As I move forward creating my prototype, I feel good about my themes, goals, and intended format, as well as the research I have managed to gather up to this point. I am less sure about properly using Omeka and sorting through and using my research, however. Themes and Plans To start with something positive, […]

My current plan for my project involves exhibits based on time periods that users can select in order to learn about spies that they might not have learned about previously or that they had heard of and want to learn more about. This way, I hope to facilitate an informative experience for both people with […]

Above is a wireframe for the home page of Hidden Spies (the working title for my project). At the bottom is a timeline of conflicts. A user can select a particular conflict to see spies and saboteurs who worked in each era. The idea is to allow the user to start out with something familiar, […]

Sophia Sophia is a nineteen-year-old college student. She loves pop culture based on history. She has watched Turn: Washington’s Spies, Hamilton: An American Musical (via streaming), and others. She draws fanart for her favorite historical figures as they are portrayed in media, such as by drawing the Marquis de Lafayette as looking like Daveed Diggs, […]

While history is often presented in current American society as being centered around cishet WASP (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant) men, this is especially true in regards to the study of early American wars and the eras surrounding them. Note that for the purposes of this project, “early America” is defined as being between 1776 and 1865. […]

Chism, Kahlil. “Harriet Tubman: Spy, Veteran, and Widow.” OAH Magazine of History 19, no. 2 (2005): 47-51. Accessed February 26, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25163763. This lesson plan from OAH Magazine, argues that it is important to understand how Harriet Tubman’s race and gender can help us understand her experiences, focusing specifically on her work as a spy. By discussing […]

Digital humanities projects can be made interactive by allowing for contributions from the public and through the use of roleplay. Allowing the public to contribute to a digital humanities project is a natural way for the project to grow and can give users a deeper feeling of connection. This can involve either contributing one’s own […]

Statement of the humanities themes When wars or other military activities in America between 1776-1865 are discussed, the conversation often focuses on the contributions of WASP (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant) men, generally as soldiers. At many points, the American army has been reluctant to let non-dominant groups serve as soldiers but has let them contribute in […]

While planning for my public humanities project, I explored several digital repositories. While I am not yet certain about what topic I will ultimately go with, HathiTrust, DPLA, the Smithsonian Collections, and Harvard Library’s “Women Working” collection piqued my interest as potential sources for my project. I started out with HathiTrust, a repository I have […]

OutHistory is a website that maintains a collection of writings about LGBT+ people and topics from throughout history. It is a collaborative effort that includes writings and images from various sources. It is both easy to use and a fascinating collection. Navigability is one of OutHistory’s strong suits. It has a search bar feature and […]