{"id":172,"date":"2021-05-12T09:51:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T09:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ds-wordpress.haverford.edu\/lacol-dh\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2021-07-11T15:56:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T15:56:30","slug":"week-2-omeka","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ds-wordpress.haverford.edu\/lacol-dh\/labs\/week-2-omeka\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 2 &#8211; Comparison of Objects from Multiple Institutional Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Building off of your blog post earlier this week, we would like you to&nbsp;complete a comparative analysis of the some of the objects themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Goals<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Familiarize yourself with your home institution\u2019s digital collections, as well as those of other campuses<\/li><li>Use your campus\u2019s digital collections to find an object that you would like to examine further<\/li><li>Complete a comparative analysis featuring the object you identified and one object from the seed list<\/li><li>Add an object and relevant metadata to our Omeka site<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Specs<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Aim for approximately 2.5 pages single-spaced<\/li><li>Compare\/contrast two objects (no more, no less): one seed object and one object from home campus digital collection<\/li><li>Written in paragraph form (i.e., not a list or Q&amp;A)<\/li><li>Interrogate the objects and formulate questions about them and their representations, factoring in in a strong sampling of the proposed topics\/approaches to analysis (listed below) and identifying potential gaps in the object\u2019s representation<\/li><li>Point toward an argument rooted in a comparison of these two objects and how they are documented on their respective pages<\/li><li>Make an argument regarding the object\u2019s <em>potential <\/em>significance<\/li><li>Add object and metadata to Omeka<\/li><li>Upload report via Canvas<\/li><li>Include a direct link to the object you added on Omeka<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Introductory Videos<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch three sets of introductory videos (institutional digital collections + object) provided by our wonderful library liaisons. You should watch the digital collections video from your home campus (if available) and two others. Then watch three object introduction videos \u2014 your choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group custom-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Digital Collections Videos:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>These videos are collection overviews with pointers to digital access. They will give you a <em>general <\/em>sense of what\u2019s available at your institution, as well as how to access those materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>School<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Collection Video<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bryn Mawr<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/brynmawr.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=232b27c1-8c54-445d-a23a-ad3b01253094\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/brynmawr.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=232b27c1-8c54-445d-a23a-ad3b01253094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Video<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Carleton<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=2de5502a-f555-4f7a-93f3-ad4b01022355\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/carleton.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=2de5502a-f555-4f7a-93f3-ad4b01022355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Video<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Davidson<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/davidson.warpwire.com\/w\/vygAAA\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/davidson.warpwire.com\/w\/vygAAA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Video<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hamilton<\/td><td><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/18HYT0zOszELTuSvl3AkIceka4CjU3oVa\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/18HYT0zOszELTuSvl3AkIceka4CjU3oVa\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Video 1<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1KoGmSQoUdA_h_ovYQ1X_ndl8FdqtesmO\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1KoGmSQoUdA_h_ovYQ1X_ndl8FdqtesmO\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Video 2<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Haverford<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/haverford.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/_NuhZPtBg_muDFJkLWVKGKOQ-gPXM6pRcE0UJKfdG-FHyokRha9AwBg16eyofB8.FnJ-3MPiHGoqDt7-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Video<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Swarthmore<\/td><td><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/swarthmore.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=b94dc36a-94ed-42d0-8ed8-ad2b00d7265c\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/swarthmore.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=b94dc36a-94ed-42d0-8ed8-ad2b00d7265c\" target=\"_blank\">Video<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vassar<\/td><td><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/I4vxQEvHd6E\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/I4vxQEvHd6E\" target=\"_blank\">Video<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Washington and Lee<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/wlu.box.com\/s\/ioiado6g65hs6j1eezphb0by2wh2cql7\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wlu.box.com\/s\/ioiado6g65hs6j1eezphb0by2wh2cql7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Video<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Williams<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BpYR5brXfNE\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BpYR5brXfNE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Video<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group custom-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Seed Object Videos:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>These are short videos  in which our library liaisons tell you a bit about the seed objects and what sorts of questions they might ask about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure id=\"custom-group\" class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>School<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Object<\/strong> <strong>Video<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Carleton<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=9a87ba15-5176-4c73-a49b-ad470117f18e\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/carleton.