Over the next six weeks or so, I'd like to build up my knowledge of the history of migrancy in the area of the Mississippi River. (I think this is particularly important for me because, not being from the US, I'm starting from a lower level of general knowledge than you are.) To organise my reading, I've opened a document (called 'Mississippi Migrants') and am intending to type in brief reminders about particular migrant experiences as they come up in my reading and research.
Having made a start, I thought it would be good to share this with you and so I've uploaded it to Google Docs and, later today, you should receive an invitation from Google to become a co-editor of the document. I'll also put a link to it in the sidebar of this blog, so it becomes a satellite of the blog rather than something totally separate. As I say, I'm thinking of this as something I particularly need to do to organise my developing knowledge, so don't feel I'm pushing you to use it. On the other hand, if you'd like to add to it, I'd be delighted!
My plan is:
1. To give the material some structure by dividing it up state by state, moving south from Minnesota to Louisiana.
2. To give it still more structure by organising the material for each state in loosely chronological order.
3. To summarise the material into bullet points of not more than 3 or 4 lines so that it remains a kind of overview and doesn't become a huge sprawling essay.
So far I've just put in seven brief points that have caught my attention over the last couple of days. Will add more as I carry on reading :o)
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ReplyDeleteI like this a lot, richard, and I'm wondering if embedding it into a map would be useful, so one could click on links with those bullet points... does one of the tech people there have a way of showing us how to build that?
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