by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Digital Humanities
The Oral History Metadata Synthesizer developed by the University of Kentucky has great potentials in effectively managing oral interviews. In order to use the system, I uploaded an oral interview from YouTube, using the link. This process was very straightforward to...
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Digital Humanities
In doing the digital history of a place, it is important not to take the place too literally in terms of the geolocation. As Mark Tebeau has suggested, using such an approach will “make a story less accessible intellectually than layering such stories within broader...
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Digital Humanities
I have lived in the Wheeling, WV area for about five years. It is an old city that has continued to see its population decline. In the 1930s, Wheeling had a population of more than 60,000 people. Today, its population stand below 28,000. They have been efforts to...
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Digital Humanities
Oral history remains one of the most important methods of doing African history. A substantial number of societies in Africa have no written history. Their history is communicated orally from generation to generation. Despite the growing literacy rates in Africa...
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Digital Humanities
There are thousands of historical societies throughout the United States. These societies primary mission is to preserve and share the local history of the area or affinity groups associated with the society.. Such retelling of local history is often done in the form...
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Digital Humanities
In their article, “Digital Storytelling in Museums: Observations and Best Practices” Bruce Wyman, Scott Smith, et.al. ask, “But how can museums design an experience that will not only capture attention and convey complex information, but also use...
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Digital Humanities
There are a variety of public history projects that having a basic digitization can enable. The temptation sometimes is to think that one can only do public history when they have vast resources like the Smithsonian. This perception is fueled by the kinds of large...
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Development, Digital Humanities
The crisis of development in Africa elicits a great deal of passion from Africans when they discuss the topic. People are prone to tell you about the lack of public infrastructure such as roads, electricity, water, etc. This was my experience as I set out to interview...
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Digital Humanities
Public historical projects by their very nature demand collaboration. Collaboration here is not simply between experts or professional historians but with the public who will primarily be the consumers of the project. I see public history as history by, with and for...
by admin | Mar 22, 2018 | Digital Humanities
The Heinz museum is located on the fourth floor of the Senator John Heinz History Center. The center which is located in the historic Strip District of Pittsburgh has been in continuous existence since 1879. The center chronicles 250 years history of Western...
