Privacy, Publicity,
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Week 8

October 21
Visualizing the republic of letters.



session notes

Reminder: Election Day is in two weeks. Are you all set up to vote?

Also: it’s time to begin setting up meetings with me to discuss your final project.

Visitors: Lucas McMahon and Abigail Sargent on “Mapping Medieval Metadata,” a project that maps lead seals used to enclose correspondence and assure the recipient of the genuineness of the contents in the Byzantine Empire.

Before Class

📚 Read: ✏️ Write:

Practicum

Explore correspondence in Early Modern Letters Online.

on the trend toward social media “groups”

theories of digital correspondence