{"id":219,"date":"2024-01-27T21:16:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T21:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chartweave.com\/hist390spring2024\/?page_id=219"},"modified":"2024-01-27T21:23:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T21:23:47","slug":"project-3-tropy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chartweave.com\/hist390spring2024\/assignments\/project-3-tropy\/","title":{"rendered":"Project #3: Tropy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that you&#8217;ve collected, organized and read some secondary sources on your research topic, it&#8217;s time to gather some primary sources as well. As we&#8217;ve discussed in class, primary sources are first-hand accounts of a topic. They can come in many shapes and sizes, including artifacts, drawings, photographs, diaries, letters, newspaper articles, speeches and more. For this project, you&#8217;ll be gathering primary sources on your research topic and organizing them into Tropy. Like Zotero, Tropy is also a bit like a personal research assistant, but this time with primary sources in mind. It helps researchers manage and describe photographs of research materials. Like Zotero, it helps you remember where you&#8217;ve gotten your information from as well. You won&#8217;t be going into an archive to take photos, but the process of using Tropy is exactly the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you haven&#8217;t already read these Tropy articles for class, make sure you&#8217;ve done so before you begin this project:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tropy.org\/before-you-begin\/metadata\">&#8220;What is metadata and how do I use it?&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tropy.org\/before-you-begin\/rights\">&#8220;Who owns the rights to the archival materials I use?&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both of these articles will set you up for success with this project!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 1: Installing Tropy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/chartweave.com\/hist390spring2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screen-Shot-2024-01-27-at-4.17.11-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-232\" style=\"width:257px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to use Tropy, first you&#8217;ll need to install it on your computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/tropy.org\/\">Tropy.org <\/a>to download Tropy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Familiarize yourself with how Tropy works by reading <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tropy.org\/\">the documentation here<\/a> (&#8220;Tropy Basics&#8221;) and watching <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jqTkI49JUDA?si=AZh7-mIg60Em-Z7G\">this introductory video<\/a>. The video is also included in the documentation. Tropy&#8217;s documentation is quite detailed, which is helpful for learning how to use the software and for finding solutions should you run into problems. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create a Tropy project for your research. You&#8217;ll only need one Tropy project for this course.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 2: Finding and Adding Primary Sources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that you have Tropy installed and you&#8217;re familiar with how to use it, it&#8217;s time to fill your project with primary sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Using the techniques we learned from Dr. George Oberle in class, find <strong>five primary sources<\/strong> related to your topic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add them to Tropy. Not sure how? Read <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tropy.org\/using-tropy\/add_files\">this part of the documentation<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fill out the metadata for each primary source. Exactly which fields you will need to fill out will depend on what your primary source is, but you need <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at least<\/span> these elements (but <strong>must also fill out fields for others that are available<\/strong>):<br>&#8211; Title<br>&#8211; Archive<br>&#8211; Identifier<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the notes field for each primary source, include these things:<br>&#8211; The URL where you found the item<br>&#8211; A description of your image. What is it? (Don&#8217;t just say &#8220;it&#8217;s a picture.&#8221; What is it a picture of?) Why do you think it is useful in helping you understand your topic?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 3: Write a Blog Post<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To finish this project, write a blog post that includes the following things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An introductory paragraph that tells me the research topic you&#8217;ve narrowed to and introduces the sources you&#8217;ve gathered.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Screenshots of the item view of each of your items, with the metadata, image and notes field visible. Make sure all text is visible. If I can&#8217;t see all your metadata fields and notes, I can&#8217;t grade them! Your screenshots should look something like this:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/chartweave.com\/hist390spring2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Item-view-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230\" style=\"width:640px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chartweave.com\/hist390spring2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Item-view-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/chartweave.com\/hist390spring2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Item-view-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/chartweave.com\/hist390spring2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Item-view-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/chartweave.com\/hist390spring2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Item-view.png 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot of Item View in Tropy<br>Source: Tropy. https:\/\/docs.tropy.org\/in-the-item-view\/item-view-basics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Submit your completed project by posting a link to your public blog post in the #week-05-tropy channel on Slack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:78px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that you&#8217;ve collected, organized and read some secondary sources on your research topic, it&#8217;s time to gather some primary sources as well. 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