Category: CHI Grad Fellow Post
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Launching “Mapping Native American Boarding School Postcards”
In the early 1900’s, images of Native American Boarding Schools were circulating around the United States in the form of postcards. My CHI project, Mapping Native American Boarding School Postcards, explores how far these images were traveling. Why postcards? Postcards are interesting because they are, by their nature, public. Unlike letters, they are not hidden…
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“Rituals in Communities” Launched!
Rituals in Communities is an explorative digital exhibition that portrays how communities can be formed through social activities that are specific to their culture. This project acknowledges and sheds light on the key physical actions of liturgical dance that black individuals do together in a private community. By memorializing this tradition in my community, I…
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NLP for News Narrative Analysis: An Explanatory Sequential Study Design
For my project, I wanted to look at the differences between a national newspaper (The New York Times) and a local newspaper (The StarTribune) in coverage of the murder of George Floyd. What are the narratives that these papers are presenting to their audiences about the same event? How do they change over time? What…
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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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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.…