Hello Faith! I really enjoy reading your post! Cooking for donuts should be a very useful tool as a college student. I usually spend at least half an hour cooking my meal, and boiling ramen usually needs ten minutes. If I can cook a healthy meal less than 60 seconds, I will not order take-outs for a long time! Maybe you can also open a instagram…[Read more]

Hello Chang! I am quite interested in your project. For the privacy problem, maybe sometimes you can use emails. You can give your readers a choice, emails or letter, and leave your email address on instagram. To keep engagement actively, maybe you can put up some impressive posters and slogans on campus to promote tree hollow. Since there will be…[Read more]

Hello Nicole,

I like your project idea! Many people become easier to feel lonely and depressed during quarantine, people spend so much time at home for a long time. People want to talk. And your project provides this platform and it will provide emotional support and comfort people who are struggling with mental problem. I really appreciate…[Read more]

Hi Chris,

If the internet was own by large corporations, they probably charge for that. Many people would be limited on access to internet, which means many online project cannot be done because some people would not have access. People get restricted and the the development of internet may be limited. And if companies start charging, maybe I…[Read more]

Hi April,

I think this is a good example of a digital public humanities project. This archive intends to remember the history and remind of equity and human rights. And the website contains many digital tools, such as blogs, pictures and map, to help users to experience this story. I really like the creator put the survey link on the top of…[Read more]

Hello Chang,

I agree with your ideas. I think working with other similar project can inspire to have more ideas and learn experiences. Since similar projects may have similar targeted public, we may preview their comments and make revisions before publishing. And staffs in similar projects may provide us with technical guidance and suggestions,…[Read more]

I think conversations / events / hashtag movements sometimes can count as a digital pubic humanities work, but sometimes can’t. In “From Transformative Works to #transformDH: Digital Humanities as (Critical) Fandom” by Alexis Lothian, there is “the collective and hashtag get cited and even taught in DH courses”, which means “#transfo…[Read more]

Thanks for your comment! I will think about this question when planning my own public humanities project.

Hello Shannon!

I agree with you. Casual tone is like a daily conversation, readers will feel comfortable. I think public humanities is like a promotion, we should introduce our products in a way that the public feels comfortable and be willing to engage. And appeal is also helpful. Especially on the handheld devices, people slide context that…[Read more]

Hello Chang!

I agree with your opinions. For the second point, you mentioned that “Humanists try their best to erase some eliminations…”, I like this sentence. And I think I have some news thoughts by reading your response, thank you! Humanists does make many efforts to erase some eliminations, such as technology, distance and language, and a…[Read more]

Thank you! And your advice is helpful for my project!

In my opinion, “public” is broader than “audience”. “Public” may be all the people, but “audience” is a group of people who are listening and commenting. “Public” may not care about your project, but “audience” does. Also, I think we can design for and work with a specific audience while still engaging in “indefinite address” and “universal d…[Read more]

Hello Brenna! When I read your blog post, I visited the project website immediately. It is available and accessible to the public and it is clear to see people are positively and actively engaging! People share their stories and social media posts, and all the posts are well tagged and archived. This project records the situation and warmth during…[Read more]

I agree with Shumway that academic publishing cannot count as public humanities. As he said, academic publishing requires access, interests and knowledge. That means academic publishing is still limited to the public. Although the public have all access to it, complex and tedious context may be confusing for them, which is difficult for the public…[Read more]

I think the public should play an active role in some design and development project engagement. Because the goal of these projects is usually to raise awareness of innovation and to be creative, and the project organizers are willing to encourage the public to engage. The active engagement can promote the progress of project and interaction among…[Read more]

I agree with your idea, and I get deeper thoughts through your comment. Thank you! Public humanities is very broad and involves many areas. As you mentioned, PH bridges the gap, inside and outside of academia, and some academic work can be connected. I think people also get connected through this bridges. Scholars introduce the public some…[Read more]

I had the similar feelings before, I thought public humanities is far from us and it is likely to be designed for activists. But now I recognize that each of us is able to engage in PH, and even we may have responsibilities to engage; also, it is less complicated than we thought. Besides, I totally agree with your opinion. Teaching does have…[Read more]