Until it wasn't.
Right now, I have met with professors to discuss where I want my topic to go, and until about 10 minutes ago, I wasn't sure. I have decided to paint a picture of what marriage looked like in the 1850's by looking at not only quantitative census data, but also literature and other primary sources about the topic.
This being set, I am hoping to meet with Angie in GIS tomorrow to discuss what a map would look like (population density and marriage) and then to talk to Dr. Stephan about more sources that I could use to enhance my image presented of marriage during this period. From there, I also am looking at authors on specific areas (counties) and utilizing their framework to look at marriage in the same area. This way there is not only a large-scale look at popularity of marriages in the U.S. but also there is a type of case-study into one particular area.
Right now, I'm a bit overwhelmed because I know what I want to do (map, NGram, historiography on marriage, images) but I'm concerned about the uploading to iWeb and attempting to figure out the coding of that. What I'm planning on right now is gathering up all the pieces that I need and then putting them up at once and dealing with stylistic issues later on.
I'm hoping that my meeting with Angie will help me get more organized and give me more of a direction to go. I am still looking at working with a story-map framework to give some flow to the project, as well as to help me maintain a level of organization as I continually add to the sections of this project.
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