Because of my internship, I have gained a greater understanding of the nature of digital public humanities (DPH) and its intersections with various disciplines. I got to explore digital tools and platforms for text analysis and content creation, developed a working knowledge of methods and practices applied in DPH, and build a bridge between the…
RRCHNM Internship: Successes & Challenges of Reviewing Digital Public History Sites
My experience and training as an academic librarian have equipped me with the skills to assess different types of content, including websites. One of the many criteria that I have presented to students in library instruction sessions is the CRAAP test, an acronym that stands for Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose. This test has served as a…
Identifying and Developing New Skills Through Digital Public Humanities Projects
During my internship this semester with RRCHNM, I have been reviewing websites for the World History Commons project. Such activity can be effectively done by making use of a review criteria that guides me through the process of conceptualizing online history sites, assessing the quality of the sources they present, and guide instructors of history…
GMU-DPH Internship: Things I enjoy the most and things I do to enhance my experience at RRCHNM
During the second part of my internship at RRCHNM, I get to work with the World History Commons project and create content for this site. The World History Commons is a free OER platform that offers high school and college teachers and students of world and global history access to high quality tools and sources…
Application of Skills and Knowledge from GMU Coursework to RRCHNM Internship (Part III)
During my work with the RRCHNM, I have had the opportunity to (1) apply skills and knowledge learned through my DHP graduate certificate coursework and gain a great appreciation of the diverse projects of digital humanists that are currently underway. Here are the main two the constructs I have carried with me throughout my internship…
Digital Public History Project: Personas Revised
Persona 1: The Foodie-Traveler-Buddy Name: Julio Demographic profile: Julio is a 44-year-old, single, Puerto Rican-born male. He’s an educated, high-producing hairstylist at a salon in the Upstate. Quote: “I’ll pick a place I’ve never been in the Upstate, a Latino place. I’m always seeking new friends and good food” A Day in a Life Narrative: …
Audience-Content Relationships in Public History Projects
Paving New Digital Dialogic Pathways for Audience-Content Engagement The ultimate aim of designing a public history platform, such as “Territorio no Incorporado”, is to generate a dialogical and reflective virtual map that would help visualize the unincorporated nature of the Puerto Rican “territory”. Using this legal unterritoriality nomenclature as the framing device for the project…
Comparative Review of Two Public History Exhibits by the Atlanta History Center: Cyclorama: The Big Picture (Physical) & More than Self: Living the Vietnam War (Digital)
Physical Exhibit: Cyclorama: The Big Picture Location: Atlanta History Center Historical Argument The overarching argument of The Battle of Atlanta 360° Cyclorama Exhibit was clearly displayed on a large screen, the moment visitors set foot on the exhibit space: “there are voices that are not heard”, “arts and entertainment promote myths”, and “The Atlanta History…
Audience-Content Relationships in Digital Public History Projects
The professionalization of the public historian and audience-content creation: A Tale of Two Fronts Scholars in the realms of public history agree on the complexities and debates involved in defining the concept public history. The lack of consensus as to what is and who does public history has proven to have direct impact over audience-content…
Prelinger Archives
The Prelinger Archives Whether you are a researcher finding films on hygiene propaganda campaigns in the 1950’s, a teacher looking for cool material on nuclear war, or an amateur filmmaker putting together a film fest, The Prelinger Archives would be a great place to visit. This website is a compilation of thousands of ephimeral filmic…
