Some first steps in making the Blog

Scope of the Blog is to follow, day after day, the various steps of the research around the theme selected in the History of Technology. Some recommendations may be useful for a better work.

1. choose the theme;
2. select a novel, to be used as a "test rig" for identifying the connections between public history and technology;
3. find the links for the novel, in the Web
4. identify a concept map concerning the theme with respect to Technology and History (no more than five-six "concepts" are enough);
5. try to compose an Alphabet for the chosen theme; it is an useful exercise to open your own boundaries in mapping the paths of the research;
6. start to read the novel and mark the quotes where the "concepts" (see above point 3.) reveal their presence;
7. read the textbook (Storia delle macchine) in order to identify the matter of the selected theme within the evolutive processes of the technology, without loosing the general chronology;
8. record each step of your research in your log-book, i.e. in the Blog.

Example

1. the theme is "Technology and Vision";
2. the book is The Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison;
3. in Wikipedia... (etc.)
4. the concept map for Vision may be:
• Eye
• Optics
• Light
• Colours
• Knowledge
5. The "Vision Alphabet" (in Italian) is:
• A like Apparenza
• B like Buio
• C like Cannocchiale
• D like Diorama
• E like Effetto ottico
• F like Fotone
• ... and so on
6. ...

Good read.