{"id":16,"date":"2020-01-09T00:46:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T00:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/spring-2020\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2020-03-31T12:15:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T12:15:59","slug":"course-schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/spring-2020\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-background-dim\" style=\"background-image:url(http:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/spring-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-30-at-2.59.43-PM.png);background-position:32.04891645728643% 0%;min-height:290px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Course Schedule<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-huge-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Please see revised syllabus in Dropbox for updated readings and assignments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Week One: Introductions \/\/ Platforms<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tuesday, January 21, 2020: Introductions \/\/ The Cultural New Deal<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion\nQuestions<\/strong>: What are we doing here? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assignments: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Before Thursday, sign up for our course <a href=\"https:\/\/join.slack.com\/t\/history390spring2020\/shared_invite\/enQtODkxOTk3NTIxNzk0LTQ3NjRjZmY5MWI0MjYwODgxZWFmNDJhY2VkM2EyMGE0NmQ0ZGM5MzAwMzlmYmE1OGY5NmE0OWMzNDk2MmEyMjU\">Slack channel<\/a> and add an image of yourself to your profile.<\/li><li>Read and leave <strong>at least one annotation <\/strong>on the syllabus (including policies, assignments, and schedules) using <a href=\"https:\/\/hypothes.is\/groups\/mGJ2rnio\/hist390-spring2020\">Hypothesis<\/a> by class time on Thursday. Annotation means taking notes. This 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.&nbsp;<ul><li>See tutorial posted in #assignments channel in Slack if you are having trouble.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Make sure to sign up for Hypothesis through the course group (use link above). <ul><li>Use the class group for your annotations<em>.<\/em> Annotations not made in the class group will not be graded. <\/li><li>Send me a private message on Slack with your Hypothesis username so I know who&#8217;s who. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resources: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.hypothes.is\/help\/quick-start-guide\/\">Hypothesis Quick Start Guide<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.hypothes.is\/blog\/varieties-of-hypothesis-annotations-and-their-uses\/\">Different Kinds of Annotations<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/help\/articles\/218080037-Getting-started-for-new-members\">Slack: Getting Started for New Members<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Class Slides: <a href=\"https:\/\/slides.com\/jdauteri\/intro-class\">https:\/\/slides.com\/jdauteri\/intro-class <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thursday, January 23, 2020: Syllabus \/\/ Information Technology <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Questions<\/strong>: What are\nwe doing this semester? What is information technology? Algorithms?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read excerpt from Trouillot\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/hdl-handle-net.mutex.gmu.edu\/2027\/heb.04595\"><em>Silencing the Past<\/em><\/a>, \u201cTheorizing Ambiguity and Tracking Power,\u201d 22-30 (access with your GMU credentials).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-class: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Review\nSyllabus and Slack<\/li><li><strike>Digital\nSkills inventory<\/strike><\/li><li>Discuss Trouillot reading<\/li><li>How to\nsucceed in this course <\/li><li>Information\ntechnology crash course <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helpful resource: <a href=\"http:\/\/wcaleb.org\/blog\/how-to-read\">http:\/\/wcaleb.org\/blog\/how-to-read<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/slides.com\/jdauteri\/what-is-digital-humanities-e4310e\/embed\" width=\"576\" height=\"420\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <strong>Week Two: Digital History and the New Deal<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tuesday, January 28,\n2020: Digital history \/\/ Writing for the Web<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Questions<\/strong>: What\nis digital history? Can it transform historical research, writing, and\npublication?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read\nMegan O\u2019Neil\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Confronting-the-Myth-of-the\/145949\">Confronting the\nMyth of the \u2018Digital Native<\/a>.&#8217;\u201d<\/li><li>Read\nSheila Brennan\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/inclusivehistorian.com\/digital-history\/\">Digital History<\/a>.\u201d <\/li><li>Watch\nMiriam Posner\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/howdidtheymakethat\">How Did They Make\nThat<\/a>?