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 * Abstract
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=Abstract = Most people enjoy music. Especially in the internet age when music is everywhere and easily accessible. People listen to music as a means to relax, inspire, or create. They love to listen to it, hum along with it, memorize the lyrics and sing along. History on the other hand is boring and bland, and the last thing on people’s minds. History doesn’t seem to garner the same amount of respect as music does.

For my thesis project, I decided to merge the two. My goal is to create an interactive tool for learning about history. Not by reading a static piece of text, but by incorporating videos and pictures of a specific year’s historical events and associating them with music from the same year. The project will engage the user with interactive tools to guide them through history. The user will learn about world history, experience music from different genres, and have the opportunity to draw relationships between the two.



=Statement of Interest = I’m a fan of both history and music. I can spend countless hours reading about some historical event but my interest is usually narrowly focused. This is the same for music. I listen to music when I’m doing just about anything but I tend to only listen to a few genres and find it hard to branch out.

My thesis project will hopefully change that. During the process I plan to immerse myself in history, music and how they relate to each other. I want to broaden my knowledge of world history and increase my musical literacy. My goal at the end of the process will be to hone my design skills and hopefully create something that can be entertaining as well as be a tool that will aid users in learning about history in a fun and entertaining way.