One of the most intriguing new ideas in digital public history, location-based history, has been enabled by recent technological advances in mapping and GPS-like technology.…
Author: Greta
Exploring Your Landscape with Digital Public History
Today I explored Old Town Fairfax in Fairfax, VA with Clio (http://www.theclio.com) via a mobile browser (Safari) on my iPhone. I previewed the website on…
Voices of Sackville: Project Update 3/30/16
This week, I have continued researching and re-envisioning my site. In addition, as I was reading more about oral history this week, I realized that…
Oral History
In this digital age, oral history is quickly becoming one of the most interesting and engaging aspects of public history. While oral history itself is…
Local Sites and Community History
While many people tend to see local history and affinity-group community history simply as part of a larger effort in Public History, these two types…
Voices of Sackville: Project Update 3/23/16
This past week, I worked primarily on research and object preparation. I have been editing the pictures I took at Fort Sackville in Indiana and…
Voices of Sackville: Project Update 3/16/16
This past week, my project’s topic really came alive as I had the opportunity to visit the site of Fort Sackville in Vincennes, IN.…
Narrative Interpretation Response
Much of the reading from the past two weeks has continued to challenge me, as I think about planning and executing my project. First of…
Project Proposal
Taking Sides at Sackville This exhibit seeks to explore several different perspectives on the Siege of Fort Sackville (located in present day Vincennes, IN), an…
Personas
Name: Madison Demographic: 9 year old, female, caucasian, student, lives in affluent suburban neighborhood, both her parents have college degrees Descriptive Title: The Athletic Game…
