We live in communities that are increasingly becoming intersected and globalized. There is a lot of mixing in terms of race, religion, ideologies, languages, ethnicity, and many other aspects. The development of such an intersection has historically been traced from systems of migration and capitalist expansion (1). In many discussions of world development, Africa is excluded yet major forms of migration and populationContinue reading “Mapping patterns and causes for labor migration in Southern Africa”
Category Archives: Studio Fellows
Consider the Sandbox
During his presentation to our class, the Studio’s GIS Specialist (as well as my wonderful Point of Contact) Jay Bowen suggested we think of our Summer Studio Fellowship as a sandbox. A playground staple, sandboxes offer children spaces to manipulate finely ground rocks and minerals. Sandboxes have boundaries. Wooden planks prevent too much sand fromContinue reading “Consider the Sandbox”
The Pain of Exile
The project that I’m working on during my summer fellowship aims to develop a new approach to illness narratives through an investigation of the intersection of pain and exile. Here, the specific focus is the artistic development of the Cuban artist Ana Mendieta, during her stay in Iowa City as a graduate student and teacher,Continue reading “The Pain of Exile”
Learning GIS to Map Bison by Max Lieberman
Beginning this summer’s fellowship, I had set what I believed to be a difficult, but still achievable, goal for myself. With no background in digital methods, I hoped to learn fundamental GIS skills and create a map of bison migration patterns on the borders of Yellowstone National Park. The bison of Yellowstone are the lastContinue reading “Learning GIS to Map Bison by Max Lieberman”
Visa Issued: Making Sense of Data
The US immigration system produces a complex hierarchy of legal and visa statuses that grant different rights, freedoms, and protections to immigrants. However, distinctions in visa types are often overlooked or omitted in conversations about immigration, both in research as well as in public discourse. I believe one reason for this is the sheer complexityContinue reading “Visa Issued: Making Sense of Data”
Dealing with Data Across Academic Fields
The project that I’m working on during my summer fellowship explores the gendered and racialized politics of the Academy Awards, more commonly known as the Oscars. This project includes a WordPress site with forms of data visualization and a series of video essays that can be used to educate a general audience but also asContinue reading “Dealing with Data Across Academic Fields”
Gender and Imprisonment: An Analysis of U.S. States over Time
Imprisonment rates in the U.S. increased by 700 percent between the 1970s and 2000 (Beck and Harrison 2001), and this mass incarceration has garnered substantial attention among sociologists and criminologists. Although many studies have found on correlates of mass incarceration such as the growth of economic and racial/ethnic minority groups, the role of Republican leadershipContinue reading “Gender and Imprisonment: An Analysis of U.S. States over Time”
Examine Discourse of Personal Control in Newspaper
Project Background: Demonstrating strong control over one’s own life is morally encouraged and sometimes required by American society. Potent as this tenet shapes individual behaviors, it can only remain strong through repeated instantiations in our daily lives. To understand how the value of having control is woven into American’s mainstream individualistic culture, I explore itsContinue reading “Examine Discourse of Personal Control in Newspaper”
Fine Line between Academic and Artistic 3D Reconstructions
My project as a Studio fellow this summer is to create a 3D model of an ancient Roman water fountain, commonly known as the “Auditorium of Maecenas,” with the goal to understand this space as a holistic, multisensorial environment. I believe there is an interesting paradox in creating immersive, sensorially-rich digital reconstructions. As more andContinue reading “Fine Line between Academic and Artistic 3D Reconstructions”
Just a simple timeline, right?
I came into this fellowship with a great deal of optimism regarding what I could accomplish—utterly unaware of the actual work it would take to pull off a digital humanities project. This summer, I’ll be working with Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio staff member Nikki White to create a digital (but that is a given,Continue reading “Just a simple timeline, right?”