Presenting “ReImagining the Past: Immersive Visit to Al-Jazirah Al-Hamra” at AMPS: Connections (University of Kent, June 2020) positioned my research within a rigorously interdisciplinary forum connecting architecture, heritage, media, and design. The Kent edition of the Architecture, Media, Politics, Society (AMPS) conference convened scholars and practitioners from across these domains and was held virtually due to the pandemic—an ideal setting for sharing practice-based work and exchanging methods with archivists, curators, technologists, and educators.

My contribution focused on a program of AR/VR prototyping that documents and reinterprets the historic pearling village of Al-Jazirah Al-Hamra through photogrammetry, point-cloud aesthetics, and experimental documentary techniques. Developed with support from an AUS Faculty Research Grant (EFRG), the project explored how immersive tools can visualize disappearing heritage and invite critical engagement with memory and place. The presentation was delivered as a recorded talk, now publicly accessible via the AMPS YouTube channel, providing an ongoing resource for teaching and peer exchange beyond the conference itself.

The project’s visibility was strengthened through the AMPS + Intellect Books publication network, which recognized it with the Mediated City Award (2020). Conference outputs were also archived in the AMPS Proceedings Series, ensuring long-term accessibility and citation pathways for future research. Together, these channels transformed a single presentation into a lasting scholarly contribution, deepening collaborations around Gulf heritage, digital preservation, and immersive media design.

Watch presentation on AMPS YouTube channel