Upon beginning this week’s reading, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that my anthropological background has now proven relevant in my historical studies. Indeed, it is the other social sciences that came into focus as I made my way through more of John Tosh’s The Pursuit of History, the first two chapters of Geoff Eley’s(…)
New Form of Knowledge
Both Weinberger and the authors of Writing History in the Digital Age discuss characteristics of Internet and how these characteristics apply to historical writing. They put much effort on openness of Internet, such as avoiding gatekeepers, increasing diversity and improving collaboration. The most interesting question for me is: as they all indicate Internet changes our […]
History and the Web
“It Isn’t Writing, It’s Only Typing” Truman Capote’s slam of Kerouac’s writing sums how I have felt about blogging in the past. Prior to this…
Who Keeps the Bad Ideas Away, Now that the Gatekeepers are Gone?
By this point, we’ve all accepted, or at least heavily considered, the idea that there is no such thing as objectivity and that what some…
“Expanding and Blurring:” What Becomes History in a Digital Age?
The first blog post I composed for History 5104 was just a few weeks ago, and it was an extremely stressful experience for me. Not only was I worried about whether or not I’d satisfactorily completed my assignment, I was … Continue reading →
Understanding Being a Digital Age Immigrant
When I was sitting in our GTA workshop class the week before actual classes started, I was introduced to a term which I had never heard before. This moniker was “digital age immigrant.” You see, that explains what I feel that I am right now. I grew up in an age when there were no computers in […]
An Unexpected Network
Following my critical analysis of Weinberger’s use of the term ‘expert’ in my last post, I now consider his discussion on the fluidity and interactivity of the internet. I find these concepts making a deep impression on me though leading to more mixed conclusions about the nature of books versus the internet than those of […]
Older, Not Necessarily Wiser
You know, there are advantages to being older. I usually wouldn’t say this; I like to be somewhat delusional about my age. You know the old cliche “You are as old as you feel.” Well….. on second thought, let’s not … Continue reading →
The Future of History: Only the Good
This week’s readings again focused on the digital age and the impact the Internet is having on the subject of history, albeit in an overall more positive manner. More specifically, they attempted to answer the following questions found in the introduction of Writing History in the Digital Age: “Has the digital revolution transformed how we(…)
As Historians, Do We Love Diversity? Apparently…NOPE.
“It seems we love diversity until we see what it actually looks like.” (Weinberger, 71) Ohhhhhh shitttttt. Called out. I know Weinberger is talking mostly about diversity in terms of decision making, opinions, and knowledge bases, but I have a Continue reading →