It's hard to believe that we've just finished fall break here at Messiah University and will soon be sprinting to the end of the term. I think my last general update about our work on the Digital Harrisburg Initiative was fall 2022 (read that here), which makes this update well overdue. While we've been silent … Continue reading Digital Harrisburg: Fall 2024
Starting this semester-long journey working with Digital Harrisburg has been a fascinating experience that has improved my knowledge of the rich history of this city and sharpened my storytelling abilities on social media. Throughout the semester, my main emphasis was creating engaging content for Digital Harrisburg's Facebook and Instagram pages. I tried to capture the … Continue reading Social Media Semester Recap
This semester as part of the Center for Public Humanities, I returned to the ongoing work of writing stories in place for the new Harrisburg Historical tour site which is the latest part of the Digital Harrisburg Initiative. More specifically, my work was on the story of the Black laborers who built Fort Couch during … Continue reading Reflecting on Stories Retold
As this project draws to a close, I wanted to take a moment and reflect on all the opportunities this project has given me and all the things I have learned in the past four months. To me, this project was so much more than the technical aspect of the website editing. In my opinion, … Continue reading Reflections on the Spring Semester
The Chester Way Tour project combines place-based, often forgotten, stories of Harrisburg's history from the 19th to the 20th century that illuminate the civil rights effort of the region. The first story of this tour, which I’m delighted to share, begins with the first European settler of Harrisburg, John Harris, a mulberry tree, and the rumored account … Continue reading Before Harrisburg: John Harris and Hercules
Dominic Gomez This semester, I decided to return to the Center of Public Humanities to contribute another story once again. Roughly a year ago, I began my involvement with the Center as a Fellow working on a Curatescape story for the ongoing series of stories-in-place on the untold narratives of Black History in the Harrisburg … Continue reading The Untold Tale of Fort Couch
In this current semester, I am engaging in a project as part of a humanities projects course, Humanities Projects 1, where I have taken on the responsibility of managing the Instagram and Facebook accounts for Digital Harrisburg. Digital Harrisburg is a website platform dedicated to preserving and showcasing the rich history of Harrisburg, focusing on … Continue reading Revitilizing Social Media
For the past several weeks, I have been working on editing and critiquing articles about Harrisburg’s 19th century African American community for the Digital Harrisburg blog. My role in this project is to ensure that the text students generate is clear and understandable to the public. The process is simple. First, my professor forwards the links … Continue reading Digital Harrisburg meets Quality Control
The light at the end of the tunnel is near for my seven-month-long project, “Finding Washingtonia” documentary (for background, see my previous post here). This film project has taught me much about myself and the world around me. I'm grateful for the opportunities to capture and tell people's stories that are unique and impactful to … Continue reading Finding Washingtonia: A New Trailer
Over this past semester, I have had the honor of creating and organizing a Digital Public Humanities online archive. This archive holds a large quantity of digital audio, video, and photo files that students have created over the years through the work of the Center for Public Humanities. My goal was to design an easy-to-use … Continue reading Harrisburg Historical plus an Archival Preservation and Content Project