\u201d<ul><li>Focus on: 0:00&#8211;6:07<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Watch discussion about Negro Travelers&#8217; Green Book digital\nproject: 6:08-8:49<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-class: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Come to class ready to sign up for Reclaim Hosting (cost: $30)<\/li><li>Writing for the Web Workshop<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assignments: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Blog #1\u2014Digital History and Project Review<\/strong> <ul><li>Due Tuesday, February 4 by start of class (not eligible for late days)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/slides.com\/jdauteri\/what-is-digital-humanities-af60b0\/embed\" width=\"576\" height=\"420\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <strong>Thursday, January 30, 2020: New Deal Era: Rise and Decline <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Questions<\/strong>: What\ncultural, economic, and political factors shaped the New Deal era? When did the\nNew Deal era end and why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Before the start of class, write and turn in a good discussion question based on today&#8217;s readings and modeled on this <a href=\"http:\/\/avidly.lareviewofbooks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Some-Notes-On-How-To-Ask-A-Good-Question-About-Theory-That-Will-Provoke-Conversation-And-Further-Discussion-From-Your-Colleagues-2-2.pdf\">handout<\/a>. I will provide feedback on your questions and expect you to approach all readings with this framework in mind throughout the semester, whether you are discussion leader or not.<\/li><li>Listen to <em>The Memory Palace <\/em>podcast episode&nbsp;\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/thememorypalace.us\/2017\/10\/hoover\/\">Hoover<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li><li>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanyawp.com\/text\/23-the-great-depression\/\"><em>The<\/em> <em>American Yawp<\/em><\/a>, \u201cThe Great Depression\u201d: Sections I-IV, VII, XI, XIII-XIV. <\/li><li>Read excerpt from Kenneth Bindas\u2019&nbsp;<em>All This Music Belongs to the Nation: The WPA\u2019s Federal Music Project and American Society&nbsp;<\/em>(in Dropbox).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still unclear about causes, actions, and outcomes of the Great Depression? This video can help. (Not required, but a good overview of what we will be considering this semester.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/GCQfMWAikyU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Week Three: New Deal: Inclusion, Migration, and the Folk<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tuesday, February 4, 2020: A New Deal for Who? <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Questions: <\/strong>How did different groups experience the New Deal? What factors led to different experiences?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strike>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanyawp.com\/text\/23-the-great-depression\/\"><em>The<\/em> <em>American Yawp<\/em><\/a>, \u201cThe Great Depression\u201d: Sections VIII-IX.<\/strike> <\/li><li>Read Mattea V. Sanders\u2019 \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/files\/publications\/prologue\/2014\/winter\/ccc-cherokee.pdf\">I Got to Do Something to Keep my Family Up.<\/a>\u2019<\/li><li>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/ebookcentral-proquest-com.mutex.gmu.edu\/lib\/gmu\/reader.action?docID=466939&amp;ppg=55\">Chapter Three<\/a>, \u201cOf New Deals and Raw Deals,\u201d from Cheryl Greenberg\u2019s <em>To Ask for an Equal Chance: African Americans in the Great Depression<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-Class: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Explore differences in the experiences of CCC employment<\/li><li>Co-grading and critiques of first blog posts based on rubric <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assignments: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Skill #1\/Blog #2\u2014New Deal sites\/Juxtapose<\/strong><ul><li>Due March 17 by start of class (Because this assignment involves travel, you have several weeks to complete it.)&nbsp; <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thursday, February 6,\n2020: Migration and Folk Culture<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Group 1: <\/strong>What is\nthe impact of migration on American life in the 1930s? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read section V-VI from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanyawp.com\/text\/23-the-great-depression\/\">Chapter 23<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>The American Yawp<\/em>.<\/li><li>Read &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/todd-and-sonkin-migrant-workers-from-1940-to-1941\/articles-and-essays\/the-migrant-experience\/\">The Migrant Experience<\/a>\u201d from the Library of Congress.<\/li><li>Listen to the&nbsp;<em>Backstory&nbsp;<\/em>podcast episode&nbsp;\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.backstoryradio.org\/shows\/border-patrols\/\">Border Patrols: Policing Immigration in America<\/a>.\u201d &nbsp;<ul><li>You are encouraged to listen to the whole episode, but we will be focusing on the segment \u201cThe Deported\u201d at 19:00-28:45 in the audio (transcript at bottom of webpage). <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-Class:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Soundcite\nworkshop<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assignments: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Skill #2\/Blog #3: Soundcite<\/strong><ul><li>Due Friday, February 14 by 11:59pm<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Week Four: Data for Humanists<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tuesday, February 11, 2020: GUEST LECTURE&#8211;Laura Crossley<\/strong><br><strong>Data for the Humanities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Download the OsageIA dataset and the Open Refine tool to your computer. See Slack message in #general for more details.