February 2012
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Check out Next Exit History, a great example of... →
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Tomorrow officially kicks off THATCamp Florida...
I am looking forward to learning more about omeka, GIS, the RICHES mosaic interface and so many other great resources!
Eichmann exhibit gives glimpse of Israel's Mossad.... →
January 2012
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Sue Hwang: What makes Archives and Archivists... →
suehwang:
Look what I found! A list of facts (that’s right, facts, because everything is true) explaining what makes archives and archivists special.
1. Archives have wonderful treasures – one of a kind, original documents that won’t be found anywhere else. 2. Archivists take care of Archives – and have…
History Matters - Alexandra M. Lord →
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"If students fail to see their own histories as...
Mooney-Melvin, Patricia. “”Professional Historians and the Challenge of Redefinition”.” In “Public History: Essays from the Field”, James B. Gardner and Peter S. LaPaglia, 17. Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2006.
I love this quote.
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December 2011
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“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.”
– Winston Churchill (via colormyskies)
Simply History.: Can you Define Public History? →
solastyear:
Is it a(n) ideology? methodology? movement? approach?
These two articles show the problems that have arisen when people have tried to define ‘public history’. It isn’t easy to define, but maybe thats what makes it so great.
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Libraries and Museums Become Hands-On Learning... →
realcleverscience:
infoneer-pulse:
Earlier this month, we covered the Fayetteville Free Library‘s new Fab Lab, the public library’s plans to build a “makerspace” where library patrons could gain hands-on experience using 3D printers and other tools and could take programming and “shop” classes.
It’s part of a larger movement to rethink and re-imagine what a public library will look like and...
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An article sent by my mother on creating a Social... →
A debate on Archives and Archival Education
awesomearchives:
You Ought to be Ashamed is a blog dedicated to archival students and the market we will be dealing with. They just came out with a series of posts on the value of an MLIS.
How to become an archivist in ten short years: take one.
In defense of the MLS (Sort of)
I suggest the whole blog, though it is a little depressing.
November 2011
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The Friends of the Student Museum facebook page is... →
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The new website Anne has been working on for the... →
October 2011
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Social Media and the Sanford Student Museum
For my project, Anne Ladyem and I have joined with the Sanford Student Museum to incorporate digital elements into their efforts to save the museum. The museum, erected in 1902 and originally used as Sanford’s grammar schoolhouse into the 1980’s, is a registered historic landmark. However, since 2009 the museum has been listed as one of the nation’s most endangered historic...
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Placing History and the Use of GIS for...
The reading for this week, Placing History, focuses on the development and emerging use of GIS to illustrate geography in the context of history. I think this tool is extremely useful and can really utilize the advantages of new technology and media that is available to us today.
For my RICHES project I will be working in conjunction with the Sanford Student Museum project alongside...
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words: sometimes mine: A great read for you... →
kelswal:
No More Plan B
“For all the innovation in the subjects and methods of history, the goal of the training remains the same: to produce more professors; the unchanged language of supervisors and students reflects this. We tell students that there are “alternatives” to academic careers. We warn…
September 2011
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carl5155 asked: I'm glad you brought up the issue with sorting the videos by conflict. I think people interested in this project would like to be able to arrange the videos by era or conflict, especially as the number of videos grows.
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Latinization of Southern Space and Place Review
While glancing through the University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship catalogue of projects, I was intrigued by the page titled Latinization of Southern Space and Place. I am not a Latin American student, nor do I have a vast background in Latin Culture. However, the premise seemed interesting. The website boasted a photo gallery of pictures from across the Southeast United States that...
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WatchI thought for this week’s blog I would try a more visual approach in relation to our reading. I hope you enjoy! And feel free to reply to my question: How can historians keep audiences engaged in longer narratives if people rely so heavily on quick informative visuals?
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REBLOG THIS IF YOU ARE IN #HIS6938
Reblog with your twitter and tumblr name. twitter: kellistudiesHIS tumblr: kellistudieshistory.tumblr.com
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Poynter. News University
Every day I get tons of spam e-mails sent to my inbox from various things I was signed up for during my Journalism courses. I have the Wall Street Journal asking me to buy another subscription, the National Press Photographers Association offering me another year of student membership, and many newsletters from the Poynter Institute.