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=9a87ba15-5176-4c73-a49b-ad470117f18e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oral history interview with founding Druids<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Davidson<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wPy_A1pxs1Y\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wPy_A1pxs1Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Georgia Club Photo<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hamilton<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/290821140\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/290821140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Woodhull Collection, suffragette newspaper, June 3rd, 1871 issue<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Haverford<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/haverford.box.com\/s\/ugl7t9bljtm0wga56157rpjd7oriep53\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Black Student League Letter to the Haverford Board of Managers (Instagram Post)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Swarthmore<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/swarthmore.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=3a7222b0-2c85-40ac-9c27-acf4014e2243\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/swarthmore.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=3a7222b0-2c85-40ac-9c27-acf4014e2243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Journal of Homophobic Events<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Washington and Lee<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/wlu.box.com\/s\/9qudnz6z4c2vf0ifp0ier07j63i6xngf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wlu.box.com\/s\/9qudnz6z4c2vf0ifp0ier07j63i6xngf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uncle Tom&#8217;s Cabin Vase<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Object Identification<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, go to your home campus\u2019s digital collections. Identify an object that catches your attention and that touches on one or more issues related to this week\u2019s topics regarding collections, archives, and social justice. In other words, the object you select should be different from but perhaps related to the ones listed above in the first table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group custom-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Digital Collections:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"su-expand su-expand-collapsed su-expand-link-style-default\" data-height=\"0\"><div class=\"su-expand-content su-u-trim\" style=\"color:#333333;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bryn Mawr<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/handle\/10066\/15698\" target=\"_blank\">Bico News, 1968-84<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trico Digital Collection<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-more\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Bryn Mawr<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-less\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Show less<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-expand su-expand-collapsed su-expand-link-style-default\" data-height=\"0\"><div class=\"su-expand-content su-u-trim\" style=\"color:#333333;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carleton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/contentdm.carleton.edu\/digital\/collection\/ACAT\" target=\"_blank\">Carleton Academic Catalog<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/contentdm.carleton.edu\/digital\/collection\/Algol\" target=\"_blank\">Carleton Algol Yearbooks<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/contentdm.carleton.edu\/digital\/collection\/Archives\" target=\"_blank\">Carleton Historical Documents<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/archivedb.carleton.edu\/index.php?p=collections\/controlcard&amp;id=2809\" target=\"_blank\">Carleton Oral Histories<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/contentdm.carleton.edu\/digital\/collection\/PCRDS\" target=\"_blank\">Carleton Postcard Collection<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/edu.arcasearch.com\/usmncar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carleton Student Newspapers<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/archivedb.carleton.edu\/index.php?p=collections\/controlcard&amp;id=2810&amp;q=druid\" target=\"_blank\">Reformed Druids Collection<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/contentdm.carleton.edu\/digital\/collection\/Scrapbooks\" target=\"_blank\">Scrapbooks and Photo Albums<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/contentdm.carleton.edu\/digital\/collection\/Voice\" target=\"_blank\">Voice, Alumni Magazine<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-more\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Carleton<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-less\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Show less<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-expand su-expand-collapsed su-expand-link-style-default\" data-height=\"0\"><div class=\"su-expand-content su-u-trim\" style=\"color:#333333;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Davidson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/davidson.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/collectionDiscovery?vid=01DCOLL_INST:01DCOLL&amp;collectionId=81258149990005716\" target=\"_blank\">19th Century Faculty Minutes<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/library.davidson.edu\/archives\/news\/newspaper.asp\" target=\"_blank\">19th Century Trustee Minutes<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/davidsonlibraryexhibits.net\/archives\/postcards\" target=\"_blank\">Campus Postcards<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/search?ln=en&amp;p=contributinginstitution%3A%22Davidson+College%22+AND+collectioninformation%3A%22North+Carolina%25Yearbooks%22&amp;f=&amp;rm=&amp;ln=en&amp;sf=year&amp;so=a&amp;rg=10&amp;c=DigitalNC&amp;of=hb&amp;fti=0&amp;fct__6=Catalogs+(documents)&amp;fti=0\" target=\"_blank\">Davidson College Catalogs<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/library.davidson.edu\/archives\/davidsonian\/davidsonian_collection.