12: Citizen History
Matt Price
Today
short lecture
assignment help!
Reminders
Oral History due Saturday
Proposal due Tuesday
What we've learned
Text is Code
all our work is "digital" now
The 3 layers of the web
structure
presentation
dynamism
The "Public" and "the Public Sphere"
media constrain the possible
the "public" is probably not unitary
don't have to be a genius to make a contribution
Invocations and Incantations
Using APIs to take advantage of other people's work
writing only what you have to
Open and Closed Systems
what "open source" means for us
Maps and Legends
organizing stories around space
digital maps are spcial
Storytelling
the distinctive features of oral history
problems of truth and objectivity
collaboration and authorship
What you might do
History doesn't have to stop at graduation
Changing Landscape of Profession and Expertise
how will "professionalism" stretch and change shape in the future?
Continuing as "historian" after graduation
history fora & groups
participating in crowdsourced projects
writing with a historian's eye
Use your new skills!
you're not a programmer yet, but you now understand how code works
lots of ways to learn
lots of roles for "demi-geeks"
History and Digital Literacy as Citizenship
Congratulations!