<\/li><li>Read Trevor Owens\u2019 piece&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/journalofdigitalhumanities.org\/1-1\/defining-data-for-humanists-by-trevor-owens\/\">&#8220;Defining Data for Humanists: Text, Artifact, Information or Evidence?&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li>Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu\/read\/4805e692-0823-4073-b431-5a684250a82d\/section\/07154de9-4903-428e-9c61-7a92a6f22e51#ch23\">Against Cleaning<\/a>,\u201d by Katie Rawson and Trevor Mu\u00f1oz.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-Class:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Structured\ndata workshop using OpenRefine<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Thomas\nPadilla\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/thomaspadilla.org\/dataprep\/\">Getting Started\nwith Open Refine<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thursday, February 13,\n2020: Building a Database with Omeka<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bring\nin a digital image of a person, place, or thing you care about for Omeka\nworkshop.<\/li><li>By\nThursday, read and <strong>annotate<\/strong> Omeka Documentation for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/omeka.org\/classic\/docs\/Content\/Items\/\">Adding Items<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/omeka.org\/classic\/docs\/Content\/Working_with_Dublin_Core\/\">Working with Dublin\nCore<\/a>.<\/li><li>Read\nOmeka <a href=\"https:\/\/omeka.org\/about\/project\/\">Project<\/a> page. <\/li><li><strike>Read\nexcerpt from Lev Manovich\u2019s <em>The Language of New Media, <\/em>213-228 (in\nDropbox).<\/strike> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-class:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Install Omeka on Reclaim<\/li><li>Uploading items and inputting metadata<\/li><li>Installing plugins and <a href=\"https:\/\/omeka.org\/classic\/plugins\/CsvImport\/\">CSV Import plugin<\/a> demo<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resource:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/infoguides.gmu.edu\/omekaclassic\/installomeka\">Installing Omeka Class User Guide<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/infoguides.gmu.edu\/omekaclassic\/introduction\">Omeka Classic User Guides (general)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/omeka.org\/classic\/docs\/Plugins\/CSV_Import\/\">CSV Import Plugin Documentation <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.reclaimhosting.com\/t\/uploading-plugins-to-omeka\/195\">Uploading Plugins to Omeka (on Reclaim)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assignments: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Skill #3: Build a database using Omeka\u2019s CSV importer<\/strong><ul><li>Due Thursday, February 20 by start of class (not eligible for late days)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Week Five: Politics and Popular Culture<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tuesday, February 18, 2020: New Deal in Entertainment<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Group 2: <\/strong>Can popular culture be political?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read Morris Dickstein\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/la-oe-dickstein1-2009apr01-story.html\">How Song, Dance, and Movies Bailed us out of the Depression<\/a>.\u201d<\/li><li>Read Dan DiPiero\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/soundstudiesblog.com\/2019\/10\/21\/tik-tok-post-crash-party-pop-compulsory-presentism-and-the-2008-financial-collapse\/\">TiK ToK: Post-Crash Party Pop, Compulsory Presentism and the 2008 Financial&nbsp;Collapse<\/a>. <\/li><li> Listen to the radio documentary \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiodiaries.org\/ballad-for-americans\/\">Ballad for Americans<\/a>.\u201d <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-Class: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Song\nanalysis exercise <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thursday, February 20, 2020: The Cultural Front<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Group 3: <\/strong>What is the laboring of American culture?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Everyone: Read Introduction from Michael Denning\u2019s <em>The Cultural Front: The Laboring of American Culture&nbsp;<\/em>(in Dropbox).<\/li><li>Read your assigned chapter from Denning:<ul><li>&#8220;The Tenement Thinking&#8221;: Ghetto Pastorals<ul><li>Nicole C.; Patrick D.; Olivia H.; Caterina I; Amy N.; Scarleth R.; Charles W.; Cassidy S.; Phi-Long T.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Grapes of Wrath: &#8220;The Art and Science of Migratin'&#8221;<ul><li>Megan B.; Trevor B.; Samantha B.; Trinity H.; Brynn L.; Dairo M.; Maddy M.; John R.; Chris C.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Cabaret Blues<ul><li>Kathryn D.; Emerald F.; Caroline K.; Julie K.; Mikaela M.; Malcolm P.; Lindsay R.; Indri S.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>&#8220;Who&#8217;s Afraid of Big Bad Walt?&#8221; Disney&#8217;s Radical Cartoonists<ul><li>Emily B.; Taylor F.; Ryan K.; Michael L.; Eva L.; Roan M.; Hannah M.; Christina S.; Giancarlo B.