The Panel ‘Bridging Dimensions: Conceptualising, Developing and Exploring 3D Scholarly Editions’ was organised in the context of Digital Humanities Benelux 2025 by Costas Papadopoulos, Susan Schreibman, Kelly Gillikin Schoueri Tim van der Heijden, Chiara Piccoli and Louise Tharandt.

This panel explores the idea and creation of 3D Digital Scholarly Editions. We define 3D Scholarly Editions as knowledge sites (Apollon et al., 2014; Driscoll and Pierazzo, 2016; Pierazzo, 2015; Sutherland, 1997) with a 3D model at its centre which is contextualised and annotated multimodally (text, images, video as well as other models) allowing the apparatus to be displayed and read in the same information space as the model. The 3D model at the centre of the edition can be an individual object (e.g. a sculpture, scientific or cultural artefact, or even a toy), or a complex scene including archaeological sites or cityscapes. The panel will focus on 3D Scholarly Editions (Papadopoulos and Schreibman, 2019; Schreibman and Papadopoulos, 2019) created within PURE3D (https://pure3d.eu/), the national Dutch infrastructure for the publication and preservation of 3D scholarship.

The first presentation will explore the conceptual underpinnings and affordances of the PURE3D infrastructure. Subsequent presentations will focus on editions developed for different audiences (scholarly, educational, public), as well as the training involved in creating these knowledge sites. Panel members will reflect on how creating and communicating these editions bring insights into
the object, event, or historical space, enabling, not only new approaches to 3D scholarship, but also fostering different ways of engaging diverse audiences. Ultimately, the presentations aim to demonstrate the transformative potential of 3D scholarship in bridging dimensions – connecting past and present, virtual and material, and scholarly and public domains. The panel includes 10-minute presentations per paper, so there is enough time for discussion among the panellists and the audience at the end. During the presentations, panellists will share examples of 3D scholarly editions via links or QR-codes to further stimulate audience engagement.

The panel abstract can be accessed here: Bridging Dimensions_DHBenelux2025_panel