Panoramic and Immersive Media Studies Yearbook

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Panoramic and Immersive Media Studies Yearbook

Edited by: Molly C. Briggs , Thorsten Logge and Nicholas C. Lowe
Funded by: Universität Hamburg

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2025

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Volume 2 | Panoramic and Immersive Media Studies Yearbook

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The PIMS Yearbook is the annual yearbook of the International Panorama Council (IPC, Switzerland). It surveys the historical and contemporary landscape of panoramic and immersive media. Whereas the notion of the panoramic describes extensive, expansive and/or all-embracing vistas, immersion refers to porous interfaces between representation and the real, observer and observed, nature and culture, and past, present, and future. Together, the concepts of panorama and immersion have catalyzed time- and space-bending strategies for creating, experiencing, and transforming culture, ideas, and built and social space across the arc of human history.
The PIMS Yearbook presents a range of disciplinary perspectives with the understanding that methodologies in the humanities, the arts, the sciences, design disciplines, social sciences, engineering, and other fi elds contribute important perspectives to the interdisciplinary fi eld of panoramic and immersive media studies.
The IPC is the international organization of panorama specialists committed to supporting the heritage and conservation of extant nineteenth and early-twentieth century panoramas, and promoting awareness of the medium’s history, derivative forms, and contemporary iterations. As a non-government and not-for-profit association subject to Swiss law, the IPC is active in the fi elds of panorama research, restoration, financing, management, exhibition, and marketing. The PIMS Yearbook succeeds the International Panorama Council Journal, a selected proceedings of the annual conferences of the IPC, published 2017–2023.

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Thorsten Logge, Universität Hamburg, Germany; Nicholas C. Lowe; School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA; Molly C. Briggs, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA.

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Contents
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Frontmatter
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PIMS Yearbook Editorial Board
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Call for the PIMS Yearbook, volume 3, 2026
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1 Scholarly Essays
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Introduction
1
Liz Crooks and Melissa Wolfe

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Henry “Box” Brown’s Reflection of Slavery and the American Landscape: Reconstructing the Moving Panorama Mirror of Slavery
7
Rachel Burke

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Slabs of White: Panoramic Whales and Photographic Guano in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
37
Conor Lauesen

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2 Forum
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Introduction: Context and Conversation in Panoramic and Immersive Media Studies
77
Molly C. Briggs, Thorsten Logge and Nicholas C. Lowe

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Beyond the Global Gaze: Celebrating Planetarium Diversity and Shaping a Spherical Worldview on Their Centennial
81
Adela-Iuliana Negustor

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“Panoramas” in East Asia
93
Richard A. Pegg

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The History of Chinese Panoramas Began with a Visit to the Panorama of the Battle of Racławice
105
Mgr Beata Stragierowicz

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3 Reprints
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Introduction: How a Great Battle Panorama is Made
111
Molly C. Briggs, Thorsten Logge and Nicholas C. Lowe

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How a Great Battle Panorama is Made
117
Theodore R. Davis

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4 Restoration, Management, and Field Reports
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Introduction: Restoring, Reconstructing and Reviving Historic Panoramas
135
Gabriele Koller and Patrick Deicher

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The Bourbaki Panorama and the Challenges of Restoring the Optical Apparatus
139
Christian Marty

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The Racławice Panorama and its Two Counterparts: Reconstruction in the Process of Panorama Revitalization
153
Ryszard Wójtowicz

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The Panorama of the Battle of the Yser at Nieuwpoort: How One of the War Heritage Institute’s War Panoramas is Presented in a New Permanent World War I Exhibition in Westfront Nieuwpoort, Belgium
165
Vera Bras

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The Chicago Fire Cyclorama Reimagined: A Prototype for Immersive, Object-based Storytelling
177
Carl Smith and Geoffrey Alan Rhodes

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5 Visual and Creative Essays
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Introduction: Immersive Empires, Expansive Texts
191
Ruby Carlson and Sara Velas

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Men Arrived on Horseback (Boas)
195
Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer

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A Façade on a Façade: The Necessity of Universal Studios’ Immersive Fictions
201
Megan Koester

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Lens, Light, Mirror: Various Experiences Made with an Overhead Projector
211
Ursula Brookbank

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Panorama Poem
223
Blagovesta Momchedjikova

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The Multidimensional Living Manifesto
231
Jeffrey Ose Ohuaregbe

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The Wilderness Shall Blossom as the Rose
237
Matilda Bathurst

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Panorama: IPC 2024 Post-Conference Tour
247
Tonia Ramogida

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6 International Panorama Council Conference Report & Papers
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Panoramas as Memory of the World: Perspectives from the 33rd IPC Conference Hosts
259
Tonia Ramogida, Daniel Jaquet and Sarah Kenderdine

