Insights from the readings in the Pedagogy module stress the importance of integrating digital tools within the humanities and in the classroom. For instance, Clarie Batterhill and Shawna Ross remark in Using Digital History in the Classroom that “Because digital technologies are increasingly central to the way we do our work as humanists, we all… Continue reading Pedagogy
Week 6: Digital Storytelling
This week, we engaged with a lot of different examples of digital storytelling methods historians have used to engage audiences. In our class discussion, we debated storytelling versus history and the pros and cons of linear versus non-linear storytelling. I listened to “The Balance” the first episode of the Worlds Turned Upside Down by Dr.… Continue reading Week 6: Digital Storytelling
Week 5: Historical GIS
I had some experience creating digital mapping projects with ARCGIS in various projects for my Master’s degree. I really enjoyed working with the software as a visual interpretive compliment to historical-based exhibits. The last time I worked with those tools was over three years ago, so I was really looking forward to the prospect of… Continue reading Week 5: Historical GIS
Week 4: Digital Exhibits
Clio Blog Week 4 Digital Exhibits and Copyright As I’ve referenced in numerous blogs this semester, I have a strong public history background working on both physical and digital public history exhibits. Many of the ideas we discussed in our readings, particularly copyright, are relevant not just for working within digital exhibits, but also for… Continue reading Week 4: Digital Exhibits
Week 3: Project and Data Management
Over the course of my academic and professional career, I developed a lot of practical project management skills. Breaking down big projects into manageable tasks allowed me to accomplish an inventory of hundreds of paintings, crafting exhibit labels for a public history exhibit, and turning my master’s thesis into a published article. More importantly, none… Continue reading Week 3: Project and Data Management
Module 2: Data, Digitization, and Ethics
Digitizing historic collections has been a core throughline of my professional career. In my first internship, I spent a summer in the archives at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania transcribing nineteenth century files of Philadelphia’s earliest orphanage. For two years, I worked at the James A. Michener Art Museum and coordinated object photography and cleaned… Continue reading Module 2: Data, Digitization, and Ethics
Module 1: What is Digital History?
Over the course of this semester, I am excited to learn more about Digital History and the technology that makes this work possible. In my MA program, I had opportunities to create digital exhibits using ARCGIS StoryMaps. One of these exhibits, “Unnatural Contest:” Jotham Bemus and the American Revolution, told the story of the arrest… Continue reading Module 1: What is Digital History?
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