Got the phone call. Leaving Ireland for a year on 22 August. 26 days. So much to do. Try fit it all in. Thesis is number one. Nearly there with it. Editing and the what nots of it all. Theres West Fest. Going climbing Carrauntoohill, drinking in Dingle and Doolin. Going to be the last hoorah with all my friends. Gonna make it an epic one.
So going back to leaving this country. I know it can be said that oh lord aint it bad that all the young are leaving. Yes it is but would we not be doing it anyway? I mean I didnt see myself staying here even when the times were good. Always wanted out for a couple of years. So does the majority of my generation. What is bothering us is that we have to work shite jobs while we save up to get outta here.
So yes time to get a move on and start getting things ticked off. To begin with Cinema hopping. Gd Luck
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
The first document that I read was 'Mapping Freedom' by Edward L Ayers. This essay details the very great advantages of using maps to document the emancipation of black slaves in America. The first basis of this idea came from Napoleons march to Moscow by Charles Minard.
This is a simple liner map that as Ayers does not take into account the other factors that occurred during the march, The map is simple and informative but lack in other information such as is seen at the end of the essay when depicting freed slave movement in the years following emancipation. The use of visual aids to help the historian is one that would aid all types of learners.
To see history laid out in front of you would certainly aid me as I would have a better understanding of the details that surrounded the event being studied. For Ayers the event was Emancipation and the following effects it had on the freed slaves. It is interesting to see the movements of the freed slaves in the map but also to hear the harrowing stories.
Using models as visual aides would certainly help the historian in gaining a better knowledge of the topic but would also helps on numerous levels when teaching. For the student could gather far more information then simply reading a piece of text.
Another article I read was on the Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project at Northern Illinois University Libraries(http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu). This project is a digital library resource on Abraham Lincoln’s life and times in antebellum Illinois. What differentiates this resource from others is the use of multimedia platforms. The use of sound, interactive images and maps produces a more multi platformed learning experience. The boom in the use of the internet has enabled libraries to embrace technology and use the many platforms available to share what information they have.
A quote from historian Thomas Bender in 1986 worried about "the declining significance of history in the general intellectual culture of our time". Eight years later he argued that "Professional historians are becoming increasingly isolated from the general public and writing primarily for other historians". With the age of the internet and the sharing of ideas digitally historians have never been so connected with the general public. The many varieties that a historian can use can sometimes be overwhelming as to choose the right medium to share their knowledge in order to get maximum exposure.
The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a very beneficial tool. It provides project users with an opportunity to explore another type of historical resource: statistical data gathered by censuses or latter-day social scientists. The statistical data that is available to a user can be pin pointed to one data source such as the rail road in a specific place at a specific time. Putting all other irrelevant information to one side and highlighting only the information being sought. This helps the reader like in the previous reading by giving a visual aide to the information that the person seeks.
The beneficial factor of publishing all primary source data is that the reader can make judgement for him or herself. Thus learning to read documents and formulating their own opinion on the matter and then sharing it over online forums or blogs. Creating a new idea that can be open accessed and interpreted by others.
There can only be advantages when something like the Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project is launched. Where disadvantages occur is in the rise of more amateur based works. By only releasing primary materials and using this in the interactive media the users can create their own ideas. With blogs and secondary reading websites it is the authors opinions that are being expressed thus leading to a very limited learning experience.
This is a simple liner map that as Ayers does not take into account the other factors that occurred during the march, The map is simple and informative but lack in other information such as is seen at the end of the essay when depicting freed slave movement in the years following emancipation. The use of visual aids to help the historian is one that would aid all types of learners.
To see history laid out in front of you would certainly aid me as I would have a better understanding of the details that surrounded the event being studied. For Ayers the event was Emancipation and the following effects it had on the freed slaves. It is interesting to see the movements of the freed slaves in the map but also to hear the harrowing stories.
Using models as visual aides would certainly help the historian in gaining a better knowledge of the topic but would also helps on numerous levels when teaching. For the student could gather far more information then simply reading a piece of text.
Another article I read was on the Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project at Northern Illinois University Libraries(http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu). This project is a digital library resource on Abraham Lincoln’s life and times in antebellum Illinois. What differentiates this resource from others is the use of multimedia platforms. The use of sound, interactive images and maps produces a more multi platformed learning experience. The boom in the use of the internet has enabled libraries to embrace technology and use the many platforms available to share what information they have.
A quote from historian Thomas Bender in 1986 worried about "the declining significance of history in the general intellectual culture of our time". Eight years later he argued that "Professional historians are becoming increasingly isolated from the general public and writing primarily for other historians". With the age of the internet and the sharing of ideas digitally historians have never been so connected with the general public. The many varieties that a historian can use can sometimes be overwhelming as to choose the right medium to share their knowledge in order to get maximum exposure.
The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a very beneficial tool. It provides project users with an opportunity to explore another type of historical resource: statistical data gathered by censuses or latter-day social scientists. The statistical data that is available to a user can be pin pointed to one data source such as the rail road in a specific place at a specific time. Putting all other irrelevant information to one side and highlighting only the information being sought. This helps the reader like in the previous reading by giving a visual aide to the information that the person seeks.
The beneficial factor of publishing all primary source data is that the reader can make judgement for him or herself. Thus learning to read documents and formulating their own opinion on the matter and then sharing it over online forums or blogs. Creating a new idea that can be open accessed and interpreted by others.
There can only be advantages when something like the Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project is launched. Where disadvantages occur is in the rise of more amateur based works. By only releasing primary materials and using this in the interactive media the users can create their own ideas. With blogs and secondary reading websites it is the authors opinions that are being expressed thus leading to a very limited learning experience.
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