In class, what I did not realize was that the historical map shows only a part of the world, not the whole world. It’s only when I was georeferencing for this assignment that I figured this out. Another thing that… Continue Reading
The project that I looked at is this: http://homestead.unl.edu/projects/homesteading-the-plains/ Here are my answers to some of the questions on the assignment prompt: •What are the nodes and what are the edges? In this network, the nodes are the homesteaders 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
Here is the map that I worked on. The map that I chose to use for this assignment is a map of the whole world. While it is similarly set up to the one on the David Ramsey Map Collection… Continue Reading
Abstraction is a modern art type that boomed in the early 1900s, sweeping across media forms like painting, photography, and sculpture. Pioneers of the field like Pablo Picasso or Francis Picabia, deeply connected to their communities as artists, held tremendous… Continue Reading
(just a small and irrelevant psa to announce that I will no longer be using orange font on all of my blog posts. This is sad but it had to happen 🙁 Thank you Austin for pointing me towards WAVE,… 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
Howdy! My name is Adam Kamp and I have a brand new, shiny, slightly basic blog! Hopefully I’ll spruce it up and use it in the future <3
I chose “Mapping Prejudice” from the University of Minnesota for this blog post. This project is a coalition of historians, geographers, digital humanists, and activists who are looking to “expose structural racism.” There is obviously a message being sent by… Continue Reading
“There is a need to address the complexities of globalization, colonization, and the alienated labor of people of color in the production of technology that advances digital scholarship practices that they will not be able to access or directly benefit… Continue Reading
