Digital Objects & Obsolescence
What are the historic legacies and politics of representing culture as data?
In-Class Agenda
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 (also available on Canvas).
- Keyes, Melanie Walsh and Os. “U.S. National Park Visit Data (1979-2023) – Responsible Datasets in Context,” June 1, 2024. https://www.responsible-datasets-in-context.com/posts/np-data/?tab=data-essay.
- Rankin, Bill, and Matt Daniels. “Mapping Slavery Against US Incarceration.” The Pudding, January 2017. https://pudding.cool/2017/01/shape-of-slavery/
Additional Materials
- Bouk, Dan. “The History and Political Economy of Personal Data over the Last Two Centuries in Three Acts.” Osiris 32, no. 1 (September 2017): 85–106. https://doi.org/10.1086/693400.
- David Eltis, ‘A Brief Overview of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade,’ Slave Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, https://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/about.
- Onuoha, Mimi. “The Library of Missing Datasets - MIMI ONUOHA.” MIMI ONUOHA. 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.
- 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/.