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Davidson Student Newspapers<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/library.davidson.edu\/archives\/news\/newspaper.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Local Community Newspapers<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/library.davidson.edu\/archives\/news\/newspaper.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Plantation Records of Davidson College Trustees<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/search?ln=en&amp;p=contributinginstitution%3A%22Davidson+College%22+AND+collectioninformation%3A%22North+Carolina%25Yearbooks%22&amp;f=&amp;rm=&amp;ln=en&amp;sf=year&amp;so=a&amp;rg=10&amp;c=DigitalNC&amp;of=hb&amp;fti=0&amp;fct__6=Yearbooks&amp;fti=0&amp;fct__6=Yearbooks&amp;fct__5=Davidson+(N.C.)\" target=\"_blank\">Quips and Cranks &#8220;Yearbook&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org\/archives\/digital-collections\/college-letters\" target=\"_blank\">Transcribed College Letters<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-more\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Davidson<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-less\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Show less<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-expand su-expand-collapsed su-expand-link-style-default\" data-height=\"0\"><div class=\"su-expand-content su-u-trim\" style=\"color:#333333;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hamilton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of Hamilton&#8217;s collections can be found at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/elib.hamilton.edu\/\">https:\/\/elib.hamilton.edu<\/a>. There, you will find materials on a wide variety of topics, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>collections related to communal societies such as the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/communalsocieties.hamilton.edu\/shakers_collection\">Shakers<\/a>&nbsp;and the local&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/communalsocieties.hamilton.edu\/islandora\/object\/hamLibCom%3Aone_root\">Oneida Community<\/a><\/li><li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/communalsocieties.hamilton.edu\/islandora\/object\/hamLibCom%3AWoodhull_Claflin\">Woodhull and Claflin&#8217;s Weekly<\/a><\/em>, one of the first newspapers founded by women in the United States, which focused on issues of the time related to women\u2019s rights including women\u2019s suffrage<\/li><li>letters, diaries, and enlistment forms from&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cwl.dhinitiative.org\/\">local regiments from the American Civil War<\/a><\/li><li>the<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/beinecke.hamilton.edu\/\">&nbsp;Lesser Antilles collection<\/a>, featuring 1700 hundred items dating to life in the Lesser Antilles in the 17th through 19th centuries<\/li><li>interviews and photographs of jazz greats from the<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jazzarchive.hamilton.edu\/\">&nbsp;Fillius Jazz Archive<\/a>, where interview topics extended beyond music into discussions of the Depression and Prohibition Era, spirituality, race, and women in jazz<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-more\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Hamilton<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-less\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Show less<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-expand su-expand-collapsed su-expand-link-style-default\" data-height=\"0\"><div class=\"su-expand-content su-u-trim\" style=\"color:#333333;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden\">\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-c228b30e-f4b4-4dee-9b41-ef98a4316fd2\"><strong>Haverford<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-2e3bee6d-d1a2-4bb5-8346-506aa4759e0c\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/handle\/10066\/15698\" target=\"_blank\">Bico News, 1968-84<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/collections\/haverford-college-ephemera\" target=\"_blank\">Haverford College Ephemera<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/collections\/haverford-college-photographic-collection\" target=\"_blank\">Haverford College Photo Collection<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/collections\/haverford-college-publications-manuscripts-and-records\" target=\"_blank\">Haverford College Publications, Manuscripts, and Records<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/handle\/10066\/13558\" target=\"_blank\">Haverford News, 1914-68<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trico Digital Collection<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-more\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Haverford<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-less\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Show less<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"su-expand su-expand-collapsed su-expand-link-style-default\" data-height=\"0\"><div class=\"su-expand-content su-u-trim\" style=\"color:#333333;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden\">\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8c5ed581-d6d7-4447-a86c-456e8dc57318\"><strong>Swarthmore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-4401f01d-9dd1-4d14-a959-096862d207b2\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/handle\/10066\/5840\" target=\"_blank\">Historical Films of Swarthmore College<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/handle\/10066\/15491\" target=\"_blank\">Intercultural Center Records<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/triptych.swarthmore.edu\/cdm\/landingpage\/collection\/SC_Aydelott\" target=\"_blank\">Presidential Speeches<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/collections\/swarthmore-college-alumni-bulletin\" target=\"_blank\">Swarthmore College Alumni Bulletin<\/a><ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swarthmore.edu\/bulletin\/past-issues\" target=\"_blank\">2008-Present<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/triptych.brynmawr.edu\/cdm\/search\/collection\/Astronomy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Swarthmore College Astronomy Department Records<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/collections\/swarthmore-college-catalogue\">Swarthmore College Catalog<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/collections\/swarthmore-college-halcyons\" target=\"_blank\">Swarthmore College