Professional Documents
Culture Documents
MAYMESTER:
AMST 291.001M
SUMMER SESSION I
AMST 110.001
AMST 275.001
Documenting Communities
*This is an on-site field course based in Gastonia, North Carolina. Actual class meeting times will be determined by
course instructor. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor only (Dr. Julie Davis, juliedavis@unc.edu).
This course will provide students with an intensive, on-site field experience in public history/digital humanities
practice at the Loray Mill in Gastonia. Now transformed into a mixed-use residential and commercial space,
this former textile mill also houses a center for research, interpretation, public programming, and community
engagement around the story of the mill, the people who worked there, and their place in local and regional
history. Digital Loray, a companion project developed by UNCs Digital Innovation Lab, includes an online
historical collection, a public website, and tools for data visualization and analysis.
Students will contribute to the work of the history center and engage with Digital Loray resources through
hands-on projects that are shaped by individual interests, goals, and skills. (Work might include, but is not
limited to: oral history; exhibit research/design; public programs; public art/music; website/social media
development; or curriculum development.) Everyone will gain practical experience in the implementation of a
site-based, public/digital initiative at the intersection of historic preservation and post-industrial economic
revitalization. Projects will be framed and supported by common readings, discussion, collaboration, and
instructor guidance, as well as interaction with community members and cultural heritage professionals.
AMST 795.001
Documenting Communities
*This is an on-site field course based in Gastonia, North Carolina. Actual class meeting times will be determined by
course instructor. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor only (Dr. Julie Davis, juliedavis@unc.edu).
This course will provide students with an intensive, on-site field experience in public history/digital humanities
practice at the Loray Mill in Gastonia. Now transformed into a mixed-use residential and commercial space,
this former textile mill also houses a center for research, interpretation, public programming, and community
engagement around the story of the mill, the people who worked there, and their place in local and regional
history. Digital Loray, a companion project developed by UNCs Digital Innovation Lab, includes an online
historical collection, a public website, and tools for data visualization and analysis.
Students will contribute to the work of the history center and engage with Digital Loray resources through
hands-on projects that are shaped by individual interests, goals, and skills. (Work might include, but is not
limited to: oral history; exhibit research/design; public programs; public art/music; website/social media
development; or curriculum development.) Everyone will gain practical experience in the implementation of a
site-based, public/digital initiative at the intersection of historic preservation and post-industrial economic
revitalization. Projects will be framed and supported by common readings, discussion, collaboration, and
instructor guidance, as well as interaction with community members and cultural heritage professionals.
SUMMER SESSION II
AMST 201.001
FOLKLORE
FOLK 334.001