For the final essay, you will write a scholarly historical essay that explores a specific social, political or cultural dynamic related to a technological artifact of your choice. This is not a descriiptive history of the artifact, but an effort at making sense of a particular analytical problem connected to that technology (many of the articles we read this semester are good models). The study should stem from a careful analysis of one or more primary sources related to the chosen artifact and engage with arguments developed by two or more secondary (scholarly) sources. The length should be up to 2,500 words, not including the bibliography.
To put it succinctly, your essay should do the following: Carefully analyze one or more primary sources to develop an argument that engages with at least two other scholars’ arguments. You should present the gist of your argument early in the essay in the form of an intriguing thesis that catches the reader’s attention. The rest of the essay explains and supports that thesis by interpreting the primary sources and arguing with the secondary sources.
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