by Carolyn Nuelle | Feb 16, 2017 | DUR Spring 2017
In order to create digital maps that are effective in the ways we want them to be, it is first helpful to critique “normal” maps- static, print-based maps- and to analyze how they meet or fail to meet our ideas about what maps should be able to do. The map...
by Carolyn Nuelle | Aug 4, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
A couple of weeks ago, I spent 14 days in Paris, looking in several archives for documents and sources that would help us in our research. I was armed with a list of gaps in the data about Second Viennese School performances, an iPad and a digital camera, a list of...
by Carolyn Nuelle | Jun 20, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
I’ve spent most of this week reading up on the world of jazz within Parisian culture during the 20s. Despite its popular moniker as the “Jazz Age,” the 1920s had complicated, often unexpected relationships with jazz music, especially in France. This...
by Carolyn Nuelle | Jun 17, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
“My greatest claim to fame is that I discovered Bricktop before Cole Porter [did].” -F. Scott Fitzgerald Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith (known more commonly as “Bricktop” due to her red hair) was an American singer, dancer, and jazz-club...
by Carolyn Nuelle | Jun 13, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
What does it mean to know the past? As a student, I first think of sitting down with a textbook to memorize dates and names. In our project, however, we seek to create a more engaging way of learning about history. The maps that we create, as well as the pictures,...
