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Thesis and Research Questions
The History of Jazz is one of inclusion and self-expression. Originating as an outlet of self expression for underrepresented African Americans and growing into a national phenomena. The inclusion of Jazz as both an art form and an area of interest in American education has allowed Jazz musicians to overcome barriers of race, but the battle of racial equality in our society is ongoing. We believe it is the way we learn and teach jazz, rather than the message of Jazz as a social construct itself, that should be scrutinized.
Research Questions:
- Hows does Jazz education improve diversity?
- How how does our society construct the identity Jazz and its teachings?
- What mediums and methods can be implemented to better identify and communicate with the lessons we learn from Jazz?
What is the Digital Humanities
Due to incessant development of technology, there is no longer separation between the digital world and the humanities world. They are becoming seamlessly intertwined, thus making the traditional definition of Digital Humanities that considers the use of computers to aid humanities research as obsolete. In today’s world all research is impacted by digital innovations. A more modern definition of Digital humanities must incorporate the discussions necessitated by this re-shaping of the meaning and value of scholarship.
The focus of the field of study must pertain to the revolution of scholarship made possible by the digital. The academic world has been made more accessible, malleable, and pervasive through the collaboration of interdisciplinary experts through the internet. The ability for different subject areas to blend and create new theories is a quintessential aspect of the digital humanities and is done effectively through collaboration. The Digital Humanities can be deemed an independent field of academia because of new questions about society and technology that mark a revolution of scholarship.