Clio Wired: The Future of the Past in the Digital Age
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (711 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231150857 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Negotiating between the "cyberenthusiasts" who champion technological breakthroughs and the "digitalskeptics" who fear the end of traditional humanistic scholarship, Rosenzweig re-envisions academic historians' practices and professional rites while analyzing and advocating for amateur historians' achievements. Though he celebrates digital history's democratizing influences, Rosenzweig also argues that we can only ensure the future of the past in this digital age by actively resisting the efforts of corporations to put up gates and profit from the Web.. While he addresses the perils of "doing history" online, Rosenzweig eloquently identifies the p
For the archivist, these essays ask provocative questions and point to some interesting opportunities, both for repositories and users. (Christine D'Arpa Archival Issues)teachers esepcially should welcome this collection (Journal of American History)
"has the present changed the past for the future?" according to readingfool. Many professional and hobby-related things have been written posing the question of how historians will deal with research and presentation in this world where traditional sources of information and methods of delivering research change so much and so quickly. Rosenzweig examines "new media" and what it means for historians, professional or amateur.First he looks at the change in quantity and quality of information available through new media. Is the large amount an asset, or does it obscure the quality of what is there? What about a forum for pe. For historians wanting a view of how digital tools are changing our work Roy Rosenzweig was an amazing scholar--this collection of his essays really covers a lot of ground in a deeply researched but very readable way. If you're interested in how digital technology and the internet are shaping the field of history, this book by a pioneer in that field is an excellent starting point. The Cohen/Rosenzweig "Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web" (which is also available as an ebook free on the web) covers more practical, hands-on topics. BTW some of the essays in Clio Wired . Karl Krotke said Man, if only this historian lived another "Man, if only this historian lived another 20 years" according to Karl Krotke. This book would have been even better. Good read for any graduate student of history.. 0 years. This book would have been even better. Good read for any graduate student of history.
Lyman Award (presented by the National Humanities Center and the Rockefeller Foundation) for "outstanding achievement in the use of information technology to advance scholarship and teaching in the humanities.". Survey Course on the Web and the September 11th Digital Archive, he received the Richard W. Author of several books, including The Presence of the Past