ADH 10.0 — HIST 428

Category: hist 428

  • Week 3 Update

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    Cora H.
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    Snow week! More like ice week but tomato/tomatoe (I’m changing the spelling 🙂 ). We are brainstorming the project and the contract. I think our goal of 10 images per decade is doable, and I’m curious as to what we will find during our research.

  • Week 2 Update

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    Cora H.
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    This week’s blog assignment makes me excited and nervous about our website design. Thankfully, we have Abby, who is an amazing web designer and can answer all our questions and squash our fears! I’m not sure if our goals are too ambitious,…

  • Week 1 Update

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    Not much to say about the website but I’m excited to start the project!

  • Week 12 Update!

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    Project is in! It was a rocky finish, but it was done! I have a much stronger appreciation for digital archivists now, and I really want Devil-Goat Day to bring back the event’s fun and whimsy. Like banana relays and all of the organized sports …

  • Week 12 update: project in

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    Initial project is in! Our group began founding more material close to the deadline, which was a huge relief after our initial collection for some decades. Still no content for the 90s, but I’m hoping alumni will reach out. Social media is still going strong, and I will continue to blog in the following weeks…

  • 04/02 Update

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    The project is moving along, yet I am getting a little concerned with the deadline approaching. We are realizing that we may not have 10 images of reach decade, but we talked to Dr.McClurken and will defend our reasoning and adjustments after the proj…

  • Impact of digital history and AI

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    Ben B.
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    Sources: Cameron Blevins, Digital Histories Perpetual Future Tense Sheila Brennan, Public, First Jeffrey McClurken, Archive 2.0 Cameron Blevins Digital History and the Civil War Era The Digital in the Humanities: An Interview with Sharon M. Leon Guidelines on the Professional Evaluation of Digital Scholarship by Historians, 2015 Guidelines for Broadening the Definition of Historical Scholarship,…

  • 03/26 Assignment

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    Cora H.
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    At first, as with anything new, there was excitement about the opportunities and possibilities that digital tools in history and archival work would bring. Students would have access to great swaths of archives for research, and professors can readily…

  • Digital Portfolio

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    Benjamin Berger-Relave now_and_ben@icloud.com 571-992-7912 I’m a senior at the University of Mary Washington, majoring in Historic Preservation with a minor in Digital Studies. I’m focused primarily on video projects, with an interest in how stories take shape through editing and visual structure. My portfolio also includes web design work that complements and enhances the way…

  • Blog 9: Digital Identity

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    Sites looked at: Taylor Malone Layla McGovern Danah Boyd Rebecca Wingo Bonnie Stewart Depending on our audience, context, and platform, we shift the way we present ourselves to fit the situational needs. On a higher level, these shifting factors contribute to a general image of our online presence. Authenticity online or “who we are” does…