Heather Smith
@digitalsoundscapes.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in history @utoronto.ca | early modern festivals and military history |Sound Studies and DH | Singer | Coordinator, Digital Soundscapes Project @decimauot.bsky.social | She/her
Website: https://heathernsmith.com/
Website: https://heathernsmith.com/
I had the privilege of presenting my work in this beautiful room today at the CRRS (Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies') Early Modern Celebration! It was a great day of dynamic talks across disciplines. Thanks to @lauraingalli.bsky.social for being a fantastic panel chair!
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I had the privilege of presenting my work in this beautiful room today at the CRRS (Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies') Early Modern Celebration! It was a great day of dynamic talks across disciplines. Thanks to @lauraingalli.bsky.social for being a fantastic panel chair!
Obsessed with these 3D beaded earrings my talented and brilliant friend, @writingmedieval.bsky.social, made for me for my birthday! I'm very lucky to have such thoughtful and kind friends and colleagues.
July 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Obsessed with these 3D beaded earrings my talented and brilliant friend, @writingmedieval.bsky.social, made for me for my birthday! I'm very lucky to have such thoughtful and kind friends and colleagues.
Swaddle, but make it chic.
June 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Swaddle, but make it chic.
It really does make my day when I find the trumpeters in my archival documents.
May 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It really does make my day when I find the trumpeters in my archival documents.
Happy election day, Canadians! Please vote! 🇨🇦
April 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Happy election day, Canadians! Please vote! 🇨🇦
Two of my most impressive Digital Soundscapes Project students from Brock University told me tonight that they have rolled out a game that has over 30,000 downloads on Steam! Check it out; it's super cool and free! QR code below for more free content. store.steampowered.com/app/3177380/.... #DH
April 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Two of my most impressive Digital Soundscapes Project students from Brock University told me tonight that they have rolled out a game that has over 30,000 downloads on Steam! Check it out; it's super cool and free! QR code below for more free content. store.steampowered.com/app/3177380/.... #DH
Amazing talk by Professor Julia Rombough happening next week at the University of Toronto and over Zoom next week on Thursday, March 13!! (Details below) @decimauot.bsky.social @writingmedieval.bsky.social @crosehistorian.bsky.social #earlymodern
March 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Amazing talk by Professor Julia Rombough happening next week at the University of Toronto and over Zoom next week on Thursday, March 13!! (Details below) @decimauot.bsky.social @writingmedieval.bsky.social @crosehistorian.bsky.social #earlymodern
To add or not to add audio of myself singing a 17th c Giulio Caccini song into a very chaotic festival soundscape for my dissertation? These are the questions I face. 🤣
February 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
To add or not to add audio of myself singing a 17th c Giulio Caccini song into a very chaotic festival soundscape for my dissertation? These are the questions I face. 🤣
My Winter Wonderland-themed cake for this year! Happy holidays to all who are celebrating! 🩵❄️☃️
December 26, 2024 at 12:14 AM
My Winter Wonderland-themed cake for this year! Happy holidays to all who are celebrating! 🩵❄️☃️
Excited for SCSC here in Toronto later this week! Myself and my colleague, Charlotte Clarke, will be giving talks at our DH Panel: "Echoes of Power: Digital Approaches to Sound and Politics in Early Modern Italy." We'd love to see you there if you have space in your program! #earlymodern #SCSC
October 28, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Excited for SCSC here in Toronto later this week! Myself and my colleague, Charlotte Clarke, will be giving talks at our DH Panel: "Echoes of Power: Digital Approaches to Sound and Politics in Early Modern Italy." We'd love to see you there if you have space in your program! #earlymodern #SCSC
Pretty cool find at the market in Piazza Ognissanti!
June 8, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Pretty cool find at the market in Piazza Ognissanti!
Took a slight detour on my way out of the Archivio di Stato di Firenze today and happened upon this! I find it extra cool that it's a reconstruction made of temporary materials (ie. cardboard) of an ephemeral festival monument.
June 5, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Took a slight detour on my way out of the Archivio di Stato di Firenze today and happened upon this! I find it extra cool that it's a reconstruction made of temporary materials (ie. cardboard) of an ephemeral festival monument.
Could not resist doing the Ferris Bueller-style zoom in on this painting while at the Art Institute of Chicago.
March 22, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Could not resist doing the Ferris Bueller-style zoom in on this painting while at the Art Institute of Chicago.
For our January newsletter, I had the pleasure of being interviewed for a project spotlight on the DECIMA Digital Soundscapes Project!
@decimauot.bsky.social, @writingmedieval.bsky.social @crosehistorian.bsky.social
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@decimauot.bsky.social, @writingmedieval.bsky.social @crosehistorian.bsky.social
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January 17, 2024 at 2:00 AM
For our January newsletter, I had the pleasure of being interviewed for a project spotlight on the DECIMA Digital Soundscapes Project!
@decimauot.bsky.social, @writingmedieval.bsky.social @crosehistorian.bsky.social
Subscribe to DECIMA News at decima-map.net/decima-commu....
#earlymodern
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@decimauot.bsky.social, @writingmedieval.bsky.social @crosehistorian.bsky.social
Subscribe to DECIMA News at decima-map.net/decima-commu....
#earlymodern
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January 4, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Pretty proud of this cake I made for Christmas this year! I quickly discovered that lollipops are a challenge, but eventually got it after a few trial batches! All my respect to people who can hand pour circular lollipops.
December 25, 2023 at 7:14 PM
Pretty proud of this cake I made for Christmas this year! I quickly discovered that lollipops are a challenge, but eventually got it after a few trial batches! All my respect to people who can hand pour circular lollipops.
Brock U students have been doing a wonderful job modeling this 1732 Livorno food monument for the DECIMA Digital Soundscapes project! The model is based on festival sources and drawing by Marcus Tuscher, and is geolocated to DECIMA's 3D arcGIS layer using a very cool ArcGIS SDK for UE5. #earlymodern
December 20, 2023 at 5:27 PM
Brock U students have been doing a wonderful job modeling this 1732 Livorno food monument for the DECIMA Digital Soundscapes project! The model is based on festival sources and drawing by Marcus Tuscher, and is geolocated to DECIMA's 3D arcGIS layer using a very cool ArcGIS SDK for UE5. #earlymodern
Continually amazed by the skill level and talent of our DECIMA Digital Soundscapes Project RAs! This 1560 Medici festival arch model, modelled by Jamie Wong, is part of a much larger processional scene in Unreal Engine 5 for my digital dissertation! Interactive model at: skfb.ly/oOw8F.
December 6, 2023 at 5:52 PM
Continually amazed by the skill level and talent of our DECIMA Digital Soundscapes Project RAs! This 1560 Medici festival arch model, modelled by Jamie Wong, is part of a much larger processional scene in Unreal Engine 5 for my digital dissertation! Interactive model at: skfb.ly/oOw8F.
"Smooth" instantly brings back high school dance flashbacks.
November 8, 2023 at 12:05 AM
"Smooth" instantly brings back high school dance flashbacks.
Every time I wear these gorgeous orange tree earrings that @writingmedieval.bsky.social made me for my birthday, they brighten my day.
November 7, 2023 at 10:26 PM
Every time I wear these gorgeous orange tree earrings that @writingmedieval.bsky.social made me for my birthday, they brighten my day.