Planning to pursue a career in public history, I initially considered digital preservation as one potential path. However, my understanding of digital preservation is apparently a little misguided. I interpreted digital preservation as simply preserving historical items through digital […]
As someone interested in digital storytelling, I wanted to first probe more into the general definition of storytelling and the distinction between telling history and storytelling. This topic and question made me revisit one of the critical readings from […]
Interpreting History with GIS I’ve found better success this week engaging with this module’s digital tool, GIS (Geographic Information System). GIS applications and software allow us to visualize spatial data and for historians, it enables us to perform spatial analysis […]
My interest in digital history began when I encountered several web-based interdisciplinary projects that brought to life past communities erased by urban renewal during the 19th and 20th centuries; (Visualizing 81 and Mapping Communities). These projects were more consistent […]
Jazz musicians as cultural ambassadors are the peacemakers in the saga of ongoing national and international conflicts