Halcyon<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/collections\/swarthmore-college-scrapbooks-and-albums\" target=\"_blank\">Swarthmore College Scrapbooks and Albums<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/triptych.brynmawr.edu\/cdm\/landingpage\/collection\/SC_Phoenix\" target=\"_blank\">Swarthmore Phoenix<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/handle\/10066\/15493\" target=\"_blank\">Swarthmore Queer Union<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/collections\/swarthmore-student-publications\" target=\"_blank\">Swarthmore Student Publications<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/triptych.swarthmore.edu\/cdm\/landingpage\/collection\/SC_Swarthmo\" target=\"_blank\">The Swarthmorean and the Swarthmore News, 1914-2013<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trico Digital Collection<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-more\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Swarthmore<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-less\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Show less<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-expand su-expand-collapsed su-expand-link-style-default\" data-height=\"0\"><div class=\"su-expand-content su-u-trim\" style=\"color:#333333;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden\">\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-3ac7d9db-4c30-4ccb-bbbe-593bb2cc7424\"><strong>Vassar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-00452e32-8fd4-4a0a-b074-8c0fc70e3309\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digitallibrary.vassar.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vassar<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-more\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Vassar<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-less\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Show less<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-expand su-expand-collapsed su-expand-link-style-default\" data-height=\"0\"><div class=\"su-expand-content su-u-trim\" style=\"color:#333333;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden\">\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-c4105865-ed1d-450c-8548-8443236a04cd\"><strong>Washington and Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-b8f01817-008f-4cd2-9519-a560ae362745\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dspace.wlu.edu\/handle\/11021\/34538\" target=\"_blank\">Black Student Oral Histories (1990s)<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dspace.wlu.edu\/handle\/11021\/34829\" target=\"_blank\">Ring-tum Phi (1898-2013) student newspaper<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dspace.wlu.edu\/handle\/11021\/34868\" target=\"_blank\">W&amp;L Alumni Magazine<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalhumanities.wlu.edu\/datasets\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/digitalhumanities.wlu.edu\/datasets\/\">W&amp;L Archival Datasets<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dspace.wlu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">W&amp;L Digital Archive<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/library.wlu.edu\/specialcollections\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/library.wlu.edu\/specialcollections\/\" target=\"_blank\">W&amp;L Special Collections and Archives<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-more\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Washington and Lee<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-less\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Show less<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-expand su-expand-collapsed su-expand-link-style-default\" data-height=\"0\"><div class=\"su-expand-content su-u-trim\" style=\"color:#333333;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden\">\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-6accda4f-df72-4b67-ab27-cf6916c11a8f\"><strong>Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-9e849edb-b03b-4af6-9793-a4e4c629b643\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1hTWgojIbJ1VsV1-IWQnFxUDYaFrt2tlnwXyhEq_vHyE\/edit?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1hTWgojIbJ1VsV1-IWQnFxUDYaFrt2tlnwXyhEq_vHyE\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Williams info and links<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-more\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Williams<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-less\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#1fa0ae;border-color:#1fa0ae\"><span style=\"border-color:#1fa0ae\">Show less<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Next you&#8217;ll need to pick one of the seed objects to compare it to for your Lab Report. The seed object you pick need not be from your home campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group custom-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Seed Objects:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure id=\"custom-group\" class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>School<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Object<\/strong> <strong>and Link to Original Page<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Carleton<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/archivedb.carleton.edu\/index.php?p=digitallibrary\/digitalcontent&amp;id=76899\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/archivedb.carleton.edu\/index.php?p=digitallibrary\/digitalcontent&amp;id=76899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oral history interview with founding Druids<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Davidson<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/record\/29068?ln=en#?c=0&amp;m=0&amp;s=0&amp;cv=176&amp;r=0&amp;xywh=1755%2C417%2C2156%2C1134\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lib.digitalnc.org\/record\/29068?ln=en#?c=0&amp;m=0&amp;s=0&amp;cv=176&amp;r=0&amp;xywh=1755%2C417%2C2156%2C1134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Georgia Club Photo<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Davidson<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/davidson.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/view\/delivery\/01DCOLL_INST\/12248069410005716\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/davidson.