plottingpapist.bsky.social
Catholic | Historian studying 18th cent. extralegal violence in Atlantic World at W&M | Brockport & Lycoming alum | Writing center aficionado | Dog Mom
👤 Joined on 19 November 2024
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@plottingpapist.bsky.socialPeople are so broken they are now outsourcing fun to AI.
Show PostCover reveal! The keywords I sent the press were “historical,” “natural,” and “multimedia” and I’d say they nailed it. Featuring my (book’s) main man Humphry Repton on the left there. Coming from Yale University Press this fall.
Show PostMy best tip is do the hard yards: visit the regional archive/historical site, track down the original everyone quotes but no one reads, pin down the timeline properly. Really engage with the sources and you'll find not what you expect, but something.
Show PostWriting as a historian of material culture who is also a curator, my research tips are: (1) nontextual artifacts are evidence; (2) museums and historical societies have material culture and often the associated archival material; and (3) wherever you research, bring a sweater and wash your hands.
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