Category: CHI Fellowship Program
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Technologies of Change
Once I had changed the direction of my project, the next task was deciding on sources, interface, and overall design. For the former, I decided to make use of the International River Boundary Database (IRBD), which contains information about border rives including their lengths (estimated using GoogleEarth. While that was a great database, it did…
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Introducing “Mapping Action”
I’m proud to introduce “Mapping Action: Lesbian Avengers Actions in New York City.” As a companion to my dissertation entitled “Making as World-Making: What the Lesbian Avengers Can Teach about Communal Composing, Agency, and World-Building.” In my dissertation, through ethnographically informed qualitative interviews, I detail themes on making from former members of the Lesbian Avengers—an…
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Project ideas
In my last post I posed a bunch of questions about digital pedagogy. My long attempt at an answer is going to be my project. I am planning a website that will be a pedagogical tool to help teach an undergraduate course on the American Revolution. The idea behind the course is to get college freshmen…
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Thinking about digital pedagogy
This post is long overdue, mostly because I have been wrestling with these thoughts for a while. Without necessarily revealing what my project will be (that will be the next post), I want to talk about the use of digital tools in pedagogical projects. A challenge for me has been thinking about using digital tools…
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Critical Takeaways from a Lesbian Activist Organization
This last month, I presented some of my findings from my dissertation at the International Writing Centers Association Conference in Columbus, OH. It was my first opportunity to share the work I’ve been doing over the course of the last two years with one of my main scholarly communities. In particular, I wanted to share…
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Cultural Preservation and 3D Recreations
On October 31st, news broke that fire had engulfed the major buildings of Shuri Castle, a landmark of Okinawa located in the prefectural capital of Naha. The fire destroyed the main structure of the castle and gutted many other buildings. The present day incarnation of Shuri Castle is itself a reconstruction of the original 16th…
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Spatial Narratives within Geography Education
This blog post contains a topic discussion on spatial narratives within geography education, a recap of the month and goals for next month. Spatial Narratives What is a spatial narrative? In Including Students’ Geographies, Schlemper et al. described spatial narratives as “a means of “unpacking” [interactions within one’s community] to promote critical and…
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Cultural Heritage and Popular Culture
This year my project in CHI is aimed towards allowing me to try and think through questions of cultural heritage and popular culture, while creating a project that attempts to interpret a series of dramatic changes within a set spatial boundary over time. Much of this thinking has been informed by the ideas I am…
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Hi from Elise Dixon — Senior CHI Fellow
Hi all! My name is Elise Dixon. I’m a 5th year PhD candidate in Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, and a second-year returning fellow at CHI. I’m thrilled to be back at CHI– it has been one of my favorite experiences as a graduate student at MSU. My favorite part about CHI was developing some…
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Daniel Fandino and CHI Part III: Days of Futures Past
Greetings once again fellow traveler on the great ocean of knowledge that is the internet! I am Daniel Fandino, a third year PhD student with the History Department at Michigan State University. Coincidentally, this is also my third adventure with the CHI Fellowship, as my affiliation with the fellowship coincided with my start with MSU.…