Digital Objects & Obsolescence

In-Class Agenda

• Demo Hypothesis and review updated instructions.
• Discuss the assigned readings.
• First group presentations on Mass Digitization & Digital Libraries.
• Time permitting: Introduction to GitHub Style Guide & Project Management via GitHub Projects.
• Time permitting: work on group projects.

Assigned Materials

• Johnson, Jessica Marie. “Markup Bodies: Black [Life] Studies and Slavery [Death] Studies at the Digital Crossroads.” Social Text 36, no. 4 (137) (December 1, 2018): 57–79. https://doi.org/10.1215/01642472-7145658. This reading is available on Canvas and please follow the updated instructions on how to annotate local PDFs if you are using Hypothesis.
• Keyes, Melanie Walsh and Os. “U.S. National Park Visit Data (1979-2023) – Responsible Datasets in Context.” Responsible Datasets in Context, June 1, 2024. https://www.responsible-datasets-in-context.com/posts/np-data/.

Additional Materials

• Onuoha, Mimi. “The Library of Missing Datasets — MIMI ỌNỤỌHA.” MIMI ỌNỤỌHA. Accessed January 11, 2024. https://mimionuoha.com/the-library-of-missing-datasets.
• Onuoha, Mimi. “MimiOnuoha/Missing-Datasets,” January 9, 2024. https://github.com/MimiOnuoha/missing-datasets.

Additional Links

• The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database https://www.slavevoyages.org/.
• Freedom on the Move https://freedomonthemove.org/.
• Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade https://enslaved.org/

Assignments

Individual

• Complete Init IS310 Homework.

Group

• Mass Digitization & Digital Libraries group assignment.