by Alexandra Mauney | Sep 16, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
In this portion of the book Thick Mapping in the Digital Humanities, the authors introduce the concept of the HyperCity, which they will further explicate throughout the course of the book. The HyperCity is an Internet-based system that would allow for a new kind of...
by lemon | Sep 16, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
Personally, I hate textbooks. It’s like sitting in a classroom, staring hopelessly at the clock, while the professor screams and spews out important dates and facts. Hans Gumbrecht takes a stand against traditional textbooks, and creates a new narrative approach to...
by maney | Sep 16, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
I believe Gumbrecht is trying to develop a new way of writing about history. He attempts to change the way history has been thought about traditionally, as a “homogenous picture,” (Gumbrecht xii) and perhaps one-dimensional. Instead, Gumbrecht wants the reader to feel...
by lamotte | Sep 16, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
History can be boiled down to a timeline that explains who did what when. Sometimes, even how or why are addressed in these elementary expressions of history. Thinking towards the history of tomorrow (which happens to be today), what event might one claim has...
by lopezv | Sep 16, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
There are a wide array of resources that could be utilized by music historians in order to effectively display and share information. Some of these displays could just share simple facts and information while others could present topics through videos, pictures or...
by larsond | Sep 16, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
Historical Time Machine Time machines are pretty cool right? I mean who hasn’t daydreamed about going back in time to witness an event that changed the course of history, to feel what it would be like to live in certain era, or even to witness an artist or musician...
