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Allison Maier wrote a new blog post Black Politicians in the Post-Civil War Natchez Region in the group Digital Humanities: 6 years, 3 months ago
After the Civil War, there was a surge of African-Americans into politics. This lasted until the late 19th century, when racist practices and legislature forced many African-Americans out of the political […]
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Allison Maier wrote a new blog post Progress Report: Map of Black Politicians in the Natchez Region following the Civil War in the group Digital Humanities: 6 years, 4 months ago
For my project I have been working with Professor Behrend’s research on black politicians in the Natchez region after the Civil War. My final goal is to create a map, or at least the prototype for a map, d […]
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Allison Maier wrote a new blog post Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the American City in the group Digital Humanities: 6 years, 6 months ago
Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the American City is a digital mapping project connected to the book of the same name by Colin Gordon. This project uses various programs, particularly ArcGIS and Social Explorer, to […]
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Allison Maier replied to the topic Visions of Education in the forum Digital Humanities 6 years, 6 months ago
Wells’ main problems with education are that it is not widespread enough, it is segmented, it is too influenced by political action/ideas, and it has not evolved at the same pace as the rest of society.
The first two points speak to how Wells views education as limited, which heavily concerns him. Wells wants a universal, synthesized education, t…[Read more]
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Allison Maier replied to the topic Gleick on Information in the forum Digital Humanities 6 years, 6 months ago
- Like Zach, I had always thought of a computer as something that existed outside the physical world. The “language” a computer used was so foreign that trying to understand how any of it worked was overwhelming. For example, all of commands we have been using in class, like “cd” or “chmod,” were confusing because they did not make sense to me…
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Allison Maier replied to the topic Gleick on Words in the forum Digital Humanities 6 years, 6 months ago
The fact that most surprised me was when Gleick said that the word lyrics did not exist until the nineteenth century. I can understand if that specific word did not exist, but it seems to me that there must have been a word which came before it that had at least a similar meaning. As Gleick discussed, songs are as old as civilization so it seems…[Read more]
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Allison Maier joined the group Digital Humanities 6 years, 6 months ago
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Allison Maier became a registered member 6 years, 7 months ago