by hynes1 | Mar 9, 2017 | DUR Spring 2017
Since I have extensive experience with Russian culture and much interest in Soviet culture, I decided to study the composers in the Gulag during Stalin’s era. I quickly realized that the topic was too narrow, and so I broadened it to “Music in the...
by hynes1 | Feb 15, 2017 | DUR Spring 2017
After a six month hiatus, I have returned to the world of Musical Geography in Dr. Epstein’s Undergraduate Research Course aptly titled “Musical Geographies.” In this class, we have assembled people both old and new to the project; what exciting...
by hynes1 | Aug 3, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
We worked in ArcGIS, GoogleMaps, and Carto to display simple pin-drop maps, heat maps, chronological maps, and cluster maps. In some cases, these may be combined to provide the benefits of both styles. Though our some 2,900 cataloged performances of the Ballets Russes...
by hynes1 | Aug 3, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
Yesterday, we held the opening of our exhibit at the Alliance Française in Minneapolis. It will run for two weeks, and then we get to keep pretty, glossy pictures, so really it’s awesome. A lot of people came to enjoy the remarks, exhibit, and refreshments...
by hynes1 | Jul 14, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
How do you conduct research when the data has already been collected for you? I face this question often as I catalog the Ballets Russes data. Since Jane Pritchard, Sarah Woodcock, and Lynn Garafola have already collected all of the Ballets Russes performance data...
