Part 1:

Link: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8b3c8250-586a-0135-bdc6-1759cc271750/book#page/1/mode/2up

• The specific pages that I hope to discuss are pages: 6-7, 8-9, 11-12, 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 21-22, 25-27. This is prone to change because I am not exactly 100% set on these pages (I’ll probably reduce the amount). I also plan on using the book’s pictures for the project by simply copying and pasting the images, because in some cases, the pictures tell a lot more than the written story itself.
• The narrative that I want to explore is the Caribbean culture and history, especially with relations to colonialism. I am already familiar with this topic, as I’ve taken plenty of courses on this before, which is why I’m ready and confident about centering my project around such topic.
• My project is targeted towards all those who are unfamiliar with the Caribbean culture and history, especially including those are of Caribbean descent because they have been conditioned to uphold whiteness and their knowledge of the original Caribbean culture is next to non-existent, as a result of colonialism.
• I feel like Unpinning History: Japanese Posters in the Age of Commercialism, Imperialism, and Modernism is closely aligned with my work because I like how all of the information is splayed out on one page and, as you scroll down, you pass by the images as if you’re going on a virtual tour of an art gallery or museum.
• The elements that seem appropriate for my project are: basic layout and image header layout.

Part 2:

• For the Colored Conventions Project website, the materials consist of images, short summaries, texts, credits, table of content, and some exhibits even have pictures. You can access them by clicking on anywhere that says, “Explore”, where each page is entirely dedicated to providing even more historical facts and biographies. For the Archaeology of Reading website, the materials are these photographs of the original texts in their original language. The right side bar includes necessary annotations and translations. You can access them by clicking on the specific author and their book.
• For the Colored Conventions Project website, there is not much to interact with because after clicking on a specific button, all of the text and pictures are spayed out on one page for your viewing pleasure. For the Archaeology of Reading website, you have to constantly click next because each pages/photographs are taken individually.
• The benefit of having these websites is that they are very convenient and quick, especially in the case of the Archaeology of Reading website, where the books are not typed out but instead photographed individually. It is about as close as you can get to engaging personally with such books without having to travel to wherever they are in the world. However, it is still not the same if you get to physically and directly with the books. Furthermore, in the case of the Colored Conventions Project website, I would say one drawback is that it is very confusing to navigate around (at least for me) because even though there are indicators, tabs, links, etc. that can help with guiding me around, there is so much to click on and separate information are viewed in different pages.
• As of now, I don’t have anything in mind that I wanted to do with the content but couldn’t figure out how to.