Projects
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Coming to Terms with the Past
Created by Sean Kulaga Coming to Terms with the Past: Confronting Relics of the Third Reich is an exhibit that walks visitors through a critcal view of what it means to posess Third Reich. Using a case study, the project examins the purchasing of actual Nazi artifacts, contextualizes them, and then presents users with the…
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Everyday Empires
Created by Mia Swenson Everyday Empires, a proof-of-concept project, envisions maritime life and industry in early modern London through the diary of John “Ramblin’ Jack” Cremer. It offers a look at how Britain’s maritime economy shaped the lives of its citizens throughout the eighteenth century. As the locations on the map will suggest, the early…
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Saida: A City’s Urban History through its Inscriptions
Created by Khalil Sawan Saida: A City’s Urban History through its Inscriptions explores the history of Saida’s urban history by deciphering and analysing the historic inscriptions found on and in the old city’s historical buildings. The majority of inscriptions are door inscriptions found on the entrances of mosques, hammams, cafes, sufi lodges, and even residential…
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The Silent Spring Soundscape
Created by Kelly Gray The Silent Spring Soundscape: Lessons in Listening to the Land combines immersive field recordings in environmental soundscapes, ArcGIS interactive mapping, and interactive lesson plans for the high school or college classroom to tell the history of Rachel Carson’s work, Silent Spring, and to learn to read the environmental silences in texts.
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Ælfric Online
Created by Chase Hockema Ælfric Online seeks to continue Ælfric’s mission of making doctrine and scripture accessible to a wider audience. The last complete translation of these homilies was Benjamin Thorpe’s in 1844 (first series; second series), and the language throughout is often contorted. Other Old English scholars have translated parts or all of certain homilies…
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World Travelers Story Maps
The following story maps provide insight into 17th and 18th travel narratives through textual extracts, mapping, and contextualization. They were created by DH certificate students with teaching and learning in mind. Impressions of South Africa: Tracking the Descriptions of Viscount Born in 1838 in what is now Northern Ireland, James Bryce is highly regarded as…