A lot happened this week! Bullet journaling again:
- Planned our Outreach / Social Media Plan (Thanks to Melissa and to Lini for editing!)
- Of particular note was our discussion on Social Media:
- We’ll be using Bluesky (great especially for reaching the DH community) and Facebook (plenty of great Ukrainian cultural groups to connect with)
- We’ll be following WBENA’s lead tone-wise – don’t want to hand them a headache after this project
- Also, from speaking with Dr. Marcia Ostashewksi, definitely don’t want to put anyone at risk.
- This is especially poignant watching the news this week, wondering if the tone of our project is going to drastically shift.
- We’ll cover both history of women in bandura, current concerts, as well as our progress on the site
- Teryn offered to share resources for social media!
- Also, from speaking with Dr. Marcia Ostashewksi, definitely don’t want to put anyone at risk.
- Of particular note was our discussion on Social Media:
- Met with Dr. Marcia Ostashewski (Thanks Melissa for organizing!) – she wrote articles and resources that were instrumental to our proposal, so it was really exciting to talk to her! She was incredibly helpful, including:
- She put us in touch with Logan Clark, who provided us with the beta version of the Bandura in Canada site through Smithsonian Pathways
- She provided us with additional resources
- She stressed the cultural differences between the United States and Canada, including when it comes to reception of bandura. Considering that WBENA spans both countries, these cultural differences will be vital to remember.
- Teryn’s providing us with some great leads, such as:
- Setting up a meeting with her uncle, an expert on the bandura and keeper of the kobzar tradition
- Setting up a meeting with her aunt who is an expert on Ukrainian choral music and Dmytro Bortniansky, the composer of one of the songs that we are researching
- Offering to put us in contact with Maryna Krut, a Ukrainain pop bandurist – one of her songs also appears in the WBENA repertoire
- Went to the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival (sponsored in part by the GC!) this past Friday – Teryn was one of the performers and also played her accompaniment on bandura for one of the pieces
- Beautiful performances, with a range from more classical sounding to more experimental
- Highly recommend checking out Pastels by Leonid Hrabovsky / Pavlo Tychyna for an example of the more experimental!
- Met her aforementioned aunt there, who is very enthused about the project
- Beautiful performances, with a range from more classical sounding to more experimental
- Joined the Code4Lib Slack and the minicomp wax channel per Nicole’s suggestion last class
- Also per Nicole’s suggestion, asked about the feasibility of a particular feature that we would like to add (waiting for a response)
- Tomorrow, Alex will be leading the team through our Wax walkthrough in preparation for starting on the backend of the site
- Song research continues.
- Lesson of the Week: One step at a time!
