User:Hattrixter

A few things about me:
I am a 23-year-old grad student in Boston, Massachusetts. I am playing with wikis as a way to prepare for a requirement for an Archives/History MS/MA program I'm starting this fall. I'm interested in what I think of as people's history as Howard Zinn treats in his incredible A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present. That is, I want to study not the white male elites ("euroheteropatriarchy" to borrow a term I once read in some intersectionality literature) who dominate mainstream textbooks and historical discussion, but rather I wish to strive to put together the lived experiences of the 99% of the remaining population: workers, women, people of color, children, Jews, Muslims, Christians, homosexuals, and so on and so forth. The people who make America America. Furthermore, I hope to figure out ways to make our shared history truly our shared history: I want to work in museums and other institutions, putting together exhibits, both in exhibit halls across America and on the internet, that allow individuals of all backgrounds to read original documents (whenever possible), hear and see speeches--experience all the movements that have made us who we are today.

Rather than just go on and on about me and my interests, I'm going to list them (at times vaguely) below to give myself a chance to play around with lists, etc.

Interests:


 * Sports
 * Soccer
 * Arsenal FC
 * Brasil
 * Netherlands
 * Spain
 * France
 * Rugby
 * Bath RFC
 * England
 * Baseball
 * Red Sox
 * Football (American)
 * Patriots
 * Basketball
 * Celtics
 * Hockey
 * Bruins
 * Music
 * Classic Rock
 * Blues
 * A bit of everything else here and there
 * Movies
 * Current top 3:
 * Goodfellas
 * The Departed
 * Across the Universe
 * Top 5 franchises:
 * James Bond
 * Back to the Future
 * Indiana Jones
 * Die Hard
 * Original Star Wars (IV-VI)
 * Books:
 * A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn
 * 1776 by David McCullough
 * John Adams David McCullough
 * A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
 * La Divina Commedia by Dante Alighiere
 * Activities:
 * Hiking
 * Snowshoeing
 * Soccer
 * Reading
 * Finding a good conversation and/or a good time

To see more of me, go to:

 * Facebook
 * Twitter
 * Blogspot (I don't write in my blog much, sadly.)
 * My History Wiki