HIST*4170 Project Parameters 9 February 2015

Today’s Agenda Project criteria and products Jenny Marvin on Spatial Humanities Chapbooks – a possible DH project area

Jennifer Marvin! On Spatial Humanities…

Housekeeping Omeka workshop Interest? Scheduling? Chapbooks project After today’s presentation by Jenny Marvin

Review: Project Parameters Capstone project: “intensive, active learning project, requiring significant effort in the planning and implementation, as well as preparation of a substantial final work product” Apply the tools and techniques of Digital Humanities to any humanities subject. Project Evaluation Components: 1.Goals and Project Context Which is the main goal: Engagement, Pedagogy, Research, or Educational? Is it positioned in a disciplinary framework? Do you review cognate projects and relevant DH theory? 2.Data Acquisition Describe how it creates new data, or re-purposes and/or modifies existing data 3.Tool application Are appropriate tools used? What are they, and why were they chosen? 4.New Skill Development What new skills did you develop? 5.Outcome Did project attain the desired outcomes? What is its academic and DH contribution? 6.For group projects, discuss Group Management issues (will be evaluated through Peer Evaluation)

Products 1.Project Plan 1500 words describing the academic rationale for the project (including, literature” review of academic sources and any cognate DH projects, where applicable) Address evaluation components #1-4 and your plan for execution ALL due on Wednesday, Feb 26 th (post to blog, and counts as a blog post) 2.Project Presentation (based on Project Plan) 10-minute presentation introducing your plans for the project and takes guidance and feedback Due on either Feb 23rd or March 2nd 3.Final Project Presentations Mar 23 (Feb 23 th group) and Mar 30 (Mar 2nd group) 4.Final Product and Final Report Due April 15th *** March 9 and 16 are optional lab days.***

Let’s pick presentation dates Feb 23/Mar 22 1.Tim 2.Matt 3.Aly 4.Trevor 5.Tori 6.Kevin 7.Sarah M. 8.Sofian 9.Brock 10.Ashlee Mar 2/30 1. Andrew 2. Anthony 3. Phoebe 4. Sarah D. 5. Stephanie

Upcoming Schedule TBD – Omeka workshop? Feb 23 – Preliminary Project Presentations (Project Plans due 26th) Mar 2 – Preliminary Project Presentations (continued) Mar 9/16 — Lab Days (optional) Mar 23/Mar 30 – Final Project Presentations Apr 16 – Final Report and Final Project due

Scottish Chapbooks project If you are interested in doing something related to the University’s chapbooks collection, me ASAP

THE SCOTTISH CHAPBOOK PROJECT A collaboration between Special Collections and the Department of History UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

CHAPBOOKS 101

BALLADS

BATTLES

BIOGRAPHY

THE CLASSICS

DOGS & CATS

FOLK & FAIRY TALES

GHOST STORIES

SELF HELP MANUALS

RATIONALE OF PROJECT Access | Preservation | Pedagogy | Scholarship

FUTURE

SCOTTISH CHAPBOOK SITE