In creating virtual models of the Government Houses erected by the British in the various capital cities under their colonial rule, TAS set out to 'render visible' the means by which dominant narratives get established as such. A first step was to make the centuries-old stones of monumental historical buildings more accessible by transforming them into virtual models to be digitally handled by researchers.
We will be examining both the unique architectonic features of this set of buildings as well as selected artefacts that have all been meanwhile 'annotated' by the TAS team using historical resources. This archival information draws attention to the 'invention of tradition' (Hobsbawm & Ranger) necessitated by the demands of maintaining foreign rule; it thus shows how effectively the grand narrative that was being spun for both British posterity, as well as colonized society, was withdrawn from scrutiny. |
