Group Members: Clay Haddock, Scott Hudson, and A.J. Ristino
Project Topic: We plan to research the history of Greek Life at Carleton College, which once played a large role in social life but which no longer exists on campus. We hope to produce a short narrative history of the subject from its inception to its demise, with 3D scans of related objects serving as entry points to the different eras of Carleton Greek Life.
Methodology:
- Sources: We plan to utilize the Carleton Archives’ materials for this project, and potentially GIS map repositories. We plan to implement textual, physical and digital sources.
- Processing: We will use the textual documents to create a classical narrative history of Greek Life at Carleton. The physical objects we choose as entry points will be 3D scanned using photogrammetry techniques.
- Presentation: We will either create an Omeka exhibit which allows for easy 3D model viewing alongside a narrative history, or have the narrative history in a WordPress website with links or embedded web apps to other sites which host 3D model interaction.
Timeline:
- End of Week 7: Split Responsibilities
- End of Week 8: Complete Preliminary Research and Choose Objects
- End of Week 9: Write History and Model Objects
- End of Week 10: Have Site Draft Ready for Presentation
- End of Exams: Finish Site
Personal Interests in the Project:
- Clay: I am really excited to investigate the history of Greek Life at Carleton. I suggested the topic based off of an exhibit I saw at the Perlman last year on the construction history of Carleton. I remember finding myself surprised that Carleton had a Greek Life past, and thought it would be a cool lead to investigate! I love working with data and visualization techniques, too, and I think this project will improve those skills.
- Scott: As a history major, I’m very interested in ways to present historical information on the web. This 3D modeling/narrative history combination feels like an evolution on the basic principles of physical public history, so I am excited to see how effective it is!
- AJ: The concept of Greek Life here at Carleton seems almost absurd, but the fact that it existed and is documented? This could be incredible. There are virtually limitless directions we could take this, both historically and technologically. I’ve worked with virtually every system we’ve touched on in this class previously through CS and ENTS courses; this seems like the perfect time for some mad-scientist tech-wizardry!
Similar Digital Humanities Project: https://3d.si.edu/collections/girlhood This Smithsonian exhibit, while for more comprehensive than our final project will be, uses 3D models as entry points into a longer story in a similar way to our plan.
Team Greek Life,
This is a great idea and I’m looking forward to what you come up with on this plan. You have a lot of great ideas already, but I would encourage you to check out ESRI StoryMaps as a possibility for presentating your models and other elements. It let’s you make a nice scrolling multimedia story that can include maps but doesn’t have to, and you can embed iframes from other sites like 3D viewers within the story. The story itself can serve as a project website if you want, or you can embed one or more within a wordpress or other site, as this project on Carls in Sichuan did.
Looking forward to seeing what you discover!
Austin
Oh, also, if you’re taken with the Smithsonian’s example you can use their Voyager Story Standalone authoring tool here. It’s a little complex, but there’s a good tutorial walkthrough video here and I’ve used it and could help troubleshoot.