Monthly Archives: November 2010

Project Update: Part 1

In my blog two weeks ago, I had been contemplating two project ideas. Thanks to many helpful comments, and after carefully researching the available information for each topic, I have decided to challenge Stephen Dyson’s statements that Classical archaeology’s ”big dig”  is dying , and  fieldwork research … Continue reading

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Copyright…It’s Complicated

In order to gain a better understanding of copyright law for my first project, I examined specific aspects of Cohen and Rosenzweig’s Ch. 7,  ”Owning the Past”, but I had not read the entire chapter until this week. The gradual growth … Continue reading

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Project Idea…or two

After many hours of exploring the sites and tools on our project guide and the course website, as well as agonizing over a feasible topic, I have come up with two preliminary ideas. My first idea continues in the direction of my first … Continue reading

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Quantitative Analysis in Action

Will Thomas and Edward Ayers article “The Difference Slavery Made: A Close Analysis of Two American Communities” takes many of the elements discussed in Moretti’s book and applies them in a manner that made much more sense to me. One significant … Continue reading

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