASER SCANNING AND DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY OF THE IDENTIFIED HISTORIC STRUCTURES TO PROVIDE THE BLM WITH HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITAL ASSETS THAT CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING INTERPRETATION OF THE SITE. WHILE ON-SITE, CYARK WILL RECORD INTERVIEWS WITH STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE LAKEVIEW FIELD OFFICE AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS IDENTIFIED BY THE BLM. FOLLOWING THE FIELD EXPEDITION, CYARK STAFF WILL PROCESS THE RESULTING 3D DATA AND COLLECTED INTERVIEWS TO PRODUCE A MOBILE-RESPONSIVE WEB EXPERIENCE THAT WILL BE MADE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC VIA CYARK.ORG. CYARK WILL WORK WITH THE BLM AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO ANNOTATE THE EXPERIENCE WITH SUPPLEMENTAL MULTIMEDIA, INCLUDING HISTORIC IMAGERY, TO SHARE THE MANY STORIES OF THIS SITE WITH THE PUBLIC. THE RESULTING MATERIALS FROM THIS COLLABORATION WILL NOT ONLY BE USED FOR EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH PURPOSES BUT WILL ALSO ADVANCE THE ABILITY OF THE BLM TO MANAGE THESE RESOURCES IN THE FUTURE AND WILL PROVIDE AN ACCURATE POINT-IN-TIME ASSESSMENT OF EACH RESOURCE.

BUFFALO BILL DAM

THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO INCREASE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEFENSIVE SITES OF DINETAHTHROUGH THE COMPLETION OF A 3D DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION AND ONLINE STORYTELLING PROJECT FEATURING NAVAJONARRATORS CYARK IS SEEKING TO PARTNER WITH THE BLM FARMINGTON FIELD OFFICE AND MEMBERS OF THE NAVAJONATION TO DEVELOP A SET OF VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES OF THE CROW CANYON PUEBLITO AND THE MAIN PANELPETROGLYPHS FOUND IN THE CROW CANYON ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISTRICT LOCATED APPROXIMATELY THIRTY MILES SOUTHEASTOF FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO, THE CROW CANYON ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISTRICT IS FOUND WITHIN DINETAH, THE TRADITIONALHOMELAND OF THE NAVAJO THE DISTRICT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT PREHISTORIC SITES INCLUDING PUEBLOSTRUCTURES, GRANARIES, AND INCREDIBLE EXAMPLES OF ROCK ART DATING FROM THE 16 18TH CENTURIES FEATURING SOMEOF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF NAVAJO PETROGLYPHS FROM THIS PERIOD IN THE SOUTHWEST, THIS SITE REMAINS INCREDIBLYIMPORTANT TO NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLES TODAY PROVIDING A CONNECTION TO THE PAST AND SHEDDING LIGHT ON THISIMPORTANT PERIOD OF HISTORY WORKING WITH THE FARMINGTON FIELD OFFICE AND DESCENDANT COMMUNITIES, CYAKWILL DIGITALLY DOCUMENT THE CROW CANYON PUEBLITO AND THE MAIN PANEL PETROGLYPHS WHICH WILL RESULT INPHOTO REALISTIC 3D MODELS WHICH WILL BE USED AS THE FOUNDATION FOR TWO VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES THE ONLINEEXPERIENCES WILL BE PUBLISHED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND NAVAJO AND WILL BE NARRATED BY MEMBERS OF THE NAVAJONATION IDENTIFIED BY THE BLM FARMINGTON OFFICE THE VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES WILL RESULT IN COMPELLING ONLINERESOURCES THAT WILL BE USED FOR EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH PURPOSES WHILE THE UNDERLYING 3D DATA WILL ALSOADVANCE THE ABILITY OF THE BLM TO MANAGE THESE RESOURCES IN THE FUTURE

BLM UTAH DIGITALLY DOCUMENTING THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES AT MULE CANYON

CYARK FOUNDATION WILL USE EXISTING MEDIA FROM THREE PROJECTS IN MEXICO AND 22 FROM OTHER COUNTRIES TO PRODUCE STORIES FOR THE GOOGLE ARTS & CULTURE PLATFORM.

