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Syllabus and Course Info Monday, August 26: What is the Cultural New Deal? Wednesday, August 28: What is Digital History? Monday, September 2: NO CLASS -- Labor Day Wednesday, September 4: A New Deal for Who? Monday, September 9: Guest Presentation -- Tony Guidone Wednesday, September 11: Omeka Workshop / Digital Collections and Archives Monday, September 16: The Federal One Project and The Folk Wednesday, September 18: Copyright, Intellectual Property, and the Public Domain Monday, September 23: The Dust Bowl, Migration, and Documentary Expression Wednesday, September 25: Image Annotation and Glitching Monday, September 30: No Class / At-Home Assignment Wednesday, October 2: Pop Culture in the 1930s Monday, October 7: The Popular Front, Feminism, and the Long Civil Rights Movement Wednesday, October 9: Critical DH // Thinking Through Algorithms Tuesday, October 14 - Fall Break (class moved to Tuesday): Historical Research in the Digital Age Wednesday, October 16: Oral History // Timelines Monday, October 21: Federal Writers Project / Text Analysis (pt.1) Wednesday, October 23: The American Guide Series Monday, October 28: Federal Writers' Project / Text Analysis (pt.2) Wednesday, October 30: Mapping the 1930s Monday, November 4: Federal Theatre Project Wednesday, November 6: Visit to GMU Special Collections Monday, November 11: Federal Music Project Wednesday, November 13: Digital Sound Studies Monday, November 18: Federal Art Project Wednesday, November 20: Comic Books, Memes, and GIFs Monday, November 25: HUAC and the Decline of Federal One Wednesday, November 27: NO CLASS -- Thanksgiving Holiday Monday, December 2: Digital Citizenship Wednesday, December 4: Legacies of the New Deal FINAL PROJECT: Due Friday, December 13
Monday, August 26: What is the Cultural New Deal?
Assignment:
Use Hypothesis to annotate the syllabus. Annotation means taking notes. Can include: things you want to add to, things you have questions about, things you think are interesting, cool, etc. You can also answer, add to, or clarify questions or comments from other students. Use the class group for your annotations. Due Wednesday, August 28 by noon.
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