Tag Archives: public history
The Digital Narrative of Perez Hamilton
PerezHamilton.com parodies pop culture gossip monger Perez Hilton by blogging about major events of seventeenth century American history. The site functions as a digital narrative by exhibiting components explicated by Bryan Alexander in The New Digital Storytelling: Creating Narratives with New Media. Perez … Continue reading
Questioning Online Archives
To begin my foray into the world of digital archiving, I uploaded several images of the 1893 Columbian Exposition on to an Omeka website. Specifically, I sampled images of the Midway Plaisance published in souvenir books in order to facilitate … Continue reading
Between the Personal and the Professional
As a public historian and young adult, there is no question of whether or not I will cultivate an online presence. Recently, however, I have been seriously grappling with the implications of separating or integrating my personal and professional online … Continue reading
Twitter for the Public Historian
At its best, Twitter serves as a showcase for wit and a tool for grassroots mobilization. At its worst it is a platform for inane updates on the daily lives of celebrities and–even worse–of normals. How can public historians harness the … Continue reading