all of this is so shocking to me, its like an academic culture shock. most of the papers I read for my major are scientific so they have a laundry list of authors and whole paragraphs if not a few pages just dedicated to reviewing past researchers works and discoveries in order to explain what is already known about the thing they are investigating and to identify the holes in the literature. its hard to imagine a scholarly work that is 'possessive' rather than collaborative.

Even though we've grown up on the internet and created a culture on it there definitely is a problem of a lack of critical analysis on the internet. In a psyc class im taking I read a study on how when people are given a news headline preview as it would appear on facebook with random share comments attached to it (that has misleading information in it) most people would get their information from the comments, even though the facts they were being asked about were included in the news headline preview.

🔥🔥🔥 when is it dropping on spotify

yes! less show-and-tell powerpoints and more interactive websites and blogs about your research project instead

Anyone else still have their old tumblr blogs O.O

This is what changed my mind about history. When I was being taught history in grade school I couldn't understand why it was an important subject. To me it seemed like a class where they just wanted us to be able to recite important people, dates, and events, thats how our tests were structured, so I never got anything more out of history besides that. As the world got more crazy and it began to feel like we were living through history and I started to take college history classes I got a new understanding and appreciation for history. History is the lense in which we contextualize the world we live in now. It reminds us that no major event that we see in the news today is born out of nothing, we can look back at our past and see the steps that were taken to create the climate that we live in.

this phrase makes me think of a popular internet phrase which I think embodies a similar idea; "a cultural reset", which is a specific moment (like a performance, event, or fashion look) that is in some way original or spectacular and usually marks a shift in aesthetic, humor, or trends

agree, it can feel a bit embarrassing to be working on a collab google doc or something and have someone correct something or delete something you just put down. I think as group projects and collabs continue to be shifted over into the digital space where you are able to see and edit each other's work simultaneously/instantaneously we will begin to develop a set of rules and manners to abide by as team members to try and lessen those discomforts and embarrassing moments (corona has probably sped that up too as we have all been shifted upruptly to online)

I know I as an undergrad would definitely want someone there to overlook what I was doing and making sure that I'm doing it correctly, but that experience of someone pushing you to take the lead and having no one to hold your hand is probably a really valuable growing experience.

So digital resources allows team members more agency? I wonder if that's because of digital investigating is so much easier to do it allows multiple people to each pursue their own interest rather than everyone collaborate to answer one main researcher's question?

I'm. not sure what they mean by digital discomfort? is it difficulty navigating digital resources?

the local people who remember their history and who continue to feel the effects of their history should be seriously accounted for when interpreting history

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I really like this quote, when historians are trying to capture a significant event or moment in history its impossible for them to capture all the details and nuances that influenced that moment, and so their interpretation will be shaped by which details and influences they decide to hone in on

I never imagined how much technology/digital knowledge may be needed to document current history (especially the history of society, and everyday people rather than larger political events)

while there are bigger groups and organizations that lobby and fight for the LGBT community and for LGBT rights, I feel like a significant part of the community interact with each other and find connections to each other through social media and other internet resources, and that these individuals contribute a lot to the discourse and culture within the community. It will be interesting to see how future historians will go about trying to comb through old social media posts and data because theres so much of it, but I do feel that so much happens on social media, especially today, that it can't be ignored.

very cool, i would love to interact with a site like this

thats amazing that these researchers really did their due diligence to uncover the history of african american political activism, especially since black activism and political movements have been purposely suppressed, ignored and forgotten in our history

living in the modern technological age, wouldn't all historians use computers, databases, archives, and other technology to do their work and research? so what makes digital history its own subfield? Are their other historians who go out of their way to not make use of technology?

I had assumed that digital history was about the short and recent history of the digital world and how it has helped affect and create the world that we live in today, a bit surprised to learn that its actually an approach to engaging with history.

As the younger generations that grew up with technology continue to enter the workforce it will be interesting to see how they will stack up against their colleagues with their technological skills, and if technology will be implemented into careers even more

I love this aspect of the internet, its so vast and people find their own corners of the internet they like to occupy and so their always so much we can share with each other, and learn from each other

I've never noticed how knowing you are going to be tested on something later can affect how you read or listen to something, but now that I hear this I can definitely see the truth in this. When I'm in class it can be hard to detect what information is worthy to write down in my notes to be memorized later, and it can make the whole learning process a chore and more tedious. But often in my free time I like to watch informational videos on youtube, especially things like evolutionary theory, history, or sometimes just think pieces on different fandoms or social issues, and I've always found that I'm able to retain and appreciate that information more than the stuff I learn in a typical classroom setting.