{"id":221,"date":"2019-09-11T16:56:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T16:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/?p=221"},"modified":"2019-09-20T21:31:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T21:31:29","slug":"__trashed-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/searching\/__trashed-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tony Guidone started off with a slide called ‘Digitization and Keyword Research’. Following this slide, he includes how online databases have shaped our ability to find information at the tip of our fingers. An example created was from the reading The Canadian Historical Review<\/em>, concluding that the newspaper Toronto Star<\/em> was cited 753 times in 67 different dissertations. Our accessibility from then on, creates a tainted vision for searching for primary sources. It becomes easier to find sources that contain multiple sources, which become umbrellas to different research questions. While reading The Canadian Historical Review, <\/em> Ian Milligan said “why focus on the keywords? While undoubtedly some users are skimming occasionally, the main reason for the increased use of databases is keyword searches. This enables large scale media searching: representations of a specific word, activities of a group or evolving cultural conceptions of a term.” This reminded me of when Tony stated that when looking up a keyword, we must put ourselves in the position of “what would they call this?” as opposed to “what would I call this?” <\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tony explains that there are overall pros and cons to digital sources. Con’s would be the loss of original meanings conveyed by touch, or gaining the original experience and thrill of experiencing history face to face. Pro’s include accessibility whenever and wherever, because of smartphones, tablets, and laptops. Accessibility also enables critical thinking in ways that could engage new research questions. Tony mentions that both are important and could not thrive without incorporating one or the other. Tony also discusses the importance of using as many primary sources as possible, because those are the sources that hold much more original value. This lecture reminded me of Trevor Owens Defining Data <\/em>where he states that sources are texts, artifacts, and processable information. However, he defines data as a species of artifacts, which could be understood as precious valuable information. Trevor mentions how data was created for an audience and should therefore engage the audience, all while pleasing the author who created it. <\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall this was a great guest lecture. Very informative, and it has had me brainstorming ever since. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Works Cited<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milligan, Ian. “Illusionary Order: Online Databases, Optical Character Recognition, and Canadian History, 1997\u20132010.” Project MUSE<\/em>, muse.jhu.edu\/article\/527016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Owens, Trevor. “\u00bb Defining Data for Humanists: Text, Artifact, Information or Evidence? Journal of Digital Humanities.” Journal of Digital Humanities<\/em>, journalofdigitalhumanities.org\/1-1\/defining-data-for-humanists-by-trevor-owens <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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