Day 2: Monday, January 22 | The Dawn of Computing: Fear and Possibility
How might digital technologies change work in the cultural heritage sector?
Reading:
- Thomas P.F. Hoving, “Foreword: Museums, Computers, and the Future,” Computers and their Potential Applications in Museums (New York: Arno Press, 1968), 10 pages.
References from today’s class:
- Computers and their potential applications in museums, 1968
- Bridget R. Cooks, “Black Artists and Activism: Harlem on My Mind, 1969,” American Studies, 2007.
- David Bridge, “Museum Computer Network and the Smithsonian Institution: The Vision,” Smithsonian Institution Blog, 2017.
- Steven Dubin, “Crossing 125th Street, Harlem on My Mind Revisited,” Displays of Power: Memory and Amnesia in the American Museum, (New York University Press: 1999).
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Day 3: Wednesday, January 24 | Media Archaeology Lab Visit from Dr. libi rose striegl on ZOOM
Reading:
- Lori Emerson with Benjamin Robertson. “Media Archaeology and Science Fiction.” Science Fiction Studies 44 (2017): 198-201.
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Day 4: Friday, January 26 | Archives and Special Collections– in Archives classroom (2nd floor of library)
Due:
- Please review the Co-Leading Discussion assignment and select your preferences on this Google Form.
Readings:
- James M. O’Toole, “On the Idea of Uniqueness,” The American Archivist, vol. 57, no. 4, 1994, pp. 632–58. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40293872. Accessed 9 Jan. 2024.
Featured image: Media Archaeology Lab homepage. Accessed January 5, 2024. https://www.mediaarchaeologylab.com/.
