Anna SamuelsNov 20, 20184 minVisualization and Aurality: Tracking Data Trends in Oral History Transcripts“Which is oral history, the recording or transcript?,” Donald Ritchie asks in his classic guide to the discipline, Doing Oral History...
Anna SamuelsOct 29, 20183 minMapping Narratives During my time in the Public History program at Duquesne, I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with a variety of oral history...
Anna SamuelsOct 3, 20183 min-435 Million: Spiders Head to ShoreThis week I discovered an exciting digital humanities project that has allowed me to waste time in a productive way. “But Anna, how could...
Anna SamuelsSep 19, 20183 minUpdating History with Wikipedia In his article "Can History Be Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past," Roy Rosenzweig writes, "Like journalism, Wikipedia...
Anna SamuelsSep 19, 20181 minTo Blog or Not to Blog?So far the second and final year of my Public History graduate program at Duquesne University is full of new experiences, both exciting...