Author: watrall
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Mapping Mahaweli: writing the world from a river
During our last meeting in Fall 2023, I presented my proposal for the final project inspired by the second rapid development project in Sri Lanka. I proposed building a website called “Mapping Mahaweli” with a digital map that archives the historical milestones of the Accelerated Mahaweli Development Project since 1961. The website will provide a…
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(Un)Mapping the Settler Colonial Forest
In my last post I briefly introduced myself (#PrimaDeAfuera), described the work I do, and highlighted some of the people who help make my time here at MSU possible. In this post, I share more about the project I want to work on for the remainder of the CHI Fellowship. To start, I’ll share that…
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News as Cultural Heritage
One of the questions that has challenged me as a CHI fellow is, “What qualifies as cultural heritage?” As a journalism and media scholar, I am often confronted with the tension-filled role journalism fills, a perhaps self-imposed role that is situated between the public and institutions, between individual lived experiences and collective storytelling, and between…
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Developing a CHI Fellowship Project
Last Friday the CHI fellows presented our ideas for what we’ll be working on for the rest of the year. I was torn between two ideas, but eventually settled on one that will be a greater investment in my future dissertation work: a digital archive for digitized material culture from Native American Boarding Schools. I…
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My Project Vision
When I first applied to be a CHI Fellow, I thought I had a project plan set—however, a new project formed in my mind after our last rapid development challenge. I will be creating a digital cultural heritage mobile website highlighting the archaeological site of Marco Gonzalez in Belize, where I work during summer break.…
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Angélica De Jesús // CHI Fellow 2023-24
Hi there, I’m Angélica De Jesús; a doctoral student in the MSU Sociology Department and /literal/ mami currently living in Nkwejong (aka Lansing, Michigan). During a recent chat with my abu Eréndira, she asked detailed questions about what I do at MSU. Our conversation about my work stood out to me because it was a…
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Exploring the Significance of Community
“Community” has been my buzz word this year. Through experiencing, bonding, and being accepted in new communities, to hearing discussions and artist talks about types of community, I want to start off my process of creating my project by trying to define why community has become important for my work as an individual. Working in…
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Emily Nisch | CHI Fellow 2023-2024
Hello! I’m Emily Nisch, a second-year archaeology PhD student, focusing on digital archaeology, cultural heritage, and community-based participatory methods. My research looks at the material culture of Native American boarding schools and asks how digitization and community collaborative methods can contribute meaningfully to the preservation and memorialization material culture and narratives associated with the schools.…
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Morgan Hill | CHI Fellow 2023-2024
Hello everyone, I’m Morgan Hill, currently a second year MFA graduate with a concentration in Studio Arts. I am born and raised in Baltimore County, Maryland, but also frequent to the DC and NYC area. I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Towson University and decided to pursue an MFA to cultivate my…
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A Linguist gets started in DH
As a linguist who is new to the Digital Humanities (DH) and Computational Cultural Heritage (CCH) community, I have been learning each day about a new project or research methodology being employed by my colleagues and I am deeply impressed with the thoughtfulness of all of their work. Naturally, I’ve been looking for a project…