The Dispersed Chinese Art Digitization Project (DCADP) supports the collaboration between two teams of art historians at the University of Chicago and Xi’an Jiaotong University to heal history through the preservation and virtual unification of dispersed Chinese artifacts.  The resulting digital database of scanned 3-D objects will afford not only art historians but also ordinary people the opportunity to learn and appreciate the rich history behind the reconstructed art pieces. 

Through the systematic approach of restoring fragments of Chinese cultural sites, the DCADP team seeks to increase and promote global understanding of China’s cultural heritage. The reconstruction of these sites will be accompanied by conferences, exhibitions, and publications that explore the significance of traditional Chinese artistic and cultural sites in contemporary global contexts.