This week, we finished our research and exploration phase and actually began assembling our project, which is super exciting! Since our last update, group 2 has been focusing on developing our data visualizations for our WordPress site and uploading archival… Continue Reading
For all of the members of my team, this week has comprised collecting and documenting sources for the next database-development and textual analysis steps of our project. Each member selected either two or three colleges from among our collective six… Continue Reading
The “Trends” tab offered to users by Voyant documents the frequency of words used by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel The Great Gatsby in each of the book’s ten segments. Three of Fitzgerald’s most commonly used words are the proper nouns… Continue Reading
Please give your final reflections on your project and a self assessment on how you contributed to the project. Standard Specifications for Blog Posts Also Apply
Please give us an update on the progress of your project and your personal contributions to it. Standard Specifications for Blog Posts Also Apply
Please give us an update on the progress of your project and your personal contributions to it. Standard Specifications for Blog Posts Also Apply
(Exercise adapted from Lincoln Mullen) Before you make your own map, you need to become familiar with as wide a variety of maps as possible, including digital maps and analog, maps that have been made by scholars and maps that… Continue Reading
What is Text Analysis? What did you see? What surprised you? (Exercise adapted from Mackenzie Brooks ~Thank you!) Objective: In anticipation of using voyant to conduct a text analysis on an object from one of the campus digital collections, let’s… Continue Reading
How does a data-driven approach to the Humanities shape the kinds of questions you can ask of source materials? What possibilities does such an approach create and what problems does it create? Think of a source or collection of sources… Continue Reading
To begin, take a look at the following objects, which are also featured on our Omeka site. Compare the descriptions on their respective pages. What else would you want to know about these objects (or others like them)? How might… Continue Reading
