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Digitizing the Dead

by lopintoa | Dec 19, 2013 | CHI Articles & Discussions, CHI Fellowship Program

Recently, a joint effort between the Royal College of Surgeons of London, the University of Bradford, and the Museum of London Archaeology announced the creation of a collection of digitized pathological skeletal specimens for study by osteoarchaeologists and...

Toilet Technology: The Appropriation of Bathrooms for Digital Activity

by zaidshan | Dec 18, 2013 | CHI Articles & Discussions

One of the distinguishing, if not alarming qualities of our current historical moment is that cultural change occurs so rapidly and dramatically that one generation can scarcely recognize the next.  Digital innovations of even the last twenty years have so forcefully...

Indigenous Language and Twitter

by havila14 | Dec 13, 2013 | CHI Articles & Discussions, CHI Fellowship Program

As and older student I remember being an undergraduate during a time when email was new and rarely used on campus. Most of my communication with my professors was in person or sometimes by telephone; the kind that were attached to walls! Grades were posted outside of...

Laypeople’s Role in Cultural and Heritage Preservation

by David Walton | Dec 12, 2013 | CHI Articles & Discussions

Laypeople and community organizations can aid scholars and professionals dedicated to digitizing African American culture and heritage in four important ways.  First, scanning photographs, obituaries, organizational documents, class photos, workplace photos, and other...

Digitizing and Preserving African American History and Heritage

by David Walton | Oct 28, 2013 | CHI Articles & Discussions, CHI Fellowship Program

Digitizing and preserving African American history and heritage is an important mission in the digital age.  Providing access to K-12 and undergraduate students and educators, as well as the community at large, is the largest challenge.  Furthermore, strategies for...

The Visual Image’s Challenge to History as a Profession

by David Bennett | Oct 22, 2013 | CHI Articles & Discussions

Asked to imagine the trial and death of Socrates, we might conjure up an image of Jacque-Louis David’s oil painting Death of Socrates, or recall Plato’s written accounts. We might even imagine modern day reinterpretations of the event. However, none of these...
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