Record the past, archive for the future
This blog post is part of an assignment to appraise some of our photo’s using the stages of appraisal we have discussed in our digital curation lectures. As part of this assignment, I picked seven images I have taken and then cut these images sown to three images and analyze why these may or may not be … Continue reading Appraising photographs
This week in Digital Curation we were asked to appraise some of our own photographs with particular criteria in mind. I chose to look at some photos I took last year in snowy Edinburgh.
27th January marks Holocaust Memorial Day, a national day dedicated to remembering those who suffered under Nazi persecution. In the 74 years that have passed since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau millions have been educated about the past to create a safer future. " The Holocaust threatened the fabric of civilisation, and genocide must still be … Continue reading The Power of Archives in Remembering the Holocaust
I started this photo appraisal and selection task by visiting my large collection of personal photos from around Glasgow. I had to select just three from more than 300 images. How could I decide what to keep?
The difficulties of appraising my growing collection of photographs!
“Don’t appraise what it looks like. Appraise what it feels like.” Not a quote by David Alan Harvey.
This lecture by Albert Sierra from the Catalan Cultural Heritage Agency challenges us to ask whether the amazing interactions offered by new technologies are necessarily the best way for people to engage with the past?
Imps in the archive 