National Council on Undergraduate Research - 2015

from http://www.cur.org/ncur_2015/abstract_submission/

2015 National Conference Undergraduate Research 

The National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) is an interdisciplinary conference where students representing universities and colleges from all around the U.S., and internationally, will present their research and creative works in oral, poster and performance/visual arts presentations. 

The mission of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) is to promote undergraduate research scholarship and creative activity done in partnership with faculty or other mentors as a vital component of higher education. more info...

Please consider if you would like to submit the research associated with your final research project to the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.  

• 2014 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) - http://www.cur.org/ncur_2014/
• 2014 Nathan Moore Research for NCUR - http://afrofuturelit.blogspot.com/2014_03_01_archive.html
• 2014 Mekhatansh K McGuire for NCUR - http://www.prettypoliticspopculture.blogspot.com/2014/04/mekhatansh-k-mcguire-presents-at-ncur.html

If you are interested in submit your research for this prestigious conference, please set up an appointment with me. We will discuss your project and the conference in greater detail. 

Dr. Hill 

Wired Research Interests on Beloved and the Golden Triangle

from http://www.kentucky.com/2013/01/28/2493949/merlene-davis-dont-look-to-hollywood.html

Greetings, Class. 

You have been assigned to build a research portfolio in the form of webpage for your final project. The research based webpage will be comprised of 1000 word academic reflection (essay) about one aspect from the novel Beloved and how it connects to any historical/cultural information about The Golden Triangle region in the Nineteenth Century.  

The website must make a significant claim about an aspect of Nineteenth Century life in TheGolden Triangle and how the novel introduced these aspects of society to you. 

Different perspectives of your research should be presented on different pages of the website, accompanying work should be indicated as pages, posts, or hyperlinks in the webpage.

In the comments box below, please post your a 2 to 3 sentence statement about your research intentions and any pertinent information  about your research project. 

Authorship in a Remix Society and Building a Webpage about Beloved

Greetings.

In class, we will be discussing the practices and theories associated with scrapbooking and remixing research projects.  You are also assigned to read The Evolution of Authorship in a Remix Society.   You may refer to the information in this article when answering the questions below. 

Scrapbooking

What is scrapbooking?  How long has humanity engaged in the process of scrapbooking?
Are practices associated with scrapbooking present or invisible in your academic studies and research projects?  

Remix 
What is remixing?  How long has humanity engaged in the process of remixing? When did remixing become popular?

Do you think remix theories and popular technology influence or improve your understanding Beloved and your research? If so, how? If not, why?

from - http://boingboing.net/2012/02/26/the-everything-is-a-remix-theo.html

After viewing the video,  please consider how theories of scrapbooking and remix may intersect in your own research.

Theories associated with memory, scrapbooking and remix will be very important aspects of this course.  You may want to consider how those theories my be evident in your researched based webpage.

Your truly, 

Dr. Hill

What is scrapbooking?  How long has humanity engaged in the creative process of scrapbooking?
Are practices associated with scrapbooking present or invisible in your studies and research projects? How do you envision using remix theory when constructing your research based webpage.