By trade, I'm an artist so I am a very visual and tactile when it comes to learning. Since everything is online learning new skills, like coding, have been kind of difficult for me. Recently in CHI we got into groups and started working on our first rapid development project. My group proposed a site that uses an interactive map that people can explore to learn about the history of objects from...

To be honest, I did not want to write about COVID. In August, I was excited about the beginning of a new semester. With the forthcoming academic year, I could focus some of the energy I had spent reading about the pandemic and refocus my energy on my dissertation and upcoming foray into this strange, strange job market. I truly gave myself a break this summer, working on very minute details in...

When I applied for the CHI Fellowship, I knew that I wanted my project to be a visual online project that maps out conflict and displacement. In future posts, I hope that I can further develop this idea; however, I wanted to first look at how we will be shaping cultural heritage during these uncertain and strange times of the novel COVID-19 pandemic. A project intended to be applied through...

Hi everyone! I'm Marwa Bakabas, a second year Ph.D. student in the Department of Anthropology at Michigan State University with a specialization in Global Urban Studies. This year, I am also a fellow in the Cultural Heritage Informatics (CHI) fellowship initiative for the academic year 2020-2021. I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in Global Affairs with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa...

Hi, my name is Lillian Young. I am a second year MFA Studio Art Grad in the College of Art, Art History and Design at Michigan State University. This year I am also one of the new CHI Fellows. I am a painter who likes to moonlight as a printmaker. My art mainly focuses on exploring Black history, particularly the people, moments, and objects that aren't well known. I'm from Texas and attended...

Hello! My name is Andra Durham and I am a graduate fellow in the 2020-2021 iteration of the Cultural Heritage Informatics (CHI) fellowship. I am a second year PhD student in the Department of Anthropology. I earned my B.A. in anthropology and classics from Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan in 2019 after taking a nine year break from school. My academic focus is in medical...