Digital Humanities Researcher | Visual Culture | Heritage Interfaces
Radhika Suresh
Digital Humanities · IIT Jodhpur Digital heritage · Visual culture · Interface theory · Born-digital archives
I am a doctoral researcher at Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur working on a PhD in Digital Humanities. My research looks into what transpires when sacred visual art is brought into the digital medium, specifically, how Kerala mural paintings are transformed when encountered through screens, interfaces, and immersive digital environments rather than through the bodily, spatial experience of being inside a temple.
I am not only a theoretician but also a practitioner. The Kerala Mural Archive that I have been developing is a born digital archive where emphasis has been placed on multilingualism, cultural context, and sustainability. Apart from this, I have also developed and evaluated various immersive formats for engaging with digital heritage, including 360° virtual tours. In other words, my research engages with questions in visual/media studies, digital heritage, interface theory, and issues related to remediation and aura among others.
This site provides an overview of my research, projects, and writings.
WHAT yOU WILL FIND HERE
Research.
Blog.
Portfolio.
Visual Essays.
Thoughts.
Ongoing Research
Murals and Digitality
An ongoing research project examining how Kerala mural paintings transform when encountered through digital media.
Rather than treating the mural as a static image, the project considers the conditions of viewing and how these shift when translated into digital forms.
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Explore the different strands of my work—research, projects, writing, and visual documentation—each tracing a part of an ongoing inquiry into murals, digital culture, and perception.