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>The Politics of Magic: Orson Welle&#8217;s Allegories of Anti-Fascism<ul><li>Benjamin C.; Megan E.; Madison H.; Kyle T.; Emily K.; Kennedy L.; Ellys M.; Tiffany R.; Jackie S.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-Class:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Co-Grade\nand critique Omeka assignment <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assignments: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Blog #4: Popular Culture and Politics<\/strong><ul><li>Due Friday, February 28 by 11:59pm<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Week Six: Historical Research and Libraries in the Digital Age <\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tuesday, February 25, 2020: GUEST LECTURE&#8211;Tony Guidone<\/strong><br><strong>Historical Research in the Digital Age <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read Ian Milligan\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/muse-jhu-edu.mutex.gmu.edu\/article\/527016\">Illusionary Order: Online Databases, Optical Character Recognition, and Canadian History, 1997\u20132010<\/a>\u201d (Mason login required).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-Class:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Digitized primary sources workshop<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thursday, February 27,\n2020: Libraries as Information Technology<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read Ian Milligan&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/historians-archival-research-looks-quite-different-in-the-digital-age-121096?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=twitterbutton\">Historians\u2019 archival research looks quite different in the digital age<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-Class:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Discussion on libraries and how to find primary and secondary sources<\/li><li>Find primary source from New Deal-era newspaper and a secondary source to contextualize it<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assignments: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Blog #5: Historical Research in the Digital Age<\/strong><ul><li>Due Thursday, March 5 by start of class<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Midterm Study Guide posted today (there will be terms from next week on this study guide).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Week Seven: Thinking Through Algorithms<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tuesday, March 3, 2020:\nDigital Citizenship<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Group 4: <\/strong>How do algorithms and online platforms change and impact society? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Watch Cathy O\u2019Neil&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/295525907\"><em>The Truth about Algorithms<\/em><\/a>.<\/li><li>Read excerpt from Safiya Noble\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism<\/em>&nbsp;(in Dropbox).<\/li><li>Read Hannes Grassegger &amp; Mikael Krogerus\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/mg9vvn\/how-our-likes-helped-trump-win\">The Data That Turned the World Upside Down: How Cambridge Analytica used your Facebook data to help the Donald Trump campaign in the 2016 election<\/a>.\u201d <ul><li>Related videos suggested but not required:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/n8Dd5aVXLCc\">Cambridge Analytica &#8211; The Power of Big Data and Psychographics<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FXdYSQ6nu-M\">Cambridge Analytica whistleblower: &#8216;We spent $1m harvesting millions of Facebook profiles&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thursday, March 5, 2020:\nCritical<\/strong><strong> DH<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Group 5: <\/strong>How are\ndigital humanists critiquing structures of power and recovering marginalized\nvoices?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read Angela Haas\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/muse-jhu-edu.mutex.gmu.edu\/article\/235980\">Wampum as Hypertext: An American Indian Intellectual Tradition of Multimedia Theory and Practice<\/a>\u201d<ul><li>Related projects (suggested but not required): <ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mukurtu.org\/\">Mukurtu<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mila.ss.ucla.edu\/\">Mapping Indigenous LA<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/chi.anthropology.msu.edu\/2019\/11\/the-geospatial-west-georectifying-historical-native-american-space\/\">Georectifying Historical Native American Space<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/notevenpast.org\/authorship-and-advocacy-the-native-american-petitions-dataverse\/\">Native American Petitions Dataverse<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Miriam Posner\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/blog\/whats-next-the-radical-unrealized-potential-of-digital-humanities\/\">What\u2019s Next: The Radical, Unrealized Potential of Digital Humanities<\/a>\u201d<ul><li>Related projects:<ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/knottedline.com\/\">The Knotted Line<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/invisibleaustralians.org\/faces\/\">The Real Face of White Australia<\/a> <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">OPTIONAL<\/span>: Read Michael