Histories of North American objects addressing global flows of influence that arise from trade colonialism and migration.
All projects with the following field and/or DH method:
Digital Exhibit-Curation
Modernist Archives Publishing Project (MAPP)
The goal of this site is to display, curate, and describe the documents that go into the making of a book.
DH Italian-Canadian Foodways
Using digital mapping and archives to consider the place of food production in Italian-Canadian Cultural identity throughout the last century.
Great Lakes Research Alliance (GRASAC)
Website: https://grasac.artsci.utoronto.ca/ Description: The Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts & Cultures (GRASAC) is a vibrant, interdisciplinary research network comprising over 500 members. Since 2005, they have collaborated in the...
Cabaret Commons
A work-in-progress gathering place for trans- feminist and queer artists, activists, audiences and researchers.
It’s About time: Dancing Black in Canada, 1900–1970
An online exhibition that highlights the dance histories of Canada’s Black population from 1900–1970.
Color and Overtones: A Web-Based Visual Archive of Africans and their Descendants in Latin America
A project to create an online visual archive of representations of blackness throughout Latin American history.
Hidden Florence
An app enabling users to explore lives and stories from renaissance Florence through a 3D map.
LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory
Connecting scholars, activists, and archives across Canada and the U.S. to produce a collaborative, digital history hub for gay, lesbian, queer, and trans* oral histories.
Project for the Study of Dissidence and Samizdat
A database of Soviet Samizdat Periodicals and interviews with activists and timelines of dissident activity.
Sex Work and the Queen City: Mapping Toronto’s Sex Trade History, 1865-1915
An examination of historical records to locate and map spaces associated with sex work in Toronto from brothels to courthouses.