My email inbox, like that of most university faculty, receives a steady stream of requests to do something—give talks and attend them, promote conferences and distribute calls for papers, join writing groups and reading groups of various sorts. One year … Continue reading
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Today the Working Group was bursting with ideas … everything from applying Mechanical Turk workers to creating a virtual Nancy Rexford! Can Nancy’s “Like-with-Like” methodology be simulated with computer aided recognition? How do we teach students how to see? Technology … Continue reading
Niani Tolbert, student participant, Mt. Holyoke College says: It was a pleasure working in the Digital Humanities Archive Pilot project. As technology becomes more advanced, it is necessary that valuable information not get lost in the switchover. The digital humanities … Continue reading
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 Commence the pilot project! A significant percent of the total group gathered this morning at 10:00 in the Smith College Theatre building to inaugurate this project. It was the first time the students had met us … Continue reading
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Lydia Wilson, student participant, Smith College, says: The first day of the project was absolutely the most intimidating day. I knew that I was walking into an ambitious project, creating a database, even a small one, is a huge feat. When I saw the … Continue reading
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Kitty Cassetti, student participant, Hampshire College, says: I came into this project expecting it to be much bigger than it actually was. I was expecting to be neck deep in historical garments and be able to be up close and … Continue reading
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Megan Yeo, student participant, Smith College, says: The fascinating part about this project actually came as a surprise for me, in my enjoyment of the work processes. To be honest, I didn’t really know what I was getting into before … Continue reading
