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Blog Post: Due\u00a0Monday, July 25<\/h2>\n

It is one thing to create scholarly material for a class, to be seen by a handful of people; it is an entirely different concept to develop a digital project that is openly available on the Internet that engages a wide audience and encourages interaction. Read\u00a0Burdick, et. al. \u201c3. The Social Life of the Digital Humanities,\u201d<\/a> in Digital_Humanities<\/em>, 84-98 and think about how your project disrupts traditional ways of doing scholarship. In what ways can your project engage the public, as well as other scholars?\u00a0How is your project social\/empowering\/decolonizing? Can your project live alongside the work of \u201ctraditional scholars?\u201d<\/p>\n

Monday, July 17<\/h2>\n

8:30am-9am: Check-In (Library 014)<\/h3>\n

9am-Noon: Public History, Crowdsourcing, and Social Media \u00a0(Library 014, Public Session)<\/h3>\n

Digital scholars, and especially public historians, are increasingly turning to social media and crowdsourcing sites to publicize digital projects, as well as enlist public support for transcription and identification. Today we\u2019ll look at the social media presence of a few digital projects, as well as discuss how digital scholars are using crowdsourcing to\u00a0collect and describe historical documents. We will also discuss the differences between digital scholarship, digital history, and public history.<\/p>\n

Readings and Assignments<\/h4>\n