Rachel Midura: So excited to see A World Made by Travel out in the world! Working with Giovanna Ceserani was the on-ramp for most of the work I do with #digitalhumanities and #earlymodern mobility today. Here are some of the most exciting parts of this digital publication for me 🗃️ 1/? aworldmadebytravel.org

So excited to see A World Made by Travel out in the world! Working with Giovanna Ceserani was the on-ramp for most of the work I do with #digitalhumanities and #earlymodern mobility today. Here are some of the most exciting parts of this digital publication for me 🗃️ 1/? aworldmadebytravel.org

A World Made by Travel: The Digital Grand Touraworldmadebytravel.org In the eighteenth century, tens of thousands of travelers journeyed to Italy on voyages known then and since as the Grand Tour. These travels in the age of Enlightenment contributed to a massive reima...

#1 The Grand Tour Explorer platform transforms the Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy. Adaptation of pre-digital secondary sources into accessible, enriched data is (to my mind) one of the most valuable applications of domain knowledge www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/publications...

A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy, 1701-1800www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy, 1701-1800: Compiled from the Brinsley Ford Archive (ISBN:9780300071658), published by the Paul Mellon Centre

#2 It does so in a way that approaches documentation not as a chore, but the main opportunity for unparalleled critical examination of process, categories, and the balance of visual and textual modes of demonstration

#3 The user interface of the Explorer prioritizes seamless, explorational movement b/w scales of consideration. Going from the individual to the group is an intuitive click. Here, a quick demo of how a search for Piozzi can lead into an exploration of the other travelers that appear in her letters!

#4 Scholars' essays (including yours truly 🙃). These are written using the Explorer and linking to it, conducting new analysis while also gesturing what is possible inside and outside of the tool itself.

#5 The Teaching Companion! This includes a sample syllabus, detailed lesson plans, examples of student work, and reflections from Giovanna Ceserani, Annie Lamar, and myself. Whether you teach an entire class on travel, or just dip in for a pre-made #dh exploration, we've got you covered.

#6 Finally, it's BEAUTIFUL 😍. I am certainly biased, but I love the combination of #18thc color palettes and minimal, accessible web design. Great job by all 👌 @stanfordpress.bsky.social

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