by mahnkes1 | Nov 23, 2016 | CHI Grad Fellow Post
As evidenced through this month’s blog posts, the CHI cohort is putting together their initial plans for our main project. I had initially wanted to focus on how nostalgia imprints itself and is used on physical places as a means of sustaining culture; however, the...
by Jessica Yann | Nov 18, 2016 | CHI Fellowship Program, CHI Grad Fellow Post, CHI Project Info
I’ve been thinking a lot these last few weeks about my project for my CHI fellowship. As I have mentioned before, I strongly believe in making archaeology accessible to a broad range of people. In my work with the State Archaeologist of Michigan, as well as...
by Erin Pevan | Nov 15, 2016 | CHI Grad Fellow Post, CHI Project Info
Since my last blog, I’ve ruminated upon the overall purpose of my CHI project; it first shall serve as the digital component to my Master’s thesis, and it second shall serve as that culmination of my background in history, information technology, and anthropology. But...
by nesbit17 | Nov 11, 2016 | CHI Fellowship Program, CHI Grad Fellow Post
As the semester rolls on and we are tasked with trying to visualize our CHI projects, I am feeling a little stressed and inspired, all at the same time! As I’ve said before, my project is going to center around the research I’ve been conducting in the...
by Jack Biggs | Nov 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
As it gets later and later into the semester, I’ve started trying to put together ideas for my CHI project. While I’ve been thinking about what specifically I would like to do, there was one notion that kept popping up in my head: make accessible, usable,...
by nelso663 | Nov 6, 2016 | CHI Grad Fellow Post
This past Friday, we talked about licensing. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m interested in information and communication technologies (ICTs) and traditional knowledges (TK), which are the product of the intricate relationships between indigenous peoples and...
by pebbles1 | Nov 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Hello! O’siyo! こにちわ! It is November and we are moving further into web design and interactive visuals in our cohort work. I am getting excited about planning my project. I know I want to do something with visuals, space/place, and water. I am still holding onto the...
by doyleras | Nov 4, 2016 | CHI Fellowship Program, CHI Grad Fellow Post, CHI Project Info
Hello all! I am a second-year doctoral student in the Department of History. I am especially interested in studying environmental history and histories of science and technology, focusing on water politics in Africa. I am interested in historicizing the water politics...
by Autumn Painter | Nov 2, 2016 | CHI Grad Fellow Post, CHI Project Info
I love food, and this year I am combining this love with both of my fellowship, Cultural Heritage Informatics (CHI) and Campus Archaeology Program, into a focused research project on the Early Period of MSU’s campus (1855-1870). Within the Campus Archaeology...
by swayampr | Oct 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
When I first began thinking about a prospective CHI fellowship project, I wanted to map the Underground Railroad between Detroit and Windsor, specifically spatializing where and how people escaped. In the last few weeks however, I have begun to think about...
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