Abstract
The author goes behind the scenes of the digital exhibit MonroeWorkToday.org, a citizen’s project that was researched and produced outside of academia or formal funding. What began with an amateur’s visit to Tuskegee University Archives in 2010 led, 6 years later, to the first ever map of the true entirety of US lynching violence against all groups of people of color. The creation process collided with common issues: positionality, appropriation, interpretive body language, the ethical visualization of historical trauma, the erasure of women, and the power of digital archives.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- From the Editors, Karen F. Gracy and Leisa Gibbons
- Celebrating a Decade of Archival Education and Research: The Tenth Annual Archival Education and Research Institute
- The Profundity of Your Archive Doesn’t Want to Live in Boxes Anymore: An Introduction to Monroe Work Today
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- Technology Use in Designing Curriculum for Archivists: Utilizing Andragogical Approaches in Designing Digital Learning Environments for Archives Professional Development
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- Currents and Comments
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- From the Editors, Karen F. Gracy and Leisa Gibbons
- Celebrating a Decade of Archival Education and Research: The Tenth Annual Archival Education and Research Institute
- The Profundity of Your Archive Doesn’t Want to Live in Boxes Anymore: An Introduction to Monroe Work Today
- Documentation and Recordkeeping Issues Affecting Refugees in Turkey: A Review
- Technology Use in Designing Curriculum for Archivists: Utilizing Andragogical Approaches in Designing Digital Learning Environments for Archives Professional Development
- The Digital Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage in China: A Survey
- Currents and Comments