engaging the archive and its absences - bucknell university
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EngagingtheArchiveanditsAbsences:
FuturesofDigitalScholarshipandTeaching
KelleyKreitzPaceUniversity
[email protected]@kelley_kreitzOctober5,2018
FrontcoversoftheJune1890andJanuary1891issuesofLaRevista Ilustrada deNuevaYork.CourtesyofWashingtonUniversityLibrarymicrofilmcollectionandtheNettieLeeBensonLatinAmericanCollection,UniversityofTexasLibraries,UniversityofTexasatAustin.
BereniceAbbott,“ParkRow,‘NewspaperRow,’Manhattan”/NewYorkPublicLibrary
C19LatinoNYC.org
“Itisn’teasy,keepingyourfocusonthearchive.Inpart,itisthepullofwell-knownwriters– thepullofwhatyoualreadyknow– thatdrawsyoubacktothebeatentrack.Inpart,itisthetroublingnatureofwhatforgottenauthorsforceyoutoface:avastwreckofambitiousideals,veryunlikethelandscapeliteraryhistoriansareusedtostudy.Learningtolookatthewreckwithoutarrogance– butalsowithoutpieties– iswhatthenewdigitalarchiveisaskingustodo;inthelongrun,itmightbeanevengreaterchangethanquantificationitself.”
StanfordLiteraryLab,Pamphlet11,“Canon/Archive.Large-scaleDynamicsintheLiteraryField,”January2016
oaap.rice.edu
bacartography.org
C19LatinoNYC.org