But one e-mail caught my interest today. “Sign Up Now...
Public History in the Digital World: Conflict... →
rustin-lloyd:
I like this blog—it helps me form my thoughts. Have you heard of the expression: in one ear and out the other? Well that is what happens to me sometimes and it is not just with things I don’t care about. Sometimes potentially great thoughts escape me if I don’t write them down and think them…
Great find, Rusty! This website is an excellent tool for both historians but also...
carl5155 asked: The use of the QR codes on grave sites is fascinating. Thanks for posting that. Could historians use that type of technology in a museum like the art museum in Chicago does? I wonder if it would be popular with the public in that setting. I'll be going to Chicago next month, so I'll try to check out that museum while I'm there.
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Technology Brings Digital Memories To Grave Sites... →
charlespowell:
A story from NPR about a unique new use for QR codes (those little square barcodes) to reveal stories and information about the dead.
On a side note about QR codes: I’ve started to see these things popping up in all kinds of places like for sale signs on houses and even now at museums. The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago used QR codes in a recent exhibition to provide...
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The 'Cyberargument' of Digital History
Many of this week’s reading cycled around the question of how digital historians could justify themselves both with an identity and to define where in the field of history there can be a space for digital humanities. To be perfectly honest, I’ve had a very difficult time since the beginning of this course understanding why there is even confusion in the first place about some of the aspects of...
August 2011
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dan-brad1 asked: I believe you are right. We cannot bury our heads in the sand and continue to do the same old techniques while ignoring technological advance. I don't think that this a negative for the discipline. It just seems that now, we need more training in digital arts.
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HIS6938 Classmates,
To Comment or Ask Questions about Tumblr, Click Here. Please do not abuse the anonymous feature, but if you choose to use it for a question or concern, I understand. Just make sure you are not using it for your 3 blog comments for reading assignments or Dr. French can’t give you credit for your comments. But not all layouts will show a ‘reply’ option on your posts, so by...
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“Broadly construed, digital humanities is the use of digital media and technology...”
– Dan Cohen, “Defining Digital Humanities, Briefly,” on his blog, Dan Cohen, 9 March 2011. See also the interesting comment by Alan Shapiro about “reversing the term.” (via commonplacing)
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The Promise of Digital History- Ayers, Cohen,...
In reading this week’s assigned articles, I found myself surprisingly emotionally defensive to how I regarded digital history. In a lot of ways I think I share Ayer’s initial optimism for the potential of incorporating digital media into the practice of history.
I also agree that I don’t think the full implications of digital technology has been stressed enough- at least based on my limited...
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Phi Alpha Theta @ UCF
Phi Alpha Theta Members,
We are happy to announce Phi Alpha Theta’s first meeting of the semester!
The meeting has been scheduled for this Thursday (September 1st) at 4:30pm and will be located in the History Department, Colbourn Hall Room 534 (Bi-weekly meetings thereafter will be held on Tuesdays at 4:30).
We have a lot of exciting information to share about the upcoming semester...
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Douglas Cardinal Project: Reflections on Filming →
dcardinalproject:
Yesterday, John and I were interviewed by Elizabeth about our experiences working with with the Douglas Cardinal Collection. Our questions were varied; we were asked questions ranging from our previous experiences working with archival collections, the relationship between archives and…
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Perilous: FBI creates website detailing its... →
ageofperil:
By the numbers: How the FBI responded to 9/11
7,000 agents aided in the recovery and investigation
500,000 investigative leads responded to by agents
167,000 interviews conducted by agents
5 FBI dogs participated in search for Pentagon survivors
1,600 small or damaged pieces of paper…
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Reaction to Elisabeth Grant's "Five Ways for...
When I first read Elisabeth Grant’s “Five Ways for Historians to Use Twitter” I found myself initially unimpressed. As someone who has been using Twitter both socially and academically over the past three years, I expected much more detail from the blog’s title. However, after reading it a second time, I realized that Grant’s article wasn’t geared towards an audience like myself. Grant’s...
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Fellow HIS6938 classmates,
My twitter URL is @kellistudiesHIS and also linked in the sidebar on this page. -Kelli