\tThroughout last week, I was able to have a better understanding of the importance of revolutionary technology throughout the early 20th century. Radios, televisions, and computers were starting to become more advanced which sparked a rapidly growing communication of ideas and knowledge. I learned that even though the technology that we have today seems very different from that of the early 20th century, technology was all built for the same purpose and the only difference is that in the modern era, it\u2019s more advanced. Something else I learned that particularly piqued my interest was the advancement of AI. I was not aware that the advancements of Artificial Intelligence stemmed back all the way to the mid-twentieth century! Today, we have common AI\u2019s such as \u201cSiri\u201d and \u201cAlexa,\u201d but back then Artificial Intelligence was not yet out for commercial use. The technology we have today has been tested and improved for decades and it\u2019s inspiring to see how far AI\u2019s have come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope to learn more about how much technology has improved throughout the decades and I\u2019d love to learn why some changes to technology have been made. I\u2019d like to learn about why certain kinds of technology become obsolete and how people have learned to improve technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For this project, I was assigned \u201cPerforming Archive\u201d by Jacqueline Wernimont, Kim et al. This digital humanities project takes pride in the fact that it is the \u201cfirst to use an experimental new interface for Scalar\u201d (Wernimont). In using this platform, viewers will be able to explore the website as a gallery, thus enriching the experience of the information. \u201cPerforming Archive\u201d is an online exhibit that aims to display and analyze the photographs in the set the \u201cVanishing Race\u201d shot by Edward S. Curtis. The photographs were taken by Mr. Curtis whereas the analytical excerpts of his work, most notably from newspapers and journals, have been collected from various scholarly libraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This exhibit was processed by categorizing one to three photos of similar nature along with the critiques about the photos and Curtis\u2019s work as a whole, which included morality and authenticity. Along with this, the chronological life of Edward S. Curtis is explained throughout the entirety of the exhibit starting with his birth in the first section of the exhibit, and ending with his death in the last section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPerforming Archive\u201d is presented as an exhibit with a very straightforward pathway as it numbers off the links to go through in the Introduction. It allows for a very museum-like feel because of how you can only look at 1-3 pictures and the background story of those pictures on each page. Each page of the gallery has its own name in order to emphasize the subject of that page. The website is relatively interactive which allows for the brain to be more stimulated compared to if one were just merely scrolling through the pictures and articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Wernimont, Jacqueline, et al. \u201cVisualizing the \u2018Vanishing Race\u2019: the Photogravures of Edward S. Curtis.\u201d Performing Archive<\/em>, scalar.usc.edu\/works\/performingarchive\/visualizingvanishingraceexhibit?path=intro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Posner, Miriam. \u201cHow did they make that?\u201d UCLA Digital Humanities<\/em>. http:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/cnd\/exhibits\/show\/fall-2019\/dh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Throughout last week, I was able to have a better understanding of the importance of revolutionary technology throughout the early 20th century. Radios, televisions, and computers were starting to become more advanced which sparked a rapidly growing communication of ideas and knowledge. I learned that even though the technology that we have today seems very … Continue reading “Blog Post #1”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dighist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}