Today, Davidson College is well known for its liberal arts education that prepares students for a variety of future careers and graduate schools. Although\u00a0Davidson’s \u201cCollege\u201d status prohibits graduate programs such as a medical school, Davidson College’s history is linked closely with the medical world. Using Omeka\u2019s plugin for Neatline I have created a visual narrative depicting just a few of the important medical advances that have occurred in throughout Davidson College history. As Farman argues in his Chapter in Mobile Stories, stories do not have to be linear and cohesive. In fact, the discontinuity of Davidson College\u2019s medical history is exactly what I intended to capture in this exhibit. In Bethany Nowviskie\u2019s <\/a>article, she describes Neatline as unstable \u2013 \u201cextensible, never fixed or complete\u201d. This idea is perfect for describing the Medical History of Davidson College. With small facts here and there, Neatline helps to piece together a more general view of the impacts Davidson College has had on the greater medical world.<\/p>\n By using Neatline I was able to overlay the points in my Medical History story on a 1915 planned map of Davidson College. This allows me to blur the line between the physical world and narrative world (as discussed in Ritchie\u2019s Chapter 4 of Mobile Stories). Like Ritchie discusses, the technology of Neatline can make the story, in this case not the artifacts found in Davidson\u2019s Archives but the story of Davidson influencing the medical world, appear more real. By overlaying my pins on a planned historical image I address Ritchie\u2019s claims and attempt to create a narrative describing the historical moments that give Davidson College recognition in the medical world today.<\/p>\n
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