{"id":1601,"date":"2019-11-12T20:33:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T20:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2019-11-24T18:12:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T18:12:12","slug":"archived-preservation-how-it-changes-the-way-we-see-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/special\/archived-preservation-how-it-changes-the-way-we-see-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Archived Preservation: How it changes the way we see history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Apple\ndata. This is but one example of how scholars could use archived material. The main\npoint being that archived and preserved items can be used to analyze things\nfrom that time period Archives in general are useful in many regards. However,\nthe way they are useful can vary from group to group. For both scholars and the\npublic, archives offer a glimpse into history by physical manifestations of that\nhistory. This can be through actual documents being preserved or other more three-dimensional\nobjects such as dioramas for example. As discussed in Susan Manus\u2019 article <\/p>\n\n\n<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n

\none of the major uses for scholars is to actually use archived equipment for certain\npurposes. Preservationists can use things like older computer systems to analyze\nand recover some of the out-of-date storage equipment that has simply gone out\nof use. An example could be using an old Macintosh system to recover old original\nwithout needing to be in that time period. \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            When regarding how the public interacts\nand uses archived material there are some limitations to think about. One of\nthese limitations can come from not having physical access to some of the items.\nMost of the time a regular person is unable to actually go a physically analyze\nthese objects. This is one of the biggest reasons and benefits of digitization;\nit allows for anyone with WIFI access to view these pieces. Another limitation,\nwhich scholars face as well, is the necessity for a lot of items to be\ndigitized. The way many of the items in collections are selected for\ndigitization can also be an extension of this limitation. When selecting some\nitems to be digitized, it is discussed with Thomas Padilla and Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez\n<\/p>\n\n\n<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n

that some\nof the original meanings of the items may be lost or altered. An example discussed\nwas how an item which predated the internet was digitized without consent from\nthose who it was meant for. This \u201cblanket tendency\u201d as it was called to do this\ncan be harmful as it can leave out specific knowledge regarding the item; in\nthis case being that it was meant for a specific group of people.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Analyzing the items that we had in\nclass gave a richer understanding of what the FTP was. One of the first things\nthat I simply had not picked up on with digitized documents was that it was so\nmuch more nationwide than I previously thought. There were documents from the\nFTP in New York, Chicago, and other locations. While I new that it had taken\nplace in multiple cities and venues, having physical evidence in front of you makes\neverything feel more real. When looking at digitized items you are fundamentally\nlosing the realness and the physicality of that object. Holding a flier for a\nMacbeth show in Chicago is so much more interesting than looking at it on a\nscreen. You can see how big it is, how it feels, the imperfections on it. All\nof this added so much more physical context to many of the programs we had been\nstudying throughout this semester. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apple data. This is but one example of how scholars could use archived material. The main point being that archived and preserved items can be used to analyze things from that time period Archives in general are useful in many regards. However, the way they are useful can vary from group to group. For both … Continue reading “Archived Preservation: How it changes the way we see history”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-1601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special","tag-fall-2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1601"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1603,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions\/1603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}