Published 2/8/2026, Written 2/4/2026
Back again! This intro post is coming to you just a little bit late, as I was busy the first couple weeks of school with a conference in DC that went a little long (after I was stuck there during a winter storm), before I could return to Grinnell. Luckily, now I am back, and able to start work as normal for my final semester as a Grinnell student before I graduate. Very exciting! This semester I am continuing work on the Virtual Titular Head Project with Adam Kelley-Chown, and it will be a very jam-packed semester at that. The on-campus Titular Head event is scheduled for this Spring and our annual virtual event will follow it shortly, meaning that it’s just about time to start event planning and getting all the websites polished up. In addition to other tasks this semester, I will be cleaning up some more of the pre-existing pages on the WordPress Site (perhaps including the History page), creating a couple new ones (I’m thinking one that maybe talks about the Vivero project, and who has worked on it in the past couple years), and archiving more films onto the Omeka Archive. Additionally, I’ll be working on a transitional document for whoever picks up this project next!
In terms of what digital tools and/or methods I’m hoping to explore this semester, I hope to especially look into webpage accessibility and perhaps what is needed for a site to blend accessibility with artistic presentation. I worked a lot last semester on making the WordPress site look more visually colorful and aesthetically aligned with the on-campus event, but now it’s very important that I make that design easy to navigate and understand for those with accessibility needs. Particularly I expect I’ll probably have to do some work with the colors I chose! To work on this within the project, I’ll probably have to go back to the Accessibility training I did last year, and utilize some of the resources there to update the site. Anyways, that’s all for now, and I’ll check in towards the end of February with what I’ve got next!