Kramer\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaeljkramer.net\/10192017-global-jukeboxes-celestial-monochords-alan-lomax-harry-smith-the-digital-study-of-folk-music-ameriqueseurope-les-humanites-numeriques-en-partage-la-rochelle-university\/\">GLOBAL JUKEBOXES &amp; CELESTIAL MONOCHORDS\u2014ALAN LOMAX, HARRY SMITH, &amp; THE DIGITAL STUDY OF FOLK MUSIC<\/a>\u201d<ul><li>Related projects: <ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.culturalequity.org\/resources\/gjb\">Global Jukebox<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaeljkramer.net\/tag\/humbeads\/\">Humbead&#8217;s Map data visualization experiments<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assign:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Midterm Exam <\/strong>posted on Blackboard at noon today<ul><li>Due by 11:59pm Sunday, March 8<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Week Eight: Spring Break!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Week Nine: The Folk and Documentary Ideal \/\/ Image Analysis <\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tuesday, March 17, 2020:\nThe Folk and the Documentary Ideal <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Group 6<\/strong>: What is the role of documentary in the 1930s? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Excerpts\nfrom William Stott\u2019s <em>Documentary Expression and Thirties America<\/em>,\nchapter 2 and chapter 6 (in Dropbox).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-class:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Analyzing\nand comparing documentary from the 1930s<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thursday, March 19, 2020:\nImage Annotation and Glitching<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read\nand <strong>annotate<\/strong> the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/omeka.org\/classic\/docs\/Plugins\/ExhibitBuilder\/\">Exhibit Builder<\/a>&nbsp;and <a href=\"https:\/\/omeka.org\/classic\/docs\/Plugins\/ExhibitImageAnnotation\/\">Exhibit Image\nAnnotation<\/a>&nbsp;documentation. <\/li><li>Trevor\nOwens\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.loc.gov\/thesignal\/2012\/11\/glitching-files-for-understanding-avoiding-screen-essentialism-in-three-easy-steps\/\">Glitching Files for\nUnderstanding: Avoiding Screen Essentialism in Three Easy Steps<\/a>\u201d<\/li><li>Read\nMichael Kramer\u2019s piece \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/crdh.rrchnm.org\/essays\/v01-08-glitching-history\/\">Glitching History<\/a>.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\nIn-class:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Image analysis and glitching workshop<ul><li>Migrant Mother<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Skull and Dust Bowl<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Install Omeka <a href=\"https:\/\/omeka.org\/classic\/plugins\/\">plugins<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assignment: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Skill #4\/Blog #6: Image Analysis<ul><li>Due Friday, March 27 by 11:59pm<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Week Ten: Copyright and Public Domain \/\/ Text Mining <\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tuesday, March 24, 2020:\nCopyright, Fair Use, and the Public Domain<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Group 7<\/strong>: What\nis the impact of copyright law and the public domain on American life and\nculture?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read and <strong>annotate<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/publishing.gmu.edu\/communication\/copyright\/copyright-basics\/\">Mason&#8217;s Copyright\nBasics<\/a><\/li><li>Watch Kirby\nFerguson\u2019s Ted Talk \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zd-dqUuvLk4\">Creativity is a\nRemix<\/a>.\u201d<\/li><li>Watch\nvideo from <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/\">Creative Commons<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thursday, March 26, 2020: Life Histories and Text Analysis <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/federal-writers-project\/about-this-collection\/\">American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers&#8217; Project, 1936 to 1940<\/a> collection<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/crdh.rrchnm.org\/essays\/v02-14-race-and-place\/\">Race and Place: Dialect and the Construction of Southern Identity in the Ex-Slave Narratives<\/a>.\u201d<\/li><li>Miriam Posner\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/miriamposner\/voyant-workshop\/blob\/master\/investigating-texts-with-voyant.md\">Investigating Texts with Voyant Tools<\/a><\/li><li>Explore Google <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/ngrams\">Ngram Viewer<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/voyant-tools.org\/docs\/\">Voyant Tools Documentation<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-Class:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>FWP: &#8220;&#8230;a 20-million word experiment in collective writing.&#8221; &#8212;&nbsp;<em>Pathfinder Magazine<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/voyant-tools.org\/\">Voyant Tools<\/a> workshop<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assignments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Skill #5\/Blog #7: Text Analysis<\/strong><ul><li>Due Friday, April 3 by 11:59pm<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Week Eleven: Long Civil Rights Era \/\/ Timelines<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tuesday, March 31, 2020:\nLong Civil Rights Era <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Group 8: <\/strong>What is the long civil rights era? