A blog about historical research and digital tools
Each blog post below discusses a digital tool. Several posts have been grouped into three broader topic pages: Research Tools, Communication Tools, and Visualization Tools.
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Risky New York: Gendered Spatial Practices Between the Gay City and the Normative City
The study of historically marginalized groups and their presence in, movement through, and production of space must be conceived inContinue readingRisky New York: Gendered Spatial Practices Between the Gay City and the Normative City
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Tableau: Inquiring Far and Beyond with Data Visualization
To experiment with Tableau, an interactive data visualization application, I acquired data in XLSX format from the National Register ofContinue readingTableau: Inquiring Far and Beyond with Data Visualization
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Palladio: Everything is Connected
As surprising as it sounds, for a long time historians overlooked implicit connections between things, people, organizations, and ideas acrossContinue readingPalladio: Everything is Connected
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Voyant and Text Mining: When Quantitative Meets Qualitative
When Dr. Leisl Carr Childers introduced me to Voyant during her graduate methods seminar at Colorado State University, I realizedContinue readingVoyant and Text Mining: When Quantitative Meets Qualitative
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StoryMaps: A place-based form of historical narrative
Professor Elizabeth Tulanowski‘s introductory class on Geographic Information Systems at Colorado State University exposed me to ArcGIS tools. Developed byContinue readingStoryMaps: A place-based form of historical narrative
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AirTable: Data Management and Collaboration
Dr. Amanda Regan, my supervisor and co-director of the digital mapping project Mapping the Gay Guides, first introduced me to AirTable whenContinue readingAirTable: Data Management and Collaboration
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Omeka: Curatorship and exhibits in the digital age
The great thing about Omeka is that it is an open-source system. The software is what we call a contentContinue readingOmeka: Curatorship and exhibits in the digital age
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Organize your mess: Tropy and historical research
In the summer of 2021, I did my first solo research trip. With little time to prepare, I had oneContinue readingOrganize your mess: Tropy and historical research
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The day has finally come: Zotero has found me and it’s here to stay
I never really loved dishwashers. One of the few things that gives me some sense of control over the chaosContinue readingThe day has finally come: Zotero has found me and it’s here to stay
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Coding: Baby steps towards a new form of communication
Of course, the first blog post of the Time Sensitive is about coding. Not because I love it madly, butContinue readingCoding: Baby steps towards a new form of communication