DIGITAL PRESERVATION’S PLACE IN THE FUTURE OF THE DIGITAL HUMANITIES

THOUGHTS FROM TREVOR OWENS

WE CAN’T JUST BUILD THE RIGHT SYSTEM. DIGITAL PRESERVATION IS NOT PRIMARILY A TECHNICAL PROBLEM.

WHAT ON EARTH IS A DIGITAL HISTORIAN? AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO WITH DIGITAL PRESERVATION?

WHAT IS/ARE (THE) DIGITAL HUMANITIES AGAIN?

1. COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS2. MODES OF COMMUNICATION3. DIGITAL PRIMARY SOURCES

MY DIGITAL HUMANITIES ARE

SELECTION &COLLECTION

PITFALLS IN DEFINITION & SIGNIFICANCE

WHAT IS PITFALL

“SOLUTIONISM PRESUMES RATHER THAN INVESTIGATES THE PROBLEM IT IS TRYING TO SOLVE” MOROZOV/DOBBINS

CHIMERICAL SIGNIFICANT PROPERTIES

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DIGITAL MATERIALITY & INSCRIPTION

THINK LESS ABOUT CHARACTERS FLUTTERING OFF THE EDGE OF THE SCREEN

CHIMERICAL SIGNIFICANT PROPERTIES

DIGITAL IS MEASURED IN MICRONS

MEDIA AND DATA STRUCTURES AS FONDS

HERBERT A. PHILBRICK PAPERS

AFTER PROCESSING

HERBERT A. PHILBRICK PAPERS BEFORE PROCESSING

ORDER IN LARSON PAPERS FLOPPY DISK

GLITCH & SCREEN ESSENTIALISM

CHIMERICAL SIGNIFICANT PROPERTIES

DIGITAL IS MEASURED IN MICRONSSOFTWARE READS

CHIMERICAL SIGNIFICANT PROPERTIES

DIGITAL IS MEASURED IN MICRONS.MP3 AND .WAV VERSIONS OF SAME RECORDING OPENED AS .RAW FILES IN PHOTOSHOP

FORMAT & MEDIUM IN PLATFORM STUDY

BUT HOW DOES PITFALL SEE THE SCREEN?

CHIMERICAL SIGNIFICANT PROPERTIES

DIGITAL IS MEASURED IN MICRONS

THE BORN DIGITAL RECORD IS BORN COMPUTABLE

DIGITAL PRESERVATION AS PART OF THE DIGITAL HUMANITIES

A GOLDEN AGE FOR BORN-DIGITAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, ARCHIVES AND CRITICAL EDDITIONS