“…I want to see us recognize the work of the educators, those that analyze and characterize and critique, everyone who fixes things, all the other people who do valuable work with and for others—above all, the caregivers—whose work isn’t about something you can put in a box and sell.” Debbie Chachra, “Why I Am Not […]
There is a need to address the complexities of globalization, colonization, and the alienated labor of people of color in the production of technology that advances digital scholarship practices that they will not be able to access or directly benefit from. Moya Z. Bailey, All the Digital Humanists Are White, All the Nerds Are Men, but […]
A Difficult Introduction to SketchUP 3D Looking back on my first experience with SketchUP, the only thing that I can think about to really describe the experience would be frustration. A lot of it. I began by attempting to utilize the web version of the application on my laptop, only to discover that it was […]
There is a need to address the complexities of globalization, colonization, and the alienated labor of people of color in the production of technology that advances digital scholarship practices that they will not be able to access or directly benefit from. Bailey, Moya Z. “All The Digital Humanists Are White, All The Nerds Are Men, […]
The cultural primacy of making, especially in tech culture—that it is intrinsically superior to not-making, to repair, analysis, and especially caregiving—is informed by the gendered history of who made things, and in particular, who made things that were shared with the world, not merely for hearth and home. Debbie Chachra, Why I Am Not a Maker […]
Along with many other scholars, we suggest that the migration of cultural materials into digital media is a process analogous to the flowering of Renaissance and post-Renaissance print culture. Burdick et al. “One: From Humanities to Digital Humanities,” in Digital_Humanities (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012), 4. In the early chapters of Burdick’s book, when the […]
How easy/hard was it? Making my house in SketchUp was easier than I initially thought it would be. The tutorial videos really helped me understand the SketchUp software. What elements particularly bogged you down? The only challenge I faced was trying to make the roof. Since the roof goes both directions (North to South and […]
I found SketchUp to be a more manageable software in this project than in any of my previous attempts at 3D modeling. This may be in part due to my familiarity with the model in question, my childhood home, but also due to the increased amount of digital collaboration I have undertaken since my first […]
“A quote often attributed to Gloria Steinem says: ‘We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.’ “ I had never heard the words “digital” and “humanities” in the same sentence before registering for this class. After reading a couple of articles which […]
Luckily for me (and my amateur SketchUp abilities) my parents live in a ranch-style home, which was built in the 1980’s. The overall design of the house is straightforward–in fact, there’s at least one other home in the neighborhood built from the very same plan and which has only superficial differences. Not to toot my […]
This first assignment in the course involved us using the application Sketchup to create a basic 3D model of our house from where we grew up. At the beginning before we began playing around with the software, the task seemed daunting since designing a house is something that requires years of education and practice. However, […]
Doing SketchUp was not as hard as I imagined, whereas it definitely took a large amount of time if you wanted to make a delicate model. Windows and doors were the main obstacles for me. My home has a lot of windows on the sides, and hidden doors inside rooms. Therefore, I tried several times […]
SketchUp is surprisingly easy and intuitive to use. I didn’t experience much frustration from using it the first time. Simple yet powerful 3D-modeling tools like SketchUp can help history students reconstruct historical buildings from photographs, which may bring them deeper insights into relevant historical events. A time-saving tip that I would like to share: use […]
