Wednesday, February 11, 2015
The First Experiences in Research (FE-R) program requires its students to write abstracts about their research projects. So, here's the first draft of mine:
We care about people and objects because they are ingrained in the history of our species. However, in our rapidly-digitalized age, these old details can be easily misplaced. Through the database Itinera, we are able to preserve art history. The database is a resource to help make people feel more aware and connected with our historic past. In my research tracking the Elgin marbles, I am able to deduce where and why these objects traveled around Europe at the turn of the 1800s.