History in the era of abundance: web archives and historical research
Can the 1990s be considered the history of the present? As historians turn to study this period and beyond, they will encounter a historical record that is radically different from what has ever existed before. Old websites, social media, blogs, photographs, and v...
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| description | Can the 1990s be considered the history of the present? As historians turn to study this period and beyond, they will encounter a historical record that is radically different from what has ever existed before. Old websites, social media, blogs, photographs, and videos are all part of the massive quantities of digital information that technologists, librarians, archivists, and organizations such as the Internet Archivehave been collecting for the past three decades.
This article explores how this dramatic shift in our historical record changes the work of historians. It does so in two main ways. First, it outlines the approaches, methods, tools, and search functions that can help a historian turn web documents into historical sources. Secondly, it considers the implications of the size and scale of digital sources, which amount to more information than historians have ever had at their fingertips, and much of which are by and about people who have traditionally been absent from the historical record.As a way to make these points tangible, it does so primarily through an in-depth case study of working with the GeoCities. com web archive, a collection of hundreds of millions of 1990s webpages. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-115872023-11-27T16:40:30Z History in the era of abundance: web archives and historical research La historia en la era de la abundancia: archivos web e investigación histórica L’histoire à l’ère de l’abondance: archives web et recherche historique Milligan, Ian digital history web archives historiography digital humanities historia digital archivos web historiografía humanidades digitales histoire numérique archives web historiographie humanités digitales Can the 1990s be considered the history of the present? As historians turn to study this period and beyond, they will encounter a historical record that is radically different from what has ever existed before. Old websites, social media, blogs, photographs, and videos are all part of the massive quantities of digital information that technologists, librarians, archivists, and organizations such as the Internet Archivehave been collecting for the past three decades. This article explores how this dramatic shift in our historical record changes the work of historians. It does so in two main ways. First, it outlines the approaches, methods, tools, and search functions that can help a historian turn web documents into historical sources. Secondly, it considers the implications of the size and scale of digital sources, which amount to more information than historians have ever had at their fingertips, and much of which are by and about people who have traditionally been absent from the historical record.As a way to make these points tangible, it does so primarily through an in-depth case study of working with the GeoCities. com web archive, a collection of hundreds of millions of 1990s webpages. ¿La década de 1990 puede ser considerada historia del presente?. A medida que los historiadores se dediquen a estudiar este período y los sucesivos, se encontrarán con un registro histórico que es radicalmente diferente de lo que ha existido anteriormente. Las webs antiguas, las redes sociales, los blogs, las fotografías y los videos son parte de la abrumadora cantidad de información digital que los tecnólogos, bibliotecarios, archivistas y organizaciones como Internet Archive han estado recopilando durante las últimas tres décadas. El artículo explora cómo esta significativa variación en nuestro registro histórico cambió el trabajo de los historiadores. Lo hace de dos maneras fundamentales. Primero, describe los enfoques, métodos, herramientas y funciones de búsqueda que pueden ayudar a un historiador a convertir documentos web en fuentes históricas. En segundo lugar, considera las implicaciones del tamaño y la escala de las fuentes digitales, que equivalen a más información de la que los historiadores jamás han tenido al alcance de la mano, mucha de la cual es de personas que tradicionalmente han estado ausentes del registro histórico. Estos aspectos se han hecho tangibles a través de un minucioso estudio de caso, trabajando con el archivo web de GeoCities.com, una colección de cientos de millones de páginas web de la década de 1990. Les années peuvent être considérées comme faisant partie de l’histoire du présent? Au fur et à mesure que les historiens étudient cette période, ils feront face à des archives radicalement autres par rapport à celles du passé. La web, les réseaux sociaux, les blogs, les photos et les vidéos font désormais partie de la quantité d’information numérique que de nombreux professionnels et des organisations comme Internet Archive se chargent de rassembler il y a déjà 30 ans. Cet article explore la manière dont cette importante variationde nos registres historiques a changé le travail des historiens, et ce en deux sens: premièrement, on décrit les approches, les méthodes, les outils et les fonctions de recherche qui peuvent aider les historiens à convertir les documents web en sources historiques; deuxièmement, on considère les implicationsde la taille et de l’échelle des sources numériques, bien plus abondante que celle dont les historiens ont disposé auparavant, des sources concernant des individus qui sont traditionnellement absents du registre historique. Ces aspects-là sont devenus plus concrets grâce à une étude de cas: GeoCities.com, une collection de plusieurs centaines de millions de sites internet des années 1990. 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| title | History in the era of abundance: web archives and historical research |
| title_alt | La historia en la era de la abundancia: archivos web e investigación histórica L’histoire à l’ère de l’abondance: archives web et recherche historique |
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