Inter-Tech(s) This book proposes a new understanding of the relationship between France and its former colonies in Africa and the Caribbean by exploring how francophone authors depict technology as a mediator, both productive and destructive, between them. Visit the project site Principal investigator(s): Roxanna Curto Project web link: https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/roxanna-curto/

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International Dada Archive Founded in 1979, the International Dada Archive is a scholarly resource for the study of the historic Dada movement. The Archive has compiled a comprehensive collection of documentation and scholarship relating to Dada. Visit the project site Principal investigator(s): Timothy Shipe Project web link: https://dada.lib.uiowa.edu/

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Imagining Latinidades In this Sawyer Seminar, we are most interested in engaging questions of Latinidad in the United States. This exploration will be shaped by the interdisciplinary formations offered by Latina/o Studies. These diverse perspectives implore us to ask politically and culturally engaged questions about the world and to challenge what Chela Sandoval (2000) calls the “apartheid of theoretical domains.” Visit the project site Principal investigator(s): Nichole Amato Project web link: https://imagininglatinidades.lib.uiowa.edu/

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Hobo Archive Explore the growing collection of digitized items related to the history and culture of the American hobo. This history collection documents the preservation of hobo history and culture in America. Visit the project site Principal investigator(s): Laura Carpenter Project web link: https://hoboarchive.lib.uiowa.edu/

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History of History at UIOWA This website is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the study and teaching of History at the University of Iowa, which has a long and rich tradition dating back to 1855. Visit the project site Principal investigator(s): Ty Priest Project web link: https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/history-of-history-at-iowa

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HICRN The Historical Iowa Civil Rights Network uncovers, preserves, and shares the stories of Iowans who participated in Civil Rights-related activity or the African American experience. Visit the project site Principal investigator(s): David McCartney Project web link: https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/hicrn/

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Growing Solidarity In October 2021, ten thousand John Deere workers in Iowa and across the US made international headlines through their first major strike in over thirty years. While mainstream media outlets focused on the strike’s drama, they often missed longer and more complex stories of workers within their local unions, communities, and contexts. This article focuses on one of those stories—that of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 450 at John Deere’s Des Moines Works, located in Ankeny, Iowa. Visit the project site Principal investigator(s): John McKerley Project web link: https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/growingsolidarity/

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GLAM Lab Find fun activities for all ages from The University of Iowa’s galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. Visit the project site Principal investigator(s): Liz Riordan Project web link: https://glam.lib.uiowa.edu/

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Disrupting the Reparations Timeline What is Black America owed? Why reparations? Why now? Inspired by Ta-Nehisi Coates’ prolific Atlantic article “The Case for Reparations,” time-travel across the history of reparations and anti-Black violence to gain a new understanding of the relationship between the past and the present. Visit the project site Principal investigator(s): Andrew Boge Project web link: https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/reparationstimeline/

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Digital Oxford Township This website is the product of a Digital History Workshop (HIST:2195) taught at the University of Iowa in the spring of 2020. In this course we explored the social and economic history of a 6×6 mile square of North American prairie land that since 1856 has been named Oxford Township, Johnson County, Iowa, USA. Visit the project site Principal investigator(s): Matthew Noellert Project web link: https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/digital-oxford-twp/

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