EXPANDING AND REDESIGNING OPEN HERITAGE 3D

REDISCOVERING HONOULIULI: EXPLORING JAPANESE AMERICAN CONFINEMENT THROUGH STUDENT NARRATIVES AND DIGITAL

ONLINE ACCESS TO CULTURAL HERITAGE CONTENT AND DATA

USING TECHNOLOGY TO BRING PARKS TO PEOPLE

PRESERVING HERITAGE WITH LOW COST DOCUMENTATION

THIS PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MISSION CRITICAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE WORK AT NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SITES PERFORMED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRAINING CENTER, SPECIFICALLY AT MINIDOKA NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, BY DOCUMENTING CARPENTRY AND OTHER STRUCTURAL REPAIRS TAKING PLACE ON THIS HIGH-PRIORITY, FACILITY MAINTENANCE PROJECT. WORK WILL CONTRIBUTE TO PRESERVING HISTORIC STRUCTURES IN ORDER TO INCREASE VISITOR ACCESS AND IMPROVE SITE DOCUMENTATION.

SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION OF TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR APPROX. 20 SLOVAK YOUNG ADULTS ON DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY.

CYARK WILL PROVIDE STEAM WORKSHOP FOR PROFESSIONALS AT FUNDACION WIESE, NGO THAT MANAGES EL BRUJO SITE. PROGRAM WILL RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE SITE THROUGH THE PUBLICATION OF AN INTERACTIVE 3D TOUR.

PROVIDE PARTIAL FUNDING FOR TWO U.S. ACADEMICS TO TRAVEL TO RAPA NUI TO CONTINUE RESEARCH ON EROSION OF THE PATRIMONIAL SITES ON THE ISLAND.

EL MORRO NATIONAL MONUMENT HISTORIC ROCK INSCRIPTIONS AND PETROGLYPHS WEBSITE

CYARK AIMS TO COLLABORATE WITH BLM IN COLORADO TO DEEPEN APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF PAINTED HAND PUEBLO BY DEVELOPING A VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE FOR DISPLAY AT THE CANYONS OF THE ANCIENTS MUSEUM. BUILT ON CYARK S TAPESTRY PLATFORM, THIS IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE WILL ENABLE BOTH ON-SITE AND REMOTE VISITORS TO EXPLORE THE SITE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT ITS CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE THROUGH PERSONAL NARRATIVES. PAINTED HAND PUEBLO IS A VITAL LINK TO THE ANCESTRAL CONNECTIONS AND TRADITIONS OF NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES WHO CONTINUE TO HOLD STRONG TIES TO THIS LANDSCAPE. IN CREATING THIS VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE, CYARK WILL INTEGRATE EXISTING DIGITAL RESOURCES SUCH AS AERIAL LANDSCAPE MAPPING, LIDAR DATA, AND BLM INTERPRETATIVE MATERIALS, ALONGSIDE NEWLY ACQUIRED PHOTOGRAMMETRY OF THE SITE AND INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS. DURING THEIR VISIT TO THE SITE, CYARK WILL ENGAGE WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, CONDUCT PHOTOGRAMMETRY, AND GENERATE PHOTO-REALISTIC 3D MODELS TO BE UTILIZED IN THE VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE. ADDITIONALLY, THEY WILL INTERVIEW BLM STAFF AND AFFILIATED TRIBAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, RESULTING IN A COMPELLING ONLINE RESOURCE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH PURPOSES. BEYOND ITS INTERPRETATIVE VALUE, THE UNDERLYING 3D DATA FEATURING ACCURATE COLOR AND TEXTURE INFORMATION WILL ALSO HELP BLM MORE EFFECTIVELY MANAGE THESE INVALUABLE RESOURCES IN THE FUTURE.

SUPPORT THE EXTRA FUNDING TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL COST OF LODGING, MEALS AND INCIDENTALS AND COVID-19 TESTING EXPENSES FOR THREE (3) EMPLOYEES DURING SEVEN (7) DAYS QUARANTINE PERIOD

COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAMS RESOURCES OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

DIGITAL PRESERVATION AND VIRTUALIZATION OF FORT BROWN