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The First World War Letters of H.J.C. Peirs: A Case Study of the Creation and Growth of a Collaborative, Pedagogy-Driven Digital History Project
No full textThis chapter concerns the development of a First World War Digital Humanities project at a small US liberal arts college. The project, based on a manuscript collection of documents, photographs, artefacts, and nearly 300 letters (primarily written between 1915 and 1919), was designed from the beginning to be truly collaborative, featuring the creative and scholarly work of undergraduate students, a faculty member, a librarian, and an archivist to tell a unique story from the Western Front. What initially began as a project to digitally preserve and promote primary source materials for a wider audience adapted and changed over the course of the centennial to become a teaching tool to promote the understanding of the war’s experiences through digital scholarship by students and staff at Gettysburg College
From Mountains to Cities: East Asian Landscapes
Get PDFUnder the direction of Prof. Yan Sun, student curators examine diverse depictions of landscapes from China and Japan. The selected works, including paintings on silk, ornate carvings in lapis lazuli, and prints, among others, offer meditations on nature and industrialization. Students consider the historical, material, aesthetic, and environmental significance of the works on display.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/artcatalogs/1044/thumbnail.jp
APPC Minutes – April 2, 2024
No full textMinutes of the Academic Policy and Program Committee Meeting, April 2, 2024
APPC Minutes – November 19, 2024
No full textMinutes of the Academic Policy and Program Committee Meeting, November 19, 2024
SNAPSHOT USA 2021: A Third Coordinated National Camera Trap Survey of the United States
No full textThe Snapshot USA project is a huge collaborative effort to sample mammal populations with camera traps across all of the United States. The study is designed to sample sites in all fifty states stratified across habitats and development zones (suburban/rural/wild/urban) with an objective of at least 400 trap-nights in site
Aesthetic Exclusion Within American Capitalist Culture: LGBTQ Students at Gettysburg College and the Creative Reappropriation of Clothing to Forge Personal and Communal Identity
Get PDFFor LGBTQ individuals whose identity expression transgresses heteronormative aesthetic values, mass production and its prioritization of a heteronormative consumer base for profit create feelings of otherness and ostracism. Previous anthropological theory on mass production and advertising recognizes the transference of meaning onto material culture through marketing and identifies the generic symbolic meaning that carbon-copy, mass-produced products hold. Theory and research surrounding colonial encounters attest to power imbalances wherein material culture is imposed on a powerless group, and marginalized individuals react through rejection or creative reappropriation of the material culture, which provides a basis for examining the power imbalance between corporations and marginalized individuals in American retail spaces. Formulated from ethnographic research conducted among members of an LGBTQ living space on Gettysburg College\u27s campus, this Honors Thesis project examines the reaction of LGBTQ individuals to the lack of products in retail spaces designed and advertised with queer identity in consideration. The members of the LGBTQ living space recounted their resistance to the imposition of heteronormative material culture in retail stores primarily attesting to rejection of these spaces and their products: seeking out alternatives such as second hand stores. They posited that retail environments with less clear binary gender divisions allow for freer ability to reappropriate products that were originally advertised to a binary-gender market via styling. Where LGBTQ identity was taken into consideration in marketing, often termed rainbow capitalism, informants spoke to the positive visibility queer-focused marketing provides and the negative pandering that often accompanies it
Kart Racing at the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Game Jams in the History Classroom
No full textGame jams, such as Ludum Dare, are improvisational attempts to build a game from scratch, usually within a limited time frame and a specified theme. To facilitate a history-based game jam in the classroom, the presenters have developed an online tool, StoryGame/GameStory, that a facilitator uses to randomly roll parameters, from which small groups of students must sketch out the idea of a game that will convey historical concepts. This presentation will demonstrate how to facilitate a successful game jam using the StoryGame/GameStory engine and how to customize the tool’s options to fit the needs of the class
Interstate Conflict Initiation and The Age of International Leaders
Get PDFThe 2024 presidential election in the United States amplified concerns regarding the age of international leaders and their ability to lead. Current research indicates that differences in individual characteristics such as ideology, biological sex, and aggression, can cause leaders to interact with foreign countries in varying ways. Especially important is the manner in which a leader’s age might impact their tendency to initiate interstate conflict, as the effects of these conflicts can have major impacts on the international system. In alignment with my hypothesis, most research indicates that older leaders will initiate fewer interstate conflicts than younger leaders. This is mainly because older leaders have lower levels of testosterone and naturally display less aggression, possess more effective methods of emotional regulation, and have accumulated more political knowledge and experience than younger leaders. These findings are significant for understanding the influence that the age of international leaders may exercise on the international system
Ella Minnow Pea
No full textIn celebration of National Library Week 2024, Musselman Library held its eighth annual Edible Book Festival. Library staff, faculty, and students created many book-inspired treats to share with the campus community. Entrants were awarded prizes in the categories of best taste, best look, puniest, and best in show. The above creation was by Gray Reid in 2024.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/edible/1123/thumbnail.jp