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PEAK reflection
It doesn’t feel quite real that this school year has almost drawn to a close. As always, time has passed in a way that I don’t understand. I learned a lot this semester, both more lofty academic things and things like how to scan and digitize materials. Working on the PEAK project about the items…
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Project Gallery
This is not a fully updated portfolio either, but it does have examples of my more recent work.
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Games and History – Playing Oregon Trail for homework
This was actually the first time I’ve ever played Oregon Trail myself. The last time I remember was watching my mom or my twin play it. I’ve never really been into video games in any regard other than dress-up games, I am going to be fully honest. With that caveat, this game is just about…
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3D History and Cultural Heritage
After having done these readings, I think there is still a full unexplored universe of what can be done with 3D printing and reproductions of objects and artifacts. Before even scratching the surface on history and art museums, just thinking about how fun and how much more interactive children’s museums could be made opens just…
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Crowdsourcing Project
I played around with a few different crowdsourcing projects but spent the biggest dedicated chunk of time on the Picturing Michigan’s Past project. Their mission is to digitize and make searchable their collection of real-picture postcards to make available for the public. As mentioned, this project is working with photograph postcards. They range from mid-19th…
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podcast and resource recommendations!
We talked about this in class, so I’m making a preliminary post with some podcasts I like and we’ll see what else. Informational Podcasts: Audio Drama Podcasts: 19th century dress history resources! This has been one of my most sustained areas of interest over the years and I’m focused on garment making and construction most…
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Digital History project review- Small Town Noir
There’s a lot to explore on the website of Small Town Noir. It details crimes committed in and around New Castle, Pennsylvania during the 1930s-50s, bringing life and giving stories to the mugshots taken during those years. This site was created and maintained by Diarmid Mogg, and it does not look like it has been…
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introductory blogpost
Greetings! My name is Annika, I am a Heritage and Museum Studies major, and I am taking Doing Digital History to fulfill an HMS requirement. As of right now, this sounds like a very interesting class. I’m interested to learn more about the process and more behind-the-scenes of digital history, because I use digital history…
