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Mobilizing Through History | Zach's History Blog
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Zach's History Blog. One public historian's musings. That’s What History Said. April 16, 2014. In History and New Media. When we hear the phrase “New media” we usually think of recent technology like smartphones, or Twitter, or even just the internet at large. However, as the essay collection. New Media, 1740-1915. Take for example mobile applications in museums. Though thoroughly robust mobile applications were uncommon prior to the rise of smartphones a decade ago, museums have long used hand-held ...
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Why I’m a Maphead | Zach's History Blog
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Zach's History Blog. One public historian's musings. That’s What History Said. March 27, 2014. In History and New Media. Why I’m a Maphead. A Precursor to Normandy? Just like Brick Tamland loves lamp. Are much more complex than D.C.’s Metro map. I believe spatial history is absolutely vital in Digital History. Besides the very practical uses of maps I outlined above, maps can be great tools of learning. The image at the top of this post comes from a 2012 Guardian piece. Historians should not view maps ju...
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Final Resting Place | Zach's History Blog
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Zach's History Blog. One public historian's musings. That’s What History Said. May 1, 2014. In History and New Media. Burials at the Soldiers’ Home National Cemetery peaked as Abraham Lincoln released the Emancipation Proclamation in September, 1862. Way back in February, I wrote. Into our site, the database itself is the foundation of the project, rather than the end-all, be-all. Instead, the website robustly interprets and contextualizes the cemetery. Specifically, the website demonstrates that...After...
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That’s What History Said | Zach's History Blog
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Zach's History Blog. One public historian's musings. That’s What History Said. That’s What History Said. History is filled with great characters, who in turn are filled with great quotes. As I come across any memorable and distinct quotes, I’ll tweet them from @ZachHistoryAU. With the hashtag #thatswhathistorysaid,. And if you find any quotes that really speak to you, feel free to tweet them too! Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.
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It’s the culturomics, stupid | Zach's History Blog
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Zach's History Blog. One public historian's musings. That’s What History Said. February 26, 2014. In History and New Media. It’s the culturomics, stupid. The Internet Archive is pretty awesome. But the Google Ngrams. Tool, which allows anyone to search millions of books from 1800 to 2008, is pretty neat too. This tool is part of a new field called “ culturomics. Steps for Ngram :. 1) Books are written 2) Google scans books 3) Ngram analyzes selection of books 4) User searches for specific words. Geotagge...
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Communication Breakdown | Zach's History Blog
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Zach's History Blog. One public historian's musings. That’s What History Said. April 3, 2014. In History and New Media. Last week I received a group email from a friend. The subject line was simply “fb” and the original message was quite clear: “What the hell. Stop changing.” That was followed up by a dozen responses, some in agreement (“Argh”), some pragmatic (“What the hell else are their engineers going to do but change things? Why do we always complain when a site like Facebook, or Google. From perso...
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Book Review: Bridging the Digital and the Humanities | Zach's History Blog
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Zach's History Blog. One public historian's musings. That’s What History Said. April 17, 2014. In History and New Media. Book Review: Bridging the Digital and the Humanities. Since I started this blog, I’ve focused on specific things like preservation. Immediately caught my eye. Turns out, such plaudits are not hyperbole. The second chapter, “Emerging Methods and Genres” serves as a field map to the 15 different practices and methods within the field of the Digital Humanities. These range...Lastly, the f...
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Hail to the history of the term Redskins | Zach's History Blog
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Zach's History Blog. One public historian's musings. That’s What History Said. March 26, 2014. In History and New Media. Hail to the history of the term Redskins. Daniel Snyder, the owner of Washington D.C.’s NFL franchise , is in the news again. On Monday he released a letter. Announcing the creation of the Original Americans Foundation which will “provide meaningful and measurable resources that provide genuine opportunities for Tribal communities.”. I’m not going to get into the entire controver...
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“How Sleep the Brave Who Sink to Rest” | Zach's History Blog
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Zach's History Blog. One public historian's musings. That’s What History Said. February 19, 2014. In History and New Media. 8220;How Sleep the Brave Who Sink to Rest”. Circa 1861-1865 photo of Soldiers’ Home Cemetery (courtesy New York Public Library). Ever since college graduation, I have been fortunate to work at a place I truly believe in President Lincoln’s Cottage. As he walked among the graves. Clearly living so close to such a busy cemetery affected the President. Of the history of the site, but c...
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Social Network at the Museum | Zach's History Blog
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Zach's History Blog. One public historian's musings. That’s What History Said. April 10, 2014. In History and New Media. Social Network at the Museum. Sometimes it’s hard to remember a pre-Social Media internet. After all, Facebook launched 10 years ago. But prior to the emergence of “ Web 2.0. As a result of this transparency, people develop substantive online relationships. Deadspin writer Drew Magary recently discussed this phenomena in one of his “funbag” columns. A reader asked. 8221; * National Mus...
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