Wednesday, May 11th, 2011...7:03 pm

advanced computer applications

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my other class with annemary was advanced computer applications. now i am sure that i have talked about this class before. we did a semester long project which centered around a character that we created. they could be from any time in history. our job was to create our persona, “curate” artifacts from their life into a faux museum exhibit and ultimately design a companion booklet that would tell our person’s story and show off all the work we did over the semester.

i chose the lowell textile mills during the 1840’s. i’d always been sort of fascinated by the industrial revolution in america and the role of women and children. since i live not too far from lowell and since i’ve actually been there (although that was sixth grade), i decided to create a women who, while working at the mills, played a role in the first protests for fair wages and fair hours.
it was really interesting for me to learn about all these women who were breaking all these stereotypes and at the same time, campaigning for political reform almost 100 years before they even had the right to vote. the idea that women, who were considered inferior to men, were the basis of the industrial system which we based capitalism on. and i found it interesting how little recognition they are given.

i really enjoyed this project because it allowed me to be hands-on (staining and hand aging photos and documents) and design-y. i really got to be so creative; which its always a little overwhelming to have such an open project, but once i got started i got really into it. you should have seen me and marissa at staples waiting to get our final books printed. you would’ve thought we were waiting to take our first child home or something. i really got to expand my horizons, and even though elements of it were more successful than others, i’ve now had experience doing many different things so i can move on and improve.



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