IN 127 - Representing the Real: Documenting History in the United States

Institution:

Emerson College

Subject:

Description:

Introduction to the historian's craft, skills, and theoretical background to document the past. Acquire meaning and liveliness through historical inquiry, imagination, interpretation, assembling primary sources, asking questions, providing context, developing point of view, and finding a voice. Draw on primary and secondary sources including rare books, manuscripts, artwork, literature, still photography, film, radio, and new media to consider ways in which technological developments and documentary styles impacted historical understanding using cultural resources in Boston (libraries, archives, historical societies, museums, monuments, architecture).

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

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Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.emerson.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 824-8500

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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