I’ve learned a lot this semester during the Digital History class, but I have to say there are three lessons that really stuck out as highly impactful. The first was reading silencing the Past by Dr. Michel-Rolph Trouillot. This book was incredible and has completely changed my perspective about understanding the power of recording or… Continue reading Self Reflection
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Blog Post #3
The three principles of tidy data, as defined by Hadley Wickman in his article from August 2014 from the Journal of Statistical software are that “each variable forms a column, each observation forms a row, and each type of observational unit forms a table.” This outline of how to organize data creates a standard for… Continue reading Blog Post #3
Blog Post #2
Each of the four literacies: ethics, privacy, copyright, and licenses will have both a singular affect and an intertwined effect on my scholarship because they are interrelated. What surprised me most was accepting that understanding these terms as they existed in the past or how they exist now are essential, but understanding when and how… Continue reading Blog Post #2
Blog Post #1
I have an extremely common name, Jessica Carson, so when I first “Googled” myself I came up with a bunch of hits of people with a stronger online presence than myself. One such example is the Jessica Carson who is a life coach who seems to be peddling some sort of reverse enlightenment by harnessing… Continue reading Blog Post #1
