During last week’s class, the group collectively decided on our primary and secondary roles.  Based on prior professional experience with outreach as well as some social media management, I selected these areas to be my primary focus in the project. My secondary role is going to be in design, as it is an area where I have little experience and want to optimize my skills for future projects. While we’ve each selected specific areas in which we plan to prioritize, everyone is so open and eager to learn/assist any way that they can.

Before our first recurring meeting, I will be doing research and selecting tools/platforms for our social media presence and outreach process. As of right now, I am thinking Twitter, but I plan on checking out other platforms as well. I will also be selecting the cemetery I will be doing my research on. Specifically, I am going to be focusing on a cemetery in the city that was repurposed, rediscovered and now exists as a cemetery again. Thus far, I have found an African burial ground that was previously repurposed, rediscovered by construction workers excavating the area in the early 1990’s and reestablished as a national monument.

Already in the first week the scope of this project along with the digital tools and platforms we initially anticipated we’d use have changed. It’s becoming increasingly apparent that the original project is evolving into something drastically different. This is my first time working on an academic project like this, and it’s been so fun to see how quickly things evolve based on the expertise and interests that each team member brings to the group.

I’m excited to read others’ posts and see how these fantastic projects are coming along. See y’all on Thursday 🙂

-l.v.

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