Our Project
Team Monarchy’s website is dedicated to proving whether or not What America Ate is a satisfactory digital humanities project. We used our knowledge on digital humanities along with deep research into the project to come to a conclusion. This project is for our second assignment for our digital humanities class.
Our Methodology
There are five main topics we go through to bring us to our final evaluation of What America Ate: overview and significance; methodology and transparency; values; space, place and location; and audience and peer projects. After dissecting the site with those five main ideas in mind we are able to come to a verdict for the project. Digital Humanities projects should clearly fit all five elements and create something that is open for use by other people.
Our Reasoning
This project started as an assignment for our digital humanities class at West Chester University, Our main goal for this project is not only to find out whether or not What America Ate is a well done project, but to also show readers why. After people come to our website we hope that they are leaving with the knowledge of what makes a digital humanities project, so they can begin to tell for themselves. As for picking What America Ate as said reviewed project it was a simple choice. From first glance the base of the project seems adequate. While reviewing and doing our own research into the project it also allowed our team to learn more about depression era culture and the way a digital humanities project can be done.
Our Team
Team Monarchy is made up of a group of five West Chester University students. The members of the team are Alexis Barrick, Sierra Etze, Kylie Hayward, Paige Moyer-Adams, and Abby Welcher.
Alexis Barrick
Alexis is a third year student getting her degree in English writing with a minor in journalism and she is a volunteer at the Brandywine Valley SPCA. After graduating she hopes to move off of the east coast or to New York City and work as a journalist for a magazine like Rolling Stone or Vice. Alexis was in charge of the pages home, overview and significance, evaluation and about, along with the website design.
Sierra Etze
Sierra is earning her degree in economics with an Italian minor. She is involved in the Incomparable Golden Rams Marching Band and dreams to be able to volunteer at cat shelters.
Kylie Hayward
Kylie is a media and culture major and member of Alpha Phi. She loves movies and writing. After graduating she would like to work in production. She is the creator of the space, place and location page.
Paige Moyer-Adams
Paige is currently a biology major with a psychology minor and the president of the West Chester University Esports club. After getting her undergraduate degree Paige wants to go to veterinary school or work at an aquarium or zoo. In the mean time she cares for her leopard gecko, Dart, that she rescued.
Abby Welcher
Abby is an English major with an international relations minor. She enjoys writing, reading and hanging out with her friends. She does not have plans for what she wants to be after college, but hopes to be able to travel. Abby worked on the methodology and transparency, and the values pages.