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read section XII from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanyawp.com\/text\/23-the-great-depression\/\">Chapter 23<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>The American Yawp<\/em>.<\/li><li>Read p.5-11 of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www-jstor-org.mutex.gmu.edu\/stable\/10.5149\/9781469630953_ritterhouse.4\">Introduction<\/a>&nbsp;from Jennifer Ritterhouse&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>Discovering the South: One Man\u2019s Travels Through a Changing America in the 1930s<\/em>.<\/li><li>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/ebookcentral-proquest-com.mutex.gmu.edu\/lib\/gmu\/reader.action?docID=466939&amp;ppg=77\">Chapter Four<\/a>, \u201cOf New Deals and Raw Deals,\u201d from Cheryl Greenberg\u2019s <em>To Ask for an Equal Chance: African Americans in the Great Depression<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thursday, April 2, 2020: WPA Ex-Slave Narratives and Timelines<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Questions: <\/strong>How do historians use timeline to present the past? What are the possibilities and limitations of oral histories?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www-jstor-org.mutex.gmu.edu\/stable\/10.5149\/9781469626277_stewart.5\">Introduction<\/a> to Catherine Stewart\u2019s <em>Long Past Slavery: Representing Race in the Federal Writers\u2019 Project<\/em> (in Dropbox). <\/li><li>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938\/articles-and-essays\/note-on-the-language-of-the-narratives\/#note\">A Note on the Language of the Narratives<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Listen to your assigned ex-slave narrative and mark down important personal moments from the interview.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-class:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Discuss\nnarratives and experiment with timeline software<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assignments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Skill #6\/Blog #8: Timelines<\/strong><ul><li>Due Friday, April 10 by 11:59pm<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Week Twelve: Regionalism and Race \/\/ Mapping<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tuesday, April 7, 2020:\nRegionalism in Federal One<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Group 9: <\/strong>What is\nthe role of regionalism in the New Deal era?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www-jstor-org.mutex.gmu.edu\/stable\/10.5406\/j.ctt130jtfw.5\">Introduction<\/a> to Peter Gough\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Sounds of the New Deal<\/em>:&nbsp;<em>The\nFederal Music Project in the West:<\/em><\/li><li>Read\nAbout page of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/series\/works-progress-administration\/about\">Works Progress\nAdministration: Federal Music Project<\/a>&nbsp;project from WYNC.\nListen to a recording or two. <\/li><li>Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/whatamericaate.org\/single.essay.php?kid=79-2CB-E\">America Eats:\nPioneers of Food Writing<\/a>\u201d by Camille B\u00e9gin and explore the What\nAmerica Ate project.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <strong>Thursday, April 9, 2020: Tourism, Race, and Digital Mapping<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Group 10: <\/strong>What is the connection between tourism, race, and citizenship? How can digital mapping help us understand the past?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read Richard White&#8217;s &#8220;What is Spatial History?,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/group\/spatialhistory\/cgi-bin\/site\/pub.php?id=29\">https:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/group\/spatialhistory\/cgi-bin\/site\/pub.php?id=29<\/a>. <\/li><li>Read excerpt from Marguerite Shaffer&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>See America First: Tourism and National Identity, 1880-1940&nbsp;<\/em>(in Dropbox).<\/li><li>Read the online exhibit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/exhibits.usu.edu\/exhibits\/show\/americanguideseries\/americanguideseries\">The American Guide Series: American Culture Defined<\/a>&nbsp;from Utah State University (all pages-see navigation top right).<\/li><li><strike>Read Sarah Bond\u2019s piece \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/sarahemilybond.com\/2017\/10\/20\/mapping-racism-and-assessing-the-success-of-the-digital-humanities\/\">Mapping Racism And Assessing the Success of the Digital Humanities<\/a>.\u201d<\/strike><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Discovering the South <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/discoveringthesouth.org\/follow\">interactive map<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assignments: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Skill #7\/Blog #9: Mapping <\/strong><ul><li>Due Tuesday, April 21 by start of class<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>On Tuesday, bring in a preliminary historical question for your final project. Be prepared to workshop this in class and turn in to Professor Jess for comments. