Every week, we look at more and more Digital Humanities projects, and I find myself wondering where I will fit in. There are many times where I think about how future DSSFs\u00a0will probably look at my project and critique it. I am not afraid of that, but it is just a fact.<\/p>\n
I want them to think that it was an interesting addition to the collection of websites they review. I want them to think that it was well-executed and well-designed.<\/p>\n
But more than just wanting them to like my project, I want to take away something from it.<\/p>\n
I want anyone who comes across my project to consider the arguments on both sides for living history models. I want them to confront their existing opinion, or consider the ideas for the first time. I think that wanting your audience to think critically about a given topic is pretty common surrounding most published materials in academia, nonetheless, I maintain that this is something that I am heavily considering with every design decision.<\/p>\n
I recently changed my theme to my website. It definitely set me back some, both in time devoted to looking into other options and in work put into customizing the website the first time. But I still felt as though it was important. Every day, more likely every minute, I find myself considering whether or not I would visit my own website if it was not mine.<\/p>\n
More often than not, my answer is no. Not only do I not see myself spending a large amount of time perusing the digital humanities projects of undergrads. But my internet usage if usually based out of necessity, and not in wandering through different urls. And I think those two things are similar for many other people.<\/p>\n
I have found myself stuck in that crisis a few times and have realized that my approach was unproductive and pretty negative. Now I ask myself: if\u00a0I was to encounter my website, how long would I stay? I spend my time attempting to lengthen the time of my answer with everything I add to my site.<\/p>\n
I more likely than not will have an audience mostly consistency of the DH community, and the friends and family I explicitly show my\u00a0project. But I want them to forget the original goal of seeing my website, the goal of seeing the tools I used or appeasing their annoying friend, and experiencing what I have been experiencing for 6 weeks now. If I can get an audience to just let their guard down enough to actually read what I have to say, I will consider this a success.<\/p>\n
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Every week, we look at more and more Digital Humanities projects, and I find myself wondering where I will fit in. There are many times where I think about how future DSSFs\u00a0will probably look at my project and critique it. I am not afraid of that, but it is just a fact. I want them … <\/p>\n