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in new ways with on-line methods? Can a collective discussion of
imagery produce more scholarly knowledge than just an individual
analysis? Is it possible to analyze electronic images in a scholarly
manner without examining the material object? texture of the paper?
printing technique? style? color? |
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Advantage
of examining the material object Jack Censer, 6-1-03,
3:33 PM |
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the material object Lynn
Hunt, 6-23-03, 10:52 PM |
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RE: Advantage of examining
the material object Vivian Cameron,
7-6-03, 6:28 PM |
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On-line Collaboration Wayne
Hanley, 6-6-03,
9:53 AM |
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On-line Collaboration Barbara
Day-Hickman, 7-1-03,
4:22 PM |
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RE: On-line Collaboration Joan
B. Landes,
7-14-03, 3:28 PM |
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zooming on images Warren
Roberts, 7-2-03, 2:08 PM |
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on-line collaboration Vivian
Cameron, 7-6-03,
6:35 PM |
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on material objects and
digital technology Joan B. Landes,
7-12-03, 5:33 PM |
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Final thoughts Warren
Roberts, 7-19-03, 8:03 AM |
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on-line collaboration Barbara
Day-Hickman,
7-24-03, 4:28 PM |
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I made copies
of Prieur’s images and distributed them among students
in my undergraduate class on the French
Revolution when I was working on my book on Prieur
and David. Groups of students came to my office, at
their initiative, to discuss some of the images. Going
over images collectively was of great value to me and
to my students. Someone would comment on something
in an image and that would lead to another observation
by someone else. Sometimes we had to examine details
in images closely, and used a magnifying glass to do
so. We all benefitted from seeing Prieur’s images collectively,
reading them differently, trying to get the perspective
right, seeing the images sequentially, and examining
them with microscopic attention to detail. My own understanding
of Prieur’s images benefitted from these exchanges,
which were with undergraduate students. How much more
can be gained by collective study of images by historians
who bring different types of expertise and different
ways of reading images is now evident to me. I should
like to thank those, certainly Lynn and Jack, who put
this project together, and all of the participants
as well. On-line methods seem to me to have proven
hugely successful for the study of images of the French
Revolution. |
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