New World Nature
Student researchers for the Levitt Center’s New World Nature project examined the relationships between natural things and their environments to reconstruct how early moderns learned from the nature in which they lived at the dawn of the biological disciplines. Students conducted original research in the history of science in Canada, the Dominican Republic, France, Puerto Rico, Spain, and the United States.| Project Title | New World Nature |
| Description | New World Nature student researchers examined the relationships between natural things and their environments to reconstruct how early moderns learned from the nature in which they lived at the dawn of the biological disciplines. Students conducted original research in the history of science in Canada, the Dominican Republic, France, Puerto Rico, Spain, and the United States. |
| Deliverables | Database Interactive Map Research Papers Website |
| Date | Summer 2019 |
| Students | Thomas Anderson, '21 Antton De Arbeloa, '21 Elizabeth Atherton, ’22 Kate Biedermann, ’22 Kayla Self, ’21 |
| Faculty | Mackenzie Cooley, Assistant Professor of History |
| Lead Collaborators | Christian Goodwille, Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives Lisa McFall, Associate Director, Digital Initiatives and Technology Janet Simons, Director, Digital Humanities Initiative Steve Young, Unix/HPC System Administrator |
| Departments and Offices | History Levitt Public Affairs Center Library and Information Technology Services |
| Mindsets | Analytic Thinking Expressive Thinking |
| Capabilities | Digital Curation Graphic Design and Visualization |
| Tools | VIKUS Viewer |
| Learning Levels | Engage |
| Hamilton Educational Goals | Communication and Expression Disciplinary Practice |
- New World Nature Project Website
- Maureen Nolan, "New World Nature Project," Hamilton Magazine, July 3, 2020. Link to article
