by Natalie Kopp | Jul 5, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
In 1924, film technology had been around for slightly more than thirty years, yet the relatively new medium was already playing multiple roles, from popular entertainment to experimental art. Paris contained more than 100 cinema houses. Some theaters were owned by...
by Katharina Biermann | Jun 30, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
Dear future CURI students (for this project, at least), A few words of advice. As you’ve undoubtedly realized by now, finding information is relatively easy. Plugging into the spreadsheet in a usable fashion, though, may be turning out to be slightly more...
by Breanna Olson | Jun 30, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
Dear future mapper of 1924 Paris, Congratulations! You’ve joined a wonderful project led by an inspiring professor. I hope that you’ll take away as much as I have from your work here (for the record, I was not obligated to say those nice things). As a former mapper,...
by Natalie Kopp | Jun 29, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
Now that we’ve all emerged from our so-called “hack-fest” (a three day period of solely data-entry), we can pause and take a breath knowing that the bulk of our data entry is behind us. We can also pause to make more nuanced and informed critiques of our methodology....
by Breanna Olson | Jun 29, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
Our principal tasks as researchers thus far has been seeking out performances that happened in 1924 Paris. At first, we thought we would be finding them by reading letters and biographies of prominent artists and composers of the time. We began with this tactic, and...
by Natalie Kopp | Jun 29, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
Dear Future CURI Researcher, First of all, congratulations! You’re working on a great project and have an exciting 10 weeks ahead of you. Now down to business. I’m writing to provide you with tips on managing our entry form and our spreadsheet. We use a data entry...
