Between the Waters: Hobcaw Barony Website Project

FAIN: GI-50675-14

ETV Endowment of South Carolina, Inc. (Spartanburg, SC 29302-1970)
Betsy Newman (Project Director: August 2013 to present)

Implementation of a website, an interactive virtual tour, and supporting programs interpreting the natural and social history of Hobcaw Barony, the South Carolina estate of Bernard Baruch.

"Between the Waters" is a website and interactive virtual tour that will showcase the culture and history of Hobcaw Barony, a 17,500 acre historic site in Georgetown, South Carolina, which is arguably the setting for a greater confluence of humanities themes than any other in the state. Using the website's artifacts, structures and landmarks as storytelling cues, "Between the Waters" will connect material culture to the lives of those who inhabited Hobcaw and interpret their history for the general public. The non-linear navigation of "Between the Waters" will encourage inquiry, analysis and deductive reasoning, giving visitors the skills and incentive to explore and reflect upon the multifaceted story of Hobcaw Barony, how it has helped to shape the American present and its implications for the future of South Carolina and the country.

Associated Products

Between the Waters (Web Resource)
Title: Between the Waters
Author: ETV Endowment of South Carolina
Abstract: History of Between the Waters - Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Humanities South Carolina, Between the Waters is a production of South Carolina ETV. The first project about Hobcaw Barony produced by SCETV was a television documentary entitled The Baruchs of Hobcaw, which was broadcast in 2012. This hour-long program left the producers with the desire to find a way to explore the complex story of Hobcaw Barony more deeply and interactively. Intrigued by the idea of applying immersive transmedia techniques and formats to history, they began development of a prototype of Between the Waters. The prototype, also funded by NEH and Humanities SC, was completed in 2014, leading to the current, fully implemented web documentary and the project blog, Making History Together https://makinghistorybtw.com.
Year: 2014
Primary URL: http://http://www.betweenthewaters.org/

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