This project explores digital archival practices in the context of Digital Humanities. This module will supply you with tools and techniques for doing digital archival work.
Estimated Completion Time: 4 Hours
What is digital archiving? Tools and techniques for archiving.
“What Do you Mean by Archive? Genres of Usage for Digital Preservers” https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2014/02/what-do-you-mean-by-archive-genres-of-usage-for-digital-preservers/
“How did they make that?” https://miriamposner.com/blog/how-did-they-make-that/
History and the Archive
Robertson, Stephen. The Differences between Digital History and Digital Humanities. 23 May 2014.
Blevins, Cameron. “Digital History’s Perpetual Future Tense.” Debates in the Digital Humanities: 2016, edited by Lauren F. Klein and Matthew K. Gold, University of Minnesota Press, 2016, p. 77.
What is the importance of digital archiving?
Archives Have the Power to Boost Marginalized Voices | Dominique Luster | TEDxPittsburgh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsNPlBBi1IE
What kind of media/files do I want to host in my archive?
Preserving the digital and recreating the past: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuuQ6d4aTTg
Who is my audience? Who are my interlocutors?
Library of Congress Recommended digital formats: https://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rfs/TOC.html