By Rachel Dougherty I sit down to write this final post in the midst of a hectic finals week. I’ve been busy taking cumulative exams and writing papers in an attempt to synthesize what I have learned over the course of the semester; but my Digital History final has looked a bit different. I was … Continue reading Digital History: A ‘Bridge,’ Enabling the Past to be Elevated in the Present
By: Rachel Dougherty As my time in Digital History winds down as the semester comes to a natural conclusion, I find I have two final reflections from this course that seem to juxtapose one another. First, I am truly amazed at the amount and quality of history that is able to be done in the … Continue reading Archival Research: A journey that may not actually be about the destination
By Rachel Dougherty Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Digital technology has never exactly been my forte. I think I am supposed to be "good" at it though. Or at least that's what people say; I was born a "digital native" after all. But I can vividly remember back in grade school, sitting in computer class … Continue reading The Digitally Disoriented Meets Digital History
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