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Annotation as Accessibility: the way we document non-textual information matters
With this week’s exploration, we took a look at a few of the ways we can attach textual information to visual information. Without being able to explicitly attach contextual information…
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Maps for Narrative-Building
Many of the visualization methods we’ve been looking at this semester fall under the umbrella of distant viewing, and spatial data is no different. Rather than looking solely at the…
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When the tombstone isn’t enough: how we represent uncertain data
The concept of authoritative data is inextricably linked to Western methods of cultural understanding. When we expect data to be clean, neat, and authoritative, we are leaving behind more complex…
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What makes a successful digital collection?
While I had some cursory knowledge about digital collections and exhibits, it was great to take this week’s topic as an opportunity to really dig into what goes into making…
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Balancing Search, Exploration, and Sustainability in Collections Interfaces
This week, we took a more critical look at the process of discovery in collections and what methods are being tested to make it easier to find things in databases…
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Copies of copies of copies
This week’s readings and activities were right up my alley- ever since beginning my career transition to cultural heritage four years ago as a volunteer cataloging and digitizing local history,…
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Examining Jaskot’s “Digital Art History as the Social History of Art”
In his article “Digital Art History as the Social History of Art: Towards the Disciplinary Relevance of Digital Methods,” Paul B. Jaskot outlines the ways in which he believes digital…
