Hello and Welcome to my class, "Doing" Belly Dance History.

My name is Dawn Devine and I'm an author and costume historian whose primary research focuses on the history of belly dance costumes in the United States.

This digital seminar is a hard-core nuts-and-bolts discussion of my mindset, methods, and the tools I use for conducting interdisciplinary research on belly dance history. From formulating Mission Statements and Key Inquiry Questions to how I find, sort, store and annotate my database of images.

I'm going to be sharing my favorite digital archives, my research workflow, and the historical methods and models I use to analyze and evaluate visual and printed documentation.

I've put this talk together for all the people who have asked the questions:

• Where did you find that information?
• How do you know all this stuff?
• Where did that picture come from?
• Can you teach a class on how to "Do" history?

If you ever use the term "Belly Dance Nerd" or "History Geek" to refer to yourself, then you will enjoy this presentation, I hope that you join us as a live seminar on Saturday, March 27 at 2:00 pm Pacific, or catch it afterward as part of a more robust class.

If you are interested in finding more about me and my current projects and upcoming talks, visit my website www.davina.us

UPDATE: The Recording of this talk was a success - but needs editing - come back after April 2, 2021 to watch the replay.