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The Aids Quilt Touch Mobile Web App, Mark Neucollins, Kelly J. Thompson, Nicole Dudley, Lauren Haldeman, Jon Winet, Kayla Haar
The Aids Quilt Touch Mobile Web App, Mark Neucollins, Kelly J. Thompson, Nicole Dudley, Lauren Haldeman, Jon Winet, Kayla Haar
Kelly J. Thompson
Q: "What weighs 54 tons and can be held in the palm of your hand?" A: "The AIDS Memorial Quilt."
The AIDS Memorial Quilt is the largest living monument in the world. Composed of over 48,000 three foot by six foot individual panels, it pays tribute to the lives of more than 98,000 individuals who have died during the AIDS pandemic. Maintained by the NAMES Foundation in Atlanta, each panel is painstakingly hand-crafted by those who knew and loved these individuals. Each panel carries the emotional weight of a life lived, of loving relationships, and of heartfelt loss.
Our interdisciplinary …
Extra Special: Merging Special Collections With University Archives, Delinda Stephens Buie, Caroline Daniels, Rachel I. Howard, Elizabeth E. Reilly
Extra Special: Merging Special Collections With University Archives, Delinda Stephens Buie, Caroline Daniels, Rachel I. Howard, Elizabeth E. Reilly
Elizabeth Reilly
Leads The Way: A Collaborative Ead Project At Simmons, Justin Snow
Leads The Way: A Collaborative Ead Project At Simmons, Justin Snow
Justin Snow
Curating The Ethnographic Moment, Andrew D. Asher, Lori M. Jahnke
Curating The Ethnographic Moment, Andrew D. Asher, Lori M. Jahnke
Andrew Asher
Digital technologies have vastly increased the volume of materials that ethnographic researchers are able to collect. They have also enhanced possibilities for rapidly sharing data not only with other researchers, but also with research subjects and the public at large. However, the relative ease of collecting digital materials can quickly outpace the data management skills of researchers, who usually have little or no training in recordkeeping, preservation, or curation strategies. Making digital data available online can also compound ethical dilemmas faced by ethnographers, who often find themselves torn between contradictory imperatives to share data publically and to protect the privacy …
You Can Do It: Tips For Creating A Stylesheet For Your Ead Records, Justin Snow
You Can Do It: Tips For Creating A Stylesheet For Your Ead Records, Justin Snow
Justin Snow