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Short History of the Swiss and International Panorama Initiatives and Ideas Regarding UNESCO
273
Patrick Deicher

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Charles A. Chase and the Electric Cyclorama
281
Suzanne Wray

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The Nova Tuskhut: A Walk-in Archive of “Arctic” Things
289
Ruby Carlson, Sara Velas and Weiling Deng

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An Archaeology of Time and Memory in Panoptic Media
311
Rod Bantjes

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Verlangen naar de verte / Longing for the Distance—Reflections on My Solo Exhibition at Museum Panorama Mesdag in The Hague, 2023
323
Ulrike Heydenreich

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Illustrating a New Memory: Panorama Key and Virtual Tour for the exhibition Panorama of Congo
335
Chiara Masiero Sgrinzatto

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Redefining Perception of Cultural Heritage: Extending Reality with 3D Models, VR, AI, and Gaming Technology
355
Karolina Wójtowicz

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7 Reviews
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7 Reviews
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Interview—Exposing Contrasts: A Conversation With Matthew G. Stanard on the Panorama of Congo and Belgian Colonial Propaganda
415
Victor Flores and Linda King

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Book Review— The Panorama of the Battle of Racławice and its Two Counterparts by Ryszard Wójtowicz
433
Gabriele Koller

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Book Review—Sacred Spaces of New England: Cultural Heritage and the Panorama by Seth Thompson
441
Blagovesta Momchedjikova

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Exhibition Catalog Review—On the Spot: Panoramic Gaze on Istanbul, A History
447
Andrew J. Reading

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8 Call for the 2025 Conference
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The World at a Glance: Panoramic and Peep Technologies
451

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Material culture studies; Media archeology; Nineteenth-century popular media; Public history

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Academics with a Focus on Material culture studies, Media archaeology as well as popular culture; artists and designers

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Panoramic and Immersive Media Studies Yearbook

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About this book

Author / Editor information

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Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

Frontmatter

PIMS Yearbook Editorial Board

Call for the PIMS Yearbook, volume 3, 2026

Introduction

Henry “Box” Brown’s Reflection of Slavery and the American Landscape: Reconstructing the Moving Panorama Mirror of Slavery

Slabs of White: Panoramic Whales and Photographic Guano in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

Introduction: Context and Conversation in Panoramic and Immersive Media Studies

Beyond the Global Gaze: Celebrating Planetarium Diversity and Shaping a Spherical Worldview on Their Centennial

“Panoramas” in East Asia

The History of Chinese Panoramas Began with a Visit to the Panorama of the Battle of Racławice

Introduction: How a Great Battle Panorama is Made

How a Great Battle Panorama is Made

Introduction: Restoring, Reconstructing and Reviving Historic Panoramas

The Bourbaki Panorama and the Challenges of Restoring the Optical Apparatus

The Racławice Panorama and its Two Counterparts: Reconstruction in the Process of Panorama Revitalization

The Panorama of the Battle of the Yser at Nieuwpoort: How One of the War Heritage Institute’s War Panoramas is Presented in a New Permanent World War I Exhibition in Westfront Nieuwpoort, Belgium

The Chicago Fire Cyclorama Reimagined: A Prototype for Immersive, Object-based Storytelling

Introduction: Immersive Empires, Expansive Texts

Men Arrived on Horseback (Boas)

A Façade on a Façade: The Necessity of Universal Studios’ Immersive Fictions

Lens, Light, Mirror: Various Experiences Made with an Overhead Projector

Panorama Poem

The Multidimensional Living Manifesto

The Wilderness Shall Blossom as the Rose

Panorama: IPC 2024 Post-Conference Tour

Panoramas as Memory of the World: Perspectives from the 33rd IPC Conference Hosts

Short History of the Swiss and International Panorama Initiatives and Ideas Regarding UNESCO

Charles A. Chase and the Electric Cyclorama

The Nova Tuskhut: A Walk-in Archive of “Arctic” Things

An Archaeology of Time and Memory in Panoptic Media

Verlangen naar de verte / Longing for the Distance—Reflections on My Solo Exhibition at Museum Panorama Mesdag in The Hague, 2023

Illustrating a New Memory: Panorama Key and Virtual Tour for the exhibition Panorama of Congo

Redefining Perception of Cultural Heritage: Extending Reality with 3D Models, VR, AI, and Gaming Technology

7 Reviews

Interview—Exposing Contrasts: A Conversation With Matthew G. Stanard on the Panorama of Congo and Belgian Colonial Propaganda

Book Review— The Panorama of the Battle of Racławice and its Two Counterparts by Ryszard Wójtowicz

Book Review—Sacred Spaces of New England: Cultural Heritage and the Panorama by Seth Thompson

Exhibition Catalog Review—On the Spot: Panoramic Gaze on Istanbul, A History

The World at a Glance: Panoramic and Peep Technologies

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