by Stella Li | Jun 19, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
Google map so far has been a great rudimentary tool for us to create a descent map embodying our research works, meaning it presents a good amount of information and only requires basic computer skills. This also means, it has deficiencies in terms of effectively...
by Stella Li | Jun 16, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
“It would even be dangerous for composers systematically to ignore the productions of their foreign colleagues and thus to form a sort of national coterie: our musical art, so rich in the present epoch, would quickly degrade and enclose itself in...
by Stella Li | Jun 12, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
At the beginning of the film Midnight in Paris, Owen Wilson asked, “Can you imagine what would it be like to live in 1920s Paris?” This question leads to a central goal of our research project, that is to imagine history in a new light. By creating series of...
by Stella Li | Jun 4, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
Having a series of deja-vu during the first week of research can be quite an unique experience. Reading new chapters from known books is like a date with old acquaintances: old memories penetrate the new stories narrated in a familiar tone. I was reminded of the...
by Stella Li | May 31, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
Here is the second summer of the musical geography of 1920s Paris! With an emphasis on the musicological applications of digital maps and other interactive media, our project will continue to visualize and archive musical events of 1920s Paris. This year, we are...