Blog 3 Hannah Riley

 We have started working on our posters for our thesis presentations. I have had a lot of fun developing the poster for my project. I have included two posters from the collection in the thesis poster. These posters share similar colors so I pulled the vibrant colors from those posters for the design of my thesis poster. I feel good about the overall concept of my thesis poster. I have started to develop label copy for the posters in the exhibit and organizing categories for the exhibit. I am hoping that I don't struggle too much with writing the label copy. 

Second Semester - Week 5

 These past few weeks, I have made a return to research and my sources. As a few people have now told me, I need to refill my brain before I can easily write again. I sort of wanted to just put all of my thoughts on paper and then find sources to support them, but for a paper this long that's definitely the backwards approach. So, I am spending my afternoons diving back into my sources, the old ones as well as some very interesting new ones. I've begun some research into Connor Prairie's "Follow the North Star" program, which is incredibly intriguing. Now, I just have to decide if all of my opinions and arguments about the pros and cons of second-person interpreting will fit into this paper. It's exciting to feel like I maybe have too much instead of too little. Diving back into the sources has also reminded me of my passion for this topic, and why I decided to write about it. I'm feeling passionate again, and that's a very good sign!

Week 4 second semester

Last week we had 8 new pages due for our thesis. It felt good to add on some additional pages outside of the literature review. I focused on writing a methodology section for my paper explaining my process in choosing a topic for the exhibit of the posters and explaining how I selected the posters for the exhibit. In class we peer reviewed each others papers, which helped me realize what other steps I need to take to organize my paper. It was helpful and motivating to see where my classmates are in their papers. My next steps are to look at the material that I have already written and reorganize it to create my introduction, separating out some of the content in my literature review.