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12017-10-13T11:05:07-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a720036image_header2019-05-12T21:03:01-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aWhile Digital Paxton is intended to serve scholars, it is by design a public humanities project. To that end, Digital Paxton is accessible through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Digital History Projects, the Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Humanities, and the Fordham University Digital Collaborative.
To promote public engagement, Will Fenton regularly presents the project to a range of audiences at a host of different platforms, including the American Studies Association, McNeil Center for Early American Studies, Modern Language Association, NYCDH, PhillyDH, and Philadelphia Archives Month. The project has been featured in the American Quarterly, Common-place, Journal of Interactive Technology & Pedagogy, Philadelphia Inquirer, WHYY, and numerous other platforms.
In some instances, public engagement has made Digital Paxton more complete. For example, a collaboration with students and faculty at Shepherd and Loyola University enabled a new crowdsourced transcription project, and a Spring 2017 exhibition at the Library Company of Philadelphia has been integrated into the project as a key historical framework.
To explore the project's public history, click through the timeline below. You may use the arrow to the right to cycle ahead, or click on any milestone title to access the original article. We will continue new events and publications as they become available. If you know of an opportunity for public engagement, please share it with the editor using the Contact page.
12017-10-13T11:07:54-07:00LCP Exhibition1"A New Looking-Glass for the 1764 Paxton Pamphlet War." Library Company of Philadelphia. April 2017.media/IMG_8958.jpgplain2017-10-13T11:07:54-07:00
