For my final project I unfortunately was unable to work on one of the larger group projects, so instead I took inspiration from one of the Carleton Archives images and researched the history surrounding Dacie Moses House. I noticed that… Continue Reading
While mentioned in the Humanities Data Lab, we haven’t had the opportunity to use Timeline JS in class yet. It is one of my personal favorite tools for humanities assignments having used it both high school and at Carleton. The… Continue Reading
For my midterm I made a small Omeka exhibit depicting some of Andy Warhol’s works from 1950-1955 here.
From what we learned in class I believe web mapping to be an incredibly powerful tool that has numerous applications, but from my experience I believe using ArcGIS for historic maps could be very interesting. With the points, lines and… Continue Reading
The process of referencing a historic map onto a larger world map changed my perspective on the development of digital humanities projects that deal with spatial problems because while I was tediously marking the small corners of Pennsylvania it gave… Continue Reading
The Republic of Letters is a massive project that looks at the correspondence of different historic figures throughout time, anywhere from Galileo to Benjamin Franklin. I chose to focus on the circulation of Benjamin Franklin’s papers throughout Europe (from 1757-1775)… Continue Reading
Although the signup process was a bit of a hassle, once I got into WordPress and started playing around, I thoroughly enjoyed setting up my own website. I have a decent amount of experience working in Shopify and found WordPress… Continue Reading
I am vehemently in favor of everyone learning to understand on a basic level how code works and the fundamentals of coding, not just digital humanists. However, since the humanities now so closely linked with many disciplines, computer science included,… Continue Reading
The Virtual Angkor project is a virtual rendering of the ancient Khmer city of Ankor created by Monash University’s SensiLab collaborating with archaeologists, historians and virtual history specialists from around the globe. Intended to be an educational tool for history… Continue Reading
In doing the work of creating and utilizing digital tools for better digital humanities projects, shouldn’t we also be engaging the humanities themselves? Moya Z. Bailey, “All the Digital Humanists Are White, All the Nerds Are Men, but Some of… Continue Reading
