{"id":1430,"date":"2022-07-15T19:54:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T19:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/?post_type=showcase&#038;p=1430"},"modified":"2022-12-13T14:00:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T14:00:06","slug":"contemporary-central-asia","status":"publish","type":"showcase","link":"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/showcase\/contemporary-central-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Central Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/481-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/481-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/481-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/481-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/481-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/481-1568x882.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/481.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students in Professor Douglas Northrop\u2019s History 481 course, Contemporary Central Asia, worked in teams to analyze and present a historical topic for a wider public audience using ArcGIS StoryMaps. These final projects served in lieu of a standard term paper or exam and spurred the students to carry out original research connected to the themes of the class. Read more about Professor Northrop\u2019s approach in the article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/history\/news-events\/all-news\/digital-pedagogy-blog\/from-term-papers-to-websites.html\">From Term Papers to Websites<\/a>.\u201d Follow links below to view project pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"winter-2020\">Winter 2020<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/9e9f811e63324fd688958017d5b73f40\">Central Asia Under Strongmen<\/a><br>Octavio Bellomo, Amanda Hardy, Quentin Powers, Laura Stahl<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/758a7b124d55440cbeadf491f617a0ae\">(Mis)Understanding Afghanistan<\/a><br>Zayd Elkahlah, Jangul Erlon, Max Hahn, Gideon Sochay<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c 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