by Katy Meyers | Aug 11, 2011 | CHI Articles & Discussions
Three dimensional recreations of historical buildings, streets and cities are not anything new or exciting. Often the reconstructions are blocky, pixelated, and tend to represent a cleaned up and idealistic version of the past. Was Byzantine in 1200 CE really full of...
by Jennifer Bengtson | Jul 29, 2011 | CHI Articles & Discussions
I am an anthropologist. More specifically, I am an archaeologist. And even more specifically than that, I am interested in communities. Sounds simple and boring, but the concept of community is so complex and integral to being human. What is a community? Who decides...
by Jennifer Sano-Franchini | May 6, 2011 | CHI Articles & Discussions
In early April, I took a trip down to Atlanta, Georgia, for this year’s Conference on College Composition and Communication (more commonly known as CCCC, Cs, or 4Cs). CCCC is the largest professional conference for the field of Rhetoric and Composition. For this post,...
by Katy Meyers | Apr 25, 2011 | CHI Articles & Discussions
This past week was the annual Paleopathology Association conference, which took place in Minneapolis, MN on April 12-13th. During the final session of talks, Charlotte Roberts, a paleopathology professor from Durham University (and one of my academic heroes),...
by Katy Meyers | Mar 14, 2011 | CHI Articles & Discussions, Uncategorized
One of the best parts of asking for research help at the library is the way that the librarians can link data. If I’m researching haggis, they can not only lead me to recipes and history of haggis, but will also know that overall Scottish history is pertinent...
by Jennifer Sano-Franchini | Mar 7, 2011 | CHI Articles & Discussions
This week, I came across this post on Angry Asian Man about a new digital archive collection of posters, artwork, and photographs documenting the work of the Kearney Street Workshop, a multidisciplinary Asian Pacific American artist collective, founded in San...
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