Hi Class,
Here you’ll find our Data Management Plan (DMP). We kept it high-level as things might evolve through the implementation phase. It is in PDF, so hopefully there will be no compatibility issues with any of your devices.
Kindly be aware that we are currently working on the re-branding of the name of our project and we will provide an update tomorrow night.
Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
The Feminist Markup Project Team
In Details Work Plan:
Week ending Feb 24:
Week ending March 3:
Week ending March 10:
Week ending March 17:
Week ending March 24:
Week ending March 31:
Week ending April 7 and April 14 (Spring Break):
Week ending April 21:
Week ending April 28:
Week ending May 5:
Week ending May 12
Project Work Plan: The project will take 12-13 weeks to complete and will consist of overlapping phases signified by three milestones. Since much of the project’s later phases will be determined by the findings of earlier stages, a vital pre-spring-break checkpoint will help specify the course of action for the later stages.
The initial phase from 2.8.2023-3.15.2023 is devoted to re/defining the project scope, corpus creation, and initial text analysis. During this time, we will first consider the specific corpora (in addition to GBBS, Season 12) we want to investigate, integrate team members’ specific research interests and skills, and articulate an adjusted project scope. Under the leadership of Teddy, the GBBS corpus of season 12 will be tagged and readied for analysis, along with a second comparison corpus pulled from an American cooking show, which will allow us to explore comparisons in the use of judging language between shows. A third comparison corpus based on an early season of GBBS is under consideration, which would help us track changes in judging language over ten seasons of GBBS. The corpus/corpora will be available in a csv format via GitHub, and Teddy will have tagged the judging segments’ speakers specifically. [Milstone 1# finished corpora in csv on GitHub.] Initial research questions will be formulated during this phase and adjusted on an ongoing basis alongside the development of the corpora. During this phase, Nuraly will research current GBBS fan fora and the presence of GBBS fans and GBBS-related discourse online to help us define our target audience more precisely. Ruby will investigate which website platform and set-up will best serve the project and, based on the technological capabilities, we will think about the structure and content of the site. Maria will further consider various versions of an integrated Bingo game might take and explore whether we can manage to acquire the skills to produce an interactive version via Twine.
Overlapping with the initial phase, between 3.1.2023 -3.29.2023, the focus will increasingly shift to text analysis and visualization of findings which, under the leadership of Teddy, will be performed with the assistance of the following tools and methods: Python and Voyant, NLTK Sentiment analysis, and JGap. During this time, we will add and specify research questions based on initial findings, and we will let us consider what findings we want to visualize and represent on the webpage. [Milestone #2 – Complete text analysis and initial visualizations.] Conversations about website content and structure will continue, as will related research. And research into stakeholders of the project and outreach strategies will also continue (informed by findings). The level of interactivity for the bingo game will be finalized during this phase as well.
3.29.2023 MIDPOINT Meeting. At this meeting, we will review all text analysis findings, visualizations, research progress, and website-building possibilities/capabilities and revise the work plan for the second half of the semester. Decisions we make will influence the scope and final structure of the website and determine ancillary content that has to be developed.
[4.5.23 – 4.12.23 springbreak]
4.13.2023 – 5.3.2023 During this phase, we will work on implementing the goals confirmed during the midpoint meeting. Under Ruby’s leadership, the focus will be on finalizing the layout & graphic design of the website and integrating and uploading content. Ruby will also refine the graphic design aspects of the data visualizations chosen to be included. Maria will gather, ready, and edit (for consistency and with an eye on presenting the content for our target audience/s) final versions of verbal site content, like white papers, narratives, bios, etc. Nuraly and Teddy will activate social media accounts and refine our outreach strategy. During these three weeks, the game’s final version will also be integrated into the site. (Whether explicit Bingo game testing is necessary will depend on our decisions at the midpoint meeting.) [Milestone #3 – website showing and communicating findings is set up.]
5.3.2023 In-class pre-launch (dress rehearsal)
5.3.2023-5.10.2023 During the last week, we will troubleshoot and address feedback received during our 5.3. trial run. Additionally, we’ll prepare the launch presentation and continue social media outreach.
5.10.2023 Public launch.
Our team is still working on creating a detailed, week-by-week work plan with specific deliverables, but we’ve established a broad work plan with key milestones. (Credit to Majel for drafting the plan and identifying the big pieces that need to be accomplished!)
The project’s goal is to launch the More Than Surviving website, which will include an interactive map and timeline related to Wampanoag activism in the antebellum era, as well as bios and descriptions of key activists and events. To launch the site by May 3rd, it will be necessary for the four of us to develop these components, as well as our outreach and social media efforts, concurrently. Some work has already been done — for instance, Majel has gathered a good deal of research and has established connections with community partners/experts who can help facilitate further research.
Over the next few days, we’ll finalize the sequence of tasks and deliverables in our project management space (and share it when we have!), but we hope to meet key milestones by the dates below.
We will have developed the basic framework for the website, including functioning prototypes of the timeline and map. We’re starting by developing a site map and functional wireframe to establish the site pages and the connections between them. Within the next week, we’ll have established a data structure that will allow us to connect the map, timeline, and bios/event descriptions; in a later phase, we’ll be able to use that structure to populate the site with data from our research. Once this data structure is established, Zelda and Elizabeth will begin developing the site, map, and timeline functionality. At the same time, Majel and Estefany will dive into research, create a list of activists and events that will be highlighted, and begin entering that data into the structure we’ve established.
The research phase will have concluded, and the team will have drafted copy for the timeline, map, event pages, and activist bios. Estefany and Majel will have developed a draft outreach and social media plan that includes contacts for community members and organizations who will be notified when the site is live. The map and timeline functionality will be finalized and ready for content to be added, and the developers will shift their efforts toward front-end development. The visual design will be ready for implementation.
The content will have been added to the site, map, and timeline. The social media accounts linked to the project will launch, with preview/promotional content. Elizabeth will develop a Q/A process that includes functionality testing and proofreading.
We will have completed the Q/A process.
The site will be live.
To commemorate the showcase and official launch, we will email our community partners to encourage them to visit the site and follow the social accounts.
Attached below the revised proposal of the Feminist Markup JWDP team.
