Author: watrall
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To fail, fail, fail again
We discussed this at the beginning of CHI, but what I’ve learned the most through this fellowship is that failing does not equal losing. Of course, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t cause me to get a little sad or even angry when I do fail. The biggest “fail” (if you can really call it that)…
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How to Make a Web Map
In my last post I wrote about preparing to build a web map to illustrate the spatial reach of postcards featuring images of Native American Boarding Schools. Good news: the map is coming along nicely! In this post, I’ll share my process for creating a web map. I’ll share a few resources that helped me…
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Standing on the Shoulders of Open Source Giants
analysis, geojson for the data translation, and JavaScript for the interactive functionality. Don’t ask me why I decided to do it this way. I’ve never taken the easy road in my life. Every time I worked on the project, I shed a tear for not being able to use Flourish rather than coding my own…
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We can always do more Natural Language Semantics
In my last blog post, I discussed a few details about my current CH/DH NLP research project where I intend to investigate to what extent a corpus can be “reconstructed” using NLP techniques. Since then, I’ve done some practical work and some broader thinking. I’ll start with updates on the practical. As my project calls…
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Mapping Postcards/Mapping Memory
In my last post, I wrote about what I was hoping to develop for my final project as a CHI Fellow. I planned to create a digital archive for materials associated with the historical Mt Pleasant Indian Industrial School. Instead, I will be building a web map that illustrates the spatial and temporal connections of…
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Representation as a Bridge to Inclusivity in Art
Art Historical Cannon in America The most popular and highly sought after art museums hold a great significance to how society learns about different types of artwork. The National Gallery of Art in D.C holds the Presidential paintings, and works ranging from the Middle Ages to Western Art; The Met, NYC, is the largest museum…
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Angelica’s Project Notes Part 1 – Design
Hello again! Since my last post, I’ve been busy designing the narrative and digital infrastructure for my project titled (Un)Mapping the (Settler) Colonial Forest. In this new post, I’ll outline a few key parts about this design process. First, I’ll talk about the story part of this project. After receiving feedback on my detailed proposal…
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My academic career, swayed by the digital realm
I did not think much about the digital when I came to MSU. I had a personal website that I was proud of and I knew I was interested in photogrammetry as a tool to document archaeological finds. Little did I know that my interest in photogrammetry would lead me to where I am today.…
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Mapping the News Cycle via StoryAtlas
The first step in creating our CHI Fellowship project is pitching our project idea to our cohort. Each of the fellows creates a project vision document, where we define our project scope, product, audiences, technology needs, and all manner of details about the project we hope to create by the end of the program. Story…
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Towards an NLP best practice for Cultural Heritage document organization: Reconstructing the Philosophical Papers of David Lewis
Recently, I read a very short but interesting article regarding a new project which seeks to improve the methodology for the organization, classification and examination of Cultural Heritage corpora. It is a collaboration between researchers at University of Lausanne, Harvard Houghton Library, Groningen University, and Bibliotheca Hertziana, and the goal is digitize and computationally reorganize…