“[The goal was scored] a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God.”—Diego Maradona, to reporters in 1986.

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The Hand of God website uses soccer, a sport deeply tied to the history of Argentina, to explore how moments of crisis affect national and cultural identity. As an online portfolio that represents the work of Rwany Sibaja under the supervision of Professor Paula Petrik, this site will highlight several assignments related to the development and design of a website in the digital humanities.

This page will serve as a gateway to the various stages of the site's development, as well as projects from George Mason University's Clio Wired 2 course (Spring 2010), in hopes that a fully developed website will emerge as a tool for academics and lovers of soccer* alike. Creating a user-friendly website that is aestheticlly-pleasing, complies with the latest W3C web standards, and can continue develop as part of continuing academic research will be the main objectives of this project.

The Hand of God site will feature the following development components:

maradona holding the 1986 world cup trophy
  • Blog: a link to Brewin' History- an academic and personal blog about digital humanities, Latin American history, soccer, and more...
  • Typography: a sample typography assignment with the goal of developing, styling, and designing a functional webpage.
  • Images: a sample webpage assignment that demonstrates effective use of photo-editing techniques using Adobe Photoshop.
  • Design: a sample design page that showcases the best in effective web designs that will attract viewers' attention.
  • Final Project: this is where a semester's worth of training is showcased.

*soccer and football are used interchangeably throughout the site

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