Topics in Cultural Heritage Informatics: Archives As Data

Instructor Description
This course introduces digital archival collections that can be accessed and used as data for research and inquiry. Topics will focus on the transformation, analysis, and interpretation of digital cultural heritage in archival contexts, including digitization, web archiving, software emulation, and data archiving. From text messages, Spotify playlists, to the President's tweets--how are digital traces collected, preserved and managed by archives? What are the ethics of managing digital archives and making them accessible to researchers, the public, and machines?
Course Areas
Cultural heritage Informatics
Skills and Knowledge Tags
Digital Preservation
Responsible Data Management
web Archiving
Topics and Concepts Tags
Social Media Archives
digital Collections
critical Data Studies

Course classes

Instructor Title Year Semester Syllabus
Amelia Acker I 320C: Topics in Cultural Heritage Informatics: Archives As Data 2024 Fall 2024 Term