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Week Thirteen: Federal Art \/\/ Archives<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tuesday, April 14,\n2020:&nbsp; Federal Art Project&nbsp; <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion\nGroup 11: <\/strong>How did the Federal Art Project impact local communities?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Historical\nquestion for final project.<\/li><li>&#8220;New\nDeal for Public Art&#8221; by Marlene Park and Gerald Markowitz (in Dropbox).<\/li><li>Read\nLivia Gershon\u2019s piece, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/daily.jstor.org\/what-kind-of-work-is-masculine\/\">What Kind of Work\nis Masculine<\/a>?\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Familiarize\nyourself with FAP projects.<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingnewdeal.org\/new-deal-categories\/art\/mural\/\">WPA Murals<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nga.gov\/education\/teachers\/teaching-packets\/index-american-design.html\">Index of American\nDesign<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/collection\/wpapos\/\">WPA Posters<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thursday, April 16, 2020: Archives in the Digital Age<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Questions: <\/strong>What&#8217;s is an archive? How does it get there? How has this changed in the digital age?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read\n&#8220;The Artifactual Elements of Born-Digital Records&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.loc.gov\/thesignal\/2011\/11\/the-artifactual-elements-of-born-digital-records-part-1\/\">Part One<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.loc.gov\/thesignal\/2011\/12\/the-artifactual-elements-of-born-digital-records-part-2\/\">Part Two<\/a>.<\/li><li>Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/dh\/2017\/09\/13\/archivalpraxis\/\">Bias, Perception,\nand Archival Praxis<\/a>\u201d interview.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Explore\nthe Library of Congress\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/web-cultures-web-archive\/\">Web Cultures Web\nArchive <\/a>and the Internet Archive\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/web\/\">Wayback\nMachine<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assignments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Hand out final project scope<\/strong><ul><li>Proposal due Thursday, April 30 by start of class<\/li><li>Final project due Thursday, May 7 by 11:59pm<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Week Fourteen: Archives and Anticommunism <\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tuesday, April 21, 2020: Visit to Mason Special Collections<\/strong><br><strong>*MEET IN FENWICK 2001 (MAIN READING ROOM) TODAY*<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Questions: <\/strong>What was the impact of the Federal Theater Project on America in the 1930s? What were the FTP\u2019s limitations and successes? Who were its critics? What does the archive allow us to understand about the past?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read and <strong>annotate<\/strong> the <a href=\"https:\/\/scrc.gmu.edu\/visit.php\">Special Collections policies<\/a> before coming in.<\/li><li>Read excerpt from Elizabeth A. Osborne\u2019s <em>Staging the People: Community and Identity in the Federal Theatre Project <\/em>(in Dropbox).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-class: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Visit\nto Mason\u2019s Special Collections in Fenwick Library to engage with primary source\nmaterials on the Federal Theater Project<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assignments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Blog #10: Archives<\/strong><ul><li>Due Tuesday, April 28 by start of class<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thursday, April 23, 2020: Anticommunism and the New Deal<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion Question: <\/strong>How did anticommunism impact the New Deal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanyawp.com\/text\/23-the-great-depression\/\"><em>The<\/em> <em>American Yawp<\/em><\/a>, \u201cThe\nGreat Depression\u201d: Section X. <\/li><li>Read\nexcerpt from Ellen Schrecker\u2019s <em>Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America<\/em>\n(in Dropbox).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-class:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Analysis of HUAC minutes and primary sources related to Federal One and anticommunism<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Week Fifteen: Project Workshop \/\/ Legacies of the New Deal<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tuesday, April 28, 2020: Legacies of the New Deal<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bring\nin a \u201creading\u201d that you would assign to help those understand the experience of\na college student in 2019. <\/li><li>Michael\nHobbes\u2019 digital essay \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/highline.huffingtonpost.com\/articles\/en\/poor-millennials\/\">FML: Why\nmillennials are facing the scariest financial future of any generation since\nthe Great Depression.<\/a>.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-class:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Student-led discussion: What are the legacies of the New Deal? 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