The Michigan State University Cultural Heritage Informatics (CHI) Fieldschool introduces students to the tools and techniques required to creatively apply information and computing technologies to cultural heritage materials and questions. The CHI Fieldschool is a unique experience that employs the model of an archaeological fieldschool (in which students come together for a period of 5 or 6 weeks to work on an archaeological site in order to learn how to do archaeology). Instead of working on an archaeological site, however, students in the CHI Fieldschool come together to collaboratively work on several cultural heritage informatics projects. In the process they learn a great deal about what it takes to build applications and digital user experiences that serve the domain of cultural heritage – skills such as programming, media design, project management, user centered design, digital storytelling, etc.
Concept for a Social Library/Archive Name: Event Album Project Description: Event Album would be a mobile application that allows users to collectively document events through media: pictures, videos and audio. While at events, users can see what media others are capturing through a location based “media stream” within the mobile application. Users can also participate […]
As we discussed, your first rapid development assignment will be 5 project concepts. Each concept (delivered as a “1 pager”) must (at the very least) include the following information: Name (remember the idea of developing a brand) Project description – including a discussion of the needs/domains in adresses features and functionality (how to does it work/what does it do/etc.) Delivery Be […]
Hello Cultural Heritage Informatics Enthusiasts, My name is Katy, the teaching assistant for the CHI field school, liaison to the Campus Archaeology field school, and a graduate student in the Anthropology department at MSU. I am currently one of the graduate fellows in the CHI Initiative, and my project for the fellowship is creating an […]
My name is Rachael and I am student in the Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing MA program at MSU. In my MA studies thus far, I’ve focused on building technical skills in web development, technical communication, and moviemaking. I place a high value on the ability to produce work that is accessible and useful to its […]
Hi, everyone! My name is Heidi Dowding- I am a graduate student in the School of Library and Information Science at Wayne State University. A metro-Detroit native, I am returning to Michigan State for the CHI fieldschool after having previously completed my B.A. in art history in 2007. Between then and now, I have traveled […]
Hey everyone, my name is Minh-Tam Nguyen and I’m a grad student in the Digital Rhetoric & Professional Writing Program at MSU. Previously, I received my BA from Western Michigan University with a degree in Practical Writing. Currently, I’m a writing consultant at the MSU’s Writing Center and also work as an editor for CCC […]
My name is Whitney Cornwell. I am a senior at Michigan State University. I am studying History, and I am also certifying in the Museum Studies Program. I am taking the Cultural Heritage Informatics Fieldschool because I want to work in a museum working with their collections. Many museums are now digitizing their collections to […]
Alexis Santos here, I’m studying anthropology and archaeology at New College of Florida where I will be a senior working towards my B.A. next August. I love technology. I’m the Online Editor for New College’s student newspaper (the Catalyst), I write a somewhat weekly technology column, I’ve done some video game news blogging in addition to a dash of […]
I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome welcome everyone (both students and those who are watching remotely) to the inaugural Cultural Heritage Informatics Fieldschool. The CHI Fieldschool is an outgrowth of the Cultural Heritage Informatics Initiative at Michigan State University, and is intended to introduce students to the tools and techniques required to creatively apply […]
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