Class Cancelled Monday

I’m sure you’re aware that Baruch is closed on Monday. We still plan on allowing you to use Wednesday’s class time to meet with your groups. Prior to this, however, we’d like each group to post an updated research strategy to the the blog by 8 am on Wednesday.  We will comment on these posts in detail, and each member of the group is responsible for offering substantive discussion of our responses in the comment section of that original post. Doing so will be part of your project grade.

Your blog post should offer the following in as much detail as possible:

• a statement of the historical question you seek to answer
• a review of how your group divides labor
• an overview of the data, archives, and other primary sources that you plan to use at this stage
  • be sure that spatial history, data mining and analysis, textual analysis, and visual and aural culture are represented in this overview.
• an understanding of the chronological scope of your project. Ask yourself if the data will be broad enough to address your question, but also manageable within our timeframe for producing these projects.

Your meetings towards the end of the week should incorporate our responses, and then next week’s class sessions will be split between discussing readings — make sure you do them, there may be a quiz! — and establishing a structure and a set of tools for you to begin production of your project in earnest.

As always, let us know if you have any questions. Stay safe in the storm.

Luke and Tom