Welcome to
"Poetry Here and Then"
"Poetry Here and Then"
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"Poetry Here and Then" |
The Poetry Here and Then Project was developed to introduce new researchers to the principles of humanities research in special collections, using the poetry collections at the Bentley Historical Library as a point of entry.
"Poetry Here and Then" emphasizes the nexus between the intellectual excitement of research and the role of individual interpretation in defining, developing, and presenting the results of research, which is itself a kind of storytelling. And perhaps effective and inspired research involves learning how to hear the stories embedded in texts and objects, letting them speak for themselves, however partially we may be able to transcribe what we hear.
"Poetry Here and Then" originates in the love of material objects as bearers of human experience and imagination. While new methods of research are being born in the digital age, the rich potential for new work in resources that are (at least not yet) easily accessed by digital means may not be recognized by new researchers. This project points to the fertile crescent between material archives and new media research as the humanities disciplines are being transformed.
The Poetry Here and Then Project is being developed jointly by several different groups at the University of Michigan: the English Department, the Bentley Historical Library, the Humanities Text Initiative, the School of Information and most important, by faculty and students in many different departments who use this site to explore how to conceptualize, and how to conduct, research in the humanities. New student-generated research modules will be added to this site in the near future.
We also invite you, whether or not you are affiliated with the University of Michigan, to participate in our Humanities New Researchers Forum (coming soon), an online space for exchanging information, ideas, questions, and concerns about your own research. There are many places to interact with experienced researchers online, but we offer this space especially for those of you who are new to research in the humanities.
Every researcher has a potentially unique vision and contribution to make. We hope you'll find our site useful in exploring how to discover--and how to tell-- a story through the means of research, both traditional and newly emerging.
How do you explore a subject in a library that holds mostly unpublished material (and why would you want to)? What does a "special collection" contain? For answers to this and other questions about researching special collections, go here.
There are many undiscovered stories and unsolved mysteries in special collections. When all you have is a small account book and no other information, what do you do? Go here for a Mystery Tour!
If you've been here before and just want to look at the Anna Hoyt account book, go here.
Here follow some miscellaneous links that will be interpolated into "The Mystery of Anna Hoyt":
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Funding for the initial phase of developing this project has been generously provided by the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and by the Office of the Vice-President for Research at the University of Michigan. |
This site is being developed at the University of Michigan by Deanne Lundin, (Lecturer, English Language & Literature); Julie Ellison, (Associate Vice-President, Office of the Vice-President for Research and Professor, English Language & Literature; and Chair of the "Mystory" Faculty Advisory Board); Nancy Bartlett, (Reference Archivist at the Bentley Historical Library), John Price-Wilkin (Head, Digital Library Production Service) and Susan Steckel, (School of Information).
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