Category: Research

• Thesis Intro

  The following is an excerpt from a draft of the introduction to my thesis. If anyone is interested in reading more I’d be happy to provide additional text as well. Drawing its name from the Grand River’s rapids near which the city was founded, Grand Rapids’ rise was somewhat fortuitous. Grand Rapids occupied a regional…

  Brian Sarnacki

  June 27, 2011

  Research, Urban

  research

• Clubs of GR

  The following is an excerpt from the same chapter draft as last week’s post. Grand Rapids’ Club Scene According to the Peninsular Club’s constitution, the club’s primary function was “to promote social intercourse amongst its members.” In order to accommodate the city’s preeminent elite on both sides of the political aisle, the club refused to…

  Brian Sarnacki

  June 13, 2011

  Research, Urban

  history, research, Social Networks

• Spatializing GR

  I am currently coming down the home stretch for my MA thesis and it has been keeping me quite busy. My thesis work actually made me miss a blog post last week (I am sure people were heartbroken). This week as a sort of compromise with myself I am posting an excerpt. Granted, this is…

  Brian Sarnacki

  June 6, 2011

  Research, Urban

  research, spatial history, visualizations

• The Corrupt Network

  Last week, I turned in my project for my digital history seminar. What I hope is evident from my design, I used this course to play with an idea of investigating “Facebook friends” in the past. “Facebook friends” is a modern term that can describe relationships ranging from life long friendships and one time acquaintances.…

  Brian Sarnacki

  May 9, 2011

  Digital Humanities, Research

  dh projects, digital history, research, Social Networks, visualizations

• Can Micro be Macro?

  Even though I am still trying to finish my MA thesis, I cannot help but think forward to finding a dissertation topic. Now I like my MA thesis topic, and I think there is still much I could do with it, but I want to really love my dissertation topic (I think you need to…

  Brian Sarnacki

  February 28, 2011

  Research, Urban

  history, macro, microhistory, research