| HD-50537-08 | Digital Humanities: Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants | CUNY Research Foundation, NYC College of Technology | Looking for Whitman: the Poetry of Place in the Life and Work of Walt Whitman | 9/1/2008 - 12/31/2009 | $24,912.00 | Matthew | K. | Gold | | | | CUNY Research Foundation, NYC College of Technology | Brooklyn | NY | 11201-1909 | USA | 2008 | American Literature | Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants | Digital Humanities | 24912 | 0 | 24042.31 | 0 | Development of a series of courses at four partner institutions that would engage students in online investigations of Walt Whitman's work in geographical context
This Level 1 Digital Humanities project, " Looking for Whitman: The Poetry of Place in the Life and Work of Walt Whitman," will engage faculty and students at four academic institutions--New York City College of Technology; New York University; University of Mary Washington; and Rutgers University, Camden--in a concurrent, connected, semester-long inquiry into the relationship of Whitman's poetry to local geography and history. Each class will explore the interrelationship between a specific locale and a particular phase of the poet's work. Utilizing open-source tools to connect classrooms, the interdisciplinary project will create a collaborative, online space in which students can participate in a dynamic, social, web based learning environment. In its conception and articulation, this project reflects the central themes of Whitman's work: democracy, diversity, and connectedness. |
| HD-50866-09 | Digital Humanities: Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants | CUNY Research Foundation, NYC College of Technology | Looking For Whitman: The Poetry of Place in the Life and Work of Walt Whitman - Level 2 | 9/1/2009 - 3/31/2012 | $33,235.00 | Matthew | K. | Gold | | | | CUNY Research Foundation, NYC College of Technology | Brooklyn | NY | 11201-1909 | USA | 2009 | Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants | Digital Humanities | 33235 | 0 | 33235 | 0 | The piloting of a series of courses at three institutions that would engage students in online investigations of Walt Whitman's work in geographical context that would conclude with a conference on material culture and Whitman.
This project engages faculty and students at four universities--New York City College of Technology (CUNY), New York University, University of Mary Washington, and Rutgers University-Camden--in a concurrent, connected, semester-long inquiry into the relationship of Whitman's poetry to local geography and history. Each class will explore the relationship between its specific locale and a particular phase of the poet's work. Utilizing open-source tools to connect college classes from multiple institutions, the interdisciplinary project breaks down traditional institutional walls as it creates a collaborative online space in which students can participate in a dynamic, social, web-based learning environment. In its conception and in its dissemination, this project expands the traditional bounds of classroom and institutional space. In doing so, it reflects the central themes of Whitman's career: democracy, diversity, openness, and connectedness. |