Contextual Research
Week 4:
Monday, February 9
- Distant/Close/Spatial Reading revisited
- “Jigsaw”
- Blog #2 due: “On Distant Reading” (2/8/15 – 11pm)
- (with three screenshots embedded in post)
Wednesday, February 11
- Collaborative Research Project introduced
- Development of Research Questions: Timemapper introduced
- http://timemapper.okfnlabs.org/katherinefaull/1740s#0
- http://timemapper.okfnlabs.org/katherinefaull/moravians#0;
Friday, February 13
- Contextual Research
- Start compiling data to be submitted through the Google spreadsheet
- We are adding data to the 1740s Timemapper that was started last semester. The Travel Diary datasheet had some problems with the timeline feature.
- https://docs.google.com/a/bucknell.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Avv8yVuozRJ1dHlHd3pIOGctZzIwVnZocjdiU0hqNmc&usp=sharing
- Title; Start date; End date; Description; Web page; media; media caption; media credit; tags; place; location (coordinates)
- Topics:
- History of Measles http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/timelines/measles
- History of Smallpox http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/timelines/smallpox
- Colonial Ferries on The Chesapeake http://modelboatyard.com/ferry.html
- Port Tobacco http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Tobacco
- The Great Road http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wagon_Road
Read Anthony Grafton, Cartographies of Time
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Week 5
Monday, February 16
- Collaborative Research Project (Knowledge base)
- Historical context–macro level
- timelines
- http://www.datavis.ca/gallery/timelines.php
Wednesday, February 18
- Introduction of Timeglider
- You all have accounts as my students. Your screen name is [faull-firstname] password=humn100
- History on a microlevel–Work on Timemapper/ Timeglider project
Friday, February 20
- Timemapper/Timeglider comparison
- Research Assignment and Blog Post #3 due: TimeMapper/Timeglider artifact and Blog Post (2/22 – 11pm)
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