Essays about: "Digital archive"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 essays containing the words Digital archive.
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1. Weird Digitization: Alternative Strategies for Archival Materials
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Abstract : This thesis draws on the theory of new materialism to posit an alternative approach to cultural heritage digitization. Modifying the method of critical digitization and synthesizing it with the method of thick description for the study of damaged cultural heritage, this thesis proposes the method weird digitization which seeks to challenge traditional selection criteria for cultural heritage digitization as well as challenging practices of mass digitization. READ MORE
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2. Left Click, Right Click: Designing an Artifact Around the Computer Mouse to Support Meaningful Interactions With Digital Possessions
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskapAbstract : This master thesis explores the realm of digital possessions – meaning the things that are possessed by an individual in a digital format on one or several digital devices. As material objects become increasingly digitized, the challenge lies in fostering meaningful interactions and assigning value to digital files before they accumulate as abstract items in the digital archive. READ MORE
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3. Cloud Computing and the GLAM sector : A case study of the new Digital Archive Project of Åland Maritime Museum.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABMAbstract : This thesis examines the benefits and drawbacks of cloud computing technology within the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) sector of Sweden and Finland. It employs the case study of the recently developed and launched Digital Archive Project at Åland Maritime Museum which leveraged the Amazon Web Services (AWS) technology stack to provide a cloud-based digital platform for the museum's archival materials. READ MORE
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4. “We Were Called Low-Grades” : Current Archival Approaches to the Digitization and Dissemination of Eugenics Collections
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABMAbstract : This thesis examines the current methodological approaches to digital access and dissemination of eugenics archives. It looks in-depth at four institutions from around the world which provide some means of digital access to a specific eugenics collection that they control: the Wellcome Collection within the Wellcome Library in London, the Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement founded in part by the Cold Springs Laboratory in New York, the Canadian Eugenics Archive, and the State Institute for Race Biology at the Uppsala University Library Special Collections in Sweden. READ MORE
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5. Power Structures in the Age of Sanatoria : A digital examination of historical patient experience in Mörsil, Sweden
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Abstract : Introduction. This thesis examines historical patients’ experiences of staying in sanatoria in Mörsil, Sweden, with a special focus on power structures within the institution. READ MORE