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/view\/delivery\/01DCOLL_INST\/12248069410005716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Statement of Protest<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hamilton<\/td><td><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/communalsocieties.hamilton.edu\/islandora\/object\/hamLibCom%3A43611#page\/1\/mode\/1up\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/communalsocieties.hamilton.edu\/islandora\/object\/hamLibCom%3A43611#page\/1\/mode\/1up\" target=\"_blank\">Woodhull Collection, suffragette newspaper, June 3rd, 1871 issue<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Haverford<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/object\/hc148380\">The Black Student League Letter to the Board of Managers (Instagram post)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Swarthmore<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/handle\/10066\/15550\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scholarship.tricolib.brynmawr.edu\/handle\/10066\/15550\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Journal of Homophobic Events<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Washington and Lee<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/omeka.wlu.edu\/exhibits-museums\/items\/show\/23\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/omeka.wlu.edu\/exhibits-museums\/items\/show\/23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uncle Tom&#8217;s Cabin Vase <\/a>(or here for <a href=\"https:\/\/skfb.ly\/TPSD\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/skfb.ly\/TPSD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sketchfab model<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Lab Report: Comparative Analysis<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Exercise adapted from Austin Mason)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Complete a comparative analysis featuring the object you identified and one object from the seed list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your goal in this lab assignment is to observe, analyze, and compare two objects: one already available on our Omeka site (and the first list above) and another object of your choice from your home campus digital collections. In your report, you should aim to formulate questions and point towards an argument rooted in a comparison of these two objects and how they are documented on their respective pages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These objects are not <em>necessarily<\/em> figurative, symbolic, or made with a specific intended message in mind. They may have been made by students for a course or as documentation for a club or an extracurricular project. They may be part of your school\u2019s historical record. Or, indeed, they may be a work of art. We are, therefore, much more concerned here with materials and materiality, form and function, context and description than with representation, although an object can, of course, be both functional and have symbolic meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, consider a car key. On its own, it is a small metal object, sometimes containing plastic, rubber, or electronic components. To function for its intended purpose, however, it needs a vehicle, so its context is important to understand its utility. But it is much more than a simple tool. A car key can be a symbol of adulthood (only those who complete the DMV rite of passage may carry one), a marker of social status (some can afford luxury vehicles, some practical used cars, some none at all), or an indicator of living conditions (city dwellers are much less likely to carry one than suburban or rural residents). All of this is not necessarily readable from the object itself, but by combining your knowledge of the society in which an object was made and used with your powers of critical observation, you can formulate questions, hypotheses and interpretations that go far beyond physical description and can tell us things about the past that might not have been preserved in texts or otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Topics you might consider as you examine your objects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Key physical characteristics: Material, size, shape, color, etc.<\/li><li>Origins: How were these things made? What tools would have been needed and skills<br>employed to work this material into its present shape? Are they the work of one person or many?<\/li><li>Location: Where were these materials produced? Where are they now located?<\/li><li>Ownership: Who has owned these objects? How, when, and why has that ownership changed?<\/li><li>Function: How would they have been used? By whom? Is there evidence of different uses or reuse over time?<\/li><li>Audience: For whom were these objects created? What sort of distribution or access might they have had?<\/li><li>Context: Are they part of larger wholes, as a key needs a lock? Would they have needed other objects to make a set, like a single chess piece needs many more to play a game? What do they tell you about when and where they were made?&nbsp;<\/li><li>Quantitative vs. Qualitative Features: Which features of these objects may be described qualitatively? Which quantitatively? What do these different approaches to the objects or these ways of knowing the objects tell you about them? In which ways do they overlap? In which ways do they not?<\/li><li>Importance or Interest: Are they common or rare? A universally shared experience in this culture, one reserved for a particular group? Are they similar to or different from objects in our time and place?&nbsp;<\/li><li>Records: What sort of information (metadata) is provided about each object on its respective page? What information might be missing? Why?&nbsp;<\/li><li>Lingering Questions: What else would you like to learn about these objects? Why?&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With each of these topics in mind (or at least a strong sampling), compare and contrast your two objects.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you write, remember this assignment is principally about observation, analysis, the formulation of questions, and comparison. We don\u2019t expect expert arguments \u2014 just your sincere efforts to observe closely and think deeply about, with, and through material and evidence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Omeka<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, add your selected object to <a href=\"https:\/\/ds-omeka.haverford.edu\/lacol-dh\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ds-omeka.haverford.edu\/lacol-dh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Omeka<\/a>. Guidelines and tips for using Omeka can be found <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/16eZjqUD5uox1hHt2_99LhHRaeDhdgilyMq9bbYlepR0\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. 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