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  • The Process of Editing Texts

    “The process of selection is inevitably an interpretative act: what we choose to represent and what we do not depends either on the particular vision that we have of a particular manuscript or on practical constraints.” (Elena Pierazzo 2.1) Through collaborative work on the transcription of the Powell Diary along with applying TEI-compliant XML markup…

  • #tagging

    The close reading of a text can in some cases reveal much more substance than other methods. In the case of the Powell diary, close reading has enabled us to learn about the lives of Shamokin residents, both native and Moravian, in great depth. According to Pierazzo, we conducted a diplomatic edition; a transcription that is…

  • Take a Closer Look at Powell Diary

    “Determining how and whether a work got included in the database was sometimes a subjective process. some of the decisions made could, and perhaps should, be challenged.” said Matthew Jockers in his analysis Macroanalysis Digital Methods and Literary History. Through the  process of marking up my transcription of Powell Diary, I understood his statement better. I…

  • Powell Diary TEI

    Please post the links to your TEI compliant XML encoded Powell files to this page! Duke Repko – http://www.students.bucknell.edu/projects/HUMN10001/Powell/content/Powell1.xml Matt Lucas – http://www.students.bucknell.edu/projects/HUMN10001/Powell/content/Powell2.xml John Edler – http://www.students.bucknell.edu/projects/HUMN10001/Powell/content/Powell3.xml Ryan Clifford – http://www.students.bucknell.edu/projects/HUMN10001/Powell/content/Powell4.xml Madeline Purdy –http://www.students.bucknell.edu/projects/HUMN10001/Powell/content/Powell5.xml Jiayu Huang –http://www.students.bucknell.edu/projects/HUMN10001/Powell/content/Powell6.xml Qijing Zheng –http://www.students.bucknell.edu/projects/HUMN10001/Powell/content/Powell7.xml Sir Nicholas Miller http://www.students.bucknell.edu/projects/HUMN10001/Powell/content/Powell8.xml Claire Maree W O’Bryan http://www.students.bucknell.edu/projects/HUMN10001/Powell/content/Powell9.xml Complete version is here http://www.students.bucknell.edu/projects/HUMN10001/Powell/content/Powell_Compiled.xml

  • Blog Post #3

    History is a vital part of our existence as human beings. Not only does it tell our story for future civilizations, but history serves as a reminder of what is possible, and impossible. The saying, “history repeats itself” has been true a countless number of times. For this reason and more, it is vital to…

  • Timeglider and Timemapper: The Benefits and Differences

    When learning history and trying to understand it, it tends to not make sense when dates are scrambled and out of order. The story that it tells becomes distorted between what is happening and what has already happened. Although different in several ways, Timemapper and Timeglider are similar in the fact that they put events…

  • Representation of Chronology and Why It’s Important

    Documentation and recordation is extremely vital to history. Thanks to scholars in the past, we have events in the past we can learn from that allow us to progress. Through chronology, we can see how past events have affected ones that have proceeded them and monitor what is occurring in the world around these events.…

  • The TimeMapper Vs. TimeGlider Debate

    When looking at historical events and texts, “graphical representation is among our most important tools for organizing information.” (Grafton) According to Grafton, people have used graphical representations for centuries. With applications such as TimeGlider and TimeMapper, viewers can not only get a better sense of when each event occurred, but can also get a better…

  • Working with Time

    Last week, we learned about the concept of contextual research and worked with two digital humanities tools, Time Mapper and Timeglider. I’m really interested in Time Mapper, which shows readers the locations, time, images and courses of events. As Grafton pointed out, “graphic history” is a remarkable idea. From the vivid reconstructive image of Yuan Ming…

  • Time Visualization: Time Mapper and Time Glider

    Time visualizaion is basically a way to chronologize history events. According to Grafton, people started to do these kinds of things from 500 A.D. (or earlier). This week, I experienced two ways to do time visualization, Time mapper and Time glider. Grafton introduces that the earilist way to do time visulization is to build a chart,…

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