“[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.
UPDATE: return to the original design version of this site. Future Clio 2 visitors:The initial design that was the first attempt at using CSS stylesheets. The version on this page, is a product of the first design peer-review in March of 2010 and is a first-attempt at implementing design principles. For a complete breakdown, visit the Design page.
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. 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.
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. 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:
- Blog: a link to Brewin' History- an academic and personal blog about digital humanities, Latin American history, soccer, and more...
- Typography: developing, styling, and designing a functional webpage.
- Images: effective use of photo-editing techniques using Adobe Photoshop.
- Design: showcases the best in effective web designs that will attract viewers' attention.
- Final Project: this is where a semester's worth of training is unveiled.
*soccer and football are used interchangeably throughout the site
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