In this week’s reading, I found the section relating to how films are digested by the general public to be rather interesting. The hypodermic model that the article mentions does seem problematic for the issues that are brought up. Ultimately,…
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Reading Response: Richards, ‘Film and Television: the moving image’
by Olivia Marston • • 0 Comments
This week’s reading from Richards sheds light both on the challenges faced when using visual sources as historical evidence, and also specific techniques for their analysis. The variety of methods for evaluating the reception of films and television for example,…
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History of Things: Essays on Material Culture
by Nathan Myers • • 0 Comments
The most striking aspect of this text for me was the range of things that have potential to be analyzed for historical research. Items like a house, a meal, and a tattooed body are things I hadn’t considered as possible…
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Reading Response: Material Culture
by Dakota Bloom • • 0 Comments
The Lubar and Kingery reading was, I believe, somewhat limited. Much of the beginning seemed to follow, with the example of differing expectations embodied in the construction of the rococo vs. Federal card tables seeming sensible (the rococo one being,…
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Learning from Strangers
by Rocio Garcia • • 0 Comments
I found Weiss’s Learning from Strangers to be a very interesting read, especially because it was very informative and enlightening about certain aspects of the interview process when it comes to conducting an oral history. Things such as posing unbiased questions…
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Reading: Material Culture – Kamyar Jarahzadeh
by Kamyar Jarahzadeh • • 0 Comments
At first, I was a bit put off by this reading. The author mentioned ideas like art is a way for a society to express its culture, but we are often inferring a lot. The author, however, brought me back…
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Reading Response: History from Things
by Olivia Marston • • 2 Comments
This week’s reading from Lubar and Kingery outlines the unique insight that examination of material culture can afford us into the past. In distinguishing between art and artefacts, the authors make clear the different avenues by which one can learn…
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Reading: Learning From Strangers
by Erik Hillbrand • • 0 Comments
This reading helped me get an idea of what goes into conducting historical research through oral accounts. Using an interview guide seems to be a useful tool to make sure you cover all the areas you want to cover, ask…
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Reading: Learning from Strangers, Robert S. Weiss
by Charlotte Hull • • 7 Comments
“He said, ‘I show that I want to learn and that I’m worth teaching. That I know something, but not everything. So they can inform me, and I’ll understand’” (39). The above quote is imperative in accessing the stories and…
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Exploring the Bancroft Library
by Camille Villa • • 13 Comments
Hey y’all, next week (9/30-10/4) we’re going to be hanging out in the Bancroft Library. As the best run housing source for primary and rare sources on campus, the Bancroft will undoubtedly prove as a valuable source through your collegiate career.
Before our trip to the Bancroft, we will be reading Exploring the Bancroft Library, The Centennial Guide to Its Extraordinary History, Spectacular Special Collections, Research Pleasures, Its Amazing Future, and How it All Works. While the title may be a bit grandiose, this piece provides a good overview of some of the Bancroft’s main collections – including the likes of Western Americana, Latin Americana, and the collection of Tebtunis Papyri, amongst others, of course.
Do any of these collections appeal to you as an individual or for your research projects? Is there anything that you would like to know in particular about the Bancroft?