Week 4, after working on the revised proposal, we worked on project planning and our project timeline. Dr Rhody’s  advice proved very helpful. Reflecting back on it now, too, the timeline helped us prioritize and divide tasks, making our process more clear,  efficient and effective. Thanks to also Trello, Slack, and our Zoom meetings, things went smoothly.

On the individual level, I started working on getting our IRB cleared and figure out hosting. I contacted Rebecca Banchik regarding IRB and after a lot of back and forth (and very helpful) communication, that also with Elena, and with also input from Dr Maney, we got cleared. The reason for a lot of back and forth was that we wanted to clarify our exact goals with the project regarding how our data would be used. As for hosting, we initially wanted to explore hosting within the New Media Lab space. I connected them, sent out our application, and upon our communication with them (once again, they were super helpful and responsive), it seemed like it would be a better idea to pursue other options.

At this point, I also started learning Omeka. I had missed all the workshops, so I went online and followed tutorials and got information from the Omeka website. I was eager to get my hands on it and start building the archive.