Text and data visualizations by Jesse W. Torgerson; data collection by Rachel Chung (’20) and Ezra Kohn (’20); mapping by Grant van Inwegen (’20) and Jesse Simmons (’21) with assistance from Kim Diver. Please see our introductory post. The Traveler’s Lab at Wesleyan University has applied our movement-focused approach to … Continue…
Updated: April 30, 2020. Follow-up post (5/12/2020) here. by Rachel Chung, Grant van Inwegen, Ezra Kohn, Jesse Simmons, and Jesse W. Torgerson The Traveler’s Lab at Wesleyan University studies the movement of people and objects during the middle ages. Our focus on travel brings overlooked and unrecognized realities to standard … Continue…
by Nathan Krieger (Wesleyan ’20) This project, using quantitative methods to study the role of geography through the narrative of the ninth-century Chronicle of Theophanes, took some significant steps in 2018-2019. Our aim has been to analyze this text using new tools and new methodologies including MAXQDA, Recogito, and both … Continue…
Our next collective gathering is Monday, April 8 during the lunch hour, 12.15-1.10. We will be in the same room as last time: Usdan 110.
In March, four Traveler’s Lab profs hit the road to deliver papers that drew (at least in part) on research done in the Traveler’s Lab. Prof. Franklin-Lyons and Professor Jasper both traveled to the Medieval Academy of America annual meeting at the University of Pennsylvania and delivered presentations in a … Continue…
Lab meeting Monday March 4; USDAN 136 – 12.00-1.10. This meeting is a (very important) practical discussion on how our different teams are organizing materials for the Great Github Migration of 2019. Lab members: make every effort to be there as we need everyone’s input on making this work: trouble-shooting, … Continue…
Welcome back to the Spring 2019 Semester! Our first (informational and organizational) meeting for the year will be Monday January 28 at 12-1pm in USDAN 110. Lunch will be provided! We will be discussing ongoing projects, ongoing needs, specific semester plans, and how those semester-specific plans fit into the larger … Continue…
Royal Communication Networks in Aragon During Anti-Jewish Riots : 1391-1392 by Kaitlyn Thomas-Franz Introduction This past semester I had the opportunity to work with Professor Franklin Lyons on an exploratory data analysis project relating to a series of anti-Jewish riots that occurred in the crowns of Castile and Aragon between … Continue…
The Traveler’s Lab end-of-semester meeting for Fall 2018 took place on Tuesday December 10, 12-2pm in Allbritton 304. We heard from Kaitlyn Thomas-Franz (working with Prof. Franklin-Lyons on Royal Communication Networks in Aragon During the Anti-Jewish Riots of 1391-1392, from Prof. Gary Shaw (below) with an update on his project … Continue…
On Friday October 12 the lab met 2.30-4pm, in Allbritton 004, for a University-funded visit from Prof. Kathryn Jasper. Dr. Jasper’s visit highlighted the lab’s commitment this year to increasing multi-campus collaborations. This semester Traveler’s Lab students working with Prof. Franklin-Lyons and Prof. Torgerson teamed up with Prof. Jasper’s students … Continue…
