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Documental Fixity, Asy Sanches, Ronald E. Day
Documental Fixity, Asy Sanches, Ronald E. Day
Proceedings from the Document Academy
The article discusses the concept of fixity in documents and documentality. Issues of control and power are discusses as related to these concepts.
Embracing Monsters, Laurie J. Bonnici, Brian C. O'Connor
Embracing Monsters, Laurie J. Bonnici, Brian C. O'Connor
Proceedings from the Document Academy
We propose monsters are documents. Monsters show us, make evident to us, teach us. An exploration of five monsters, both popular and unknown, reveals they fit within a standard model of message making; the binary nature of that model separates meaning from message enabling explanation of evolving interpretations of a monster. We examine the coding and decoding of monster documents through a functional ontology lens. We posit that monsters defy protype and thus serve as attempts at documenting the undocumented. Simultaneously monsters present clues to understanding through imagery that spans the unfamiliar and the familiar allowing the recipient to engage …
Ishi, Briet's Antelope, And The Documentality Of Human Documents, Martin I. Nord
Ishi, Briet's Antelope, And The Documentality Of Human Documents, Martin I. Nord
Proceedings from the Document Academy
Ishi, the “last wild Indian in North America,” was “discovered” in 1911 and spent the last years of his life living in an anthropology museum. There he was studied by anthropologists and viewed by the public as a living exhibit. In this paper, I take some initial steps in arguing that Ishi, the person, became a document to most people. The similarities between Ishi and Suzanne Briet’s hypothetical antelope, newly discovered and placed in a zoo, are eerie. Ishi, like the antelope, is brought into public knowledge as both an initial document and a wide variety of secondary documents derived …
Three Monstrosities Of Information, Ronald E. Day
Three Monstrosities Of Information, Ronald E. Day
Proceedings from the Document Academy
This article discusses three of my books and the types of information monstrosities they present.
Books And Imaginary Being(S): The Monstrosity Of Library Classifications, Melissa Adler, Greg Nightingale
Books And Imaginary Being(S): The Monstrosity Of Library Classifications, Melissa Adler, Greg Nightingale
Proceedings from the Document Academy
Thomas Jefferson sold his personal library and its classified catalog to the Library of Congress after the original library was burned in the War of 1812. He viewed the act of submitting his collection to the U.S. Congress as a means to inscribe his legacy and political agenda into the intellectual and cultural realm of the nation. Jorge Luis Borges was both a municipal librarian and the Librarian for the National Library of Argentina, as well as a prolific fiction and poetry writer. Borges’s fictions are a kind of catalogue in and of themselves, in which all books, all ideas, …
Documentary Ghosts, Tim Gorichanaz
Documentary Ghosts, Tim Gorichanaz
Proceedings from the Document Academy
This paper explores how they documents provide evidence, particularly in anomalous cases, where the evidence is specious. I suggest that it is fruitful to consider such cases with the metaphor of ghosts, as ghosts suggest a breakdown in our everyday understandings of the link between life and death. I describe three types of ghosts and consequently three types of documentary ghosts. Documentary Ghost 1 is a document whose object no longer exists; Documentary Ghost 2 is a document that seems to evince one object, but upon scrutiny it evinces something else; and Documentary Ghost 3 is a document that seems …
Art Is Data Is Art, Nicole Orchosky
Art Is Data Is Art, Nicole Orchosky
Student Projects from the Archives
The Digital Humanities field is rapidly introducing new and innovative ways in which we can analyze and explore large bodies of humanities material in order to make new discoveries and connections. This project serves as an introduction on how to use simple Digital Humanities tools to examine a dataset. In this project, data collected about the body of artwork exhibited in the 1913 Armory Show like medium, subject, or year of creation is analyzed using three different free-to-use tools. The data is then presented in a visual format that brings new questions and connections to light. The limitations and frustrations …
A Prized Memento Of The Civil Way: Joseph Abbott's "Lightning Brigade" Medal, James Brenner
A Prized Memento Of The Civil Way: Joseph Abbott's "Lightning Brigade" Medal, James Brenner
Student Projects from the Archives
This silver medal commemorates Joseph N. Abbott's Civil War service with Wilder's Lightning Brigade, 1861-1865. The engraving on the reverse reads, "Jos. N. Abbott, Co. B, 98th Illinois. Dating to about 1887, these medals were features at post-war veterans' reunions.
Mcguffey's Second Eclectic Reader, Lisa Van Gaasbeek
Mcguffey's Second Eclectic Reader, Lisa Van Gaasbeek
Student Projects from the Archives
McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader
By: Lisa M. Van Gaasbeek
This article focuses on the life of William H. McGuffey and how he created his series of eclectic readers for children in school.
The Story Behind My Uncle's Copy Of Il Milione, Janos M. Jalics
The Story Behind My Uncle's Copy Of Il Milione, Janos M. Jalics
Student Projects from the Archives
In 1983, a 1948 copy of Marco Polo’s Travels was given to my Uncle Laci by my Great-Aunt Kristi and Great-Uncle Paul. It was translated by William Marsden. The story of this book is surrounded by adventure.
Recovering Thirty-Five Years Of A Factory Worker's Life, Kristie Zachar
Recovering Thirty-Five Years Of A Factory Worker's Life, Kristie Zachar
Student Projects from the Archives
The Westinghouse Electric Corporation's plant in Sharon, Pennsylvania operated from the 1920s till the 1980s and saw a number of significant events during that period. This article uses a belt buckle that was given to one company employee as a 35-year service award, and it explores the historical significance of the object by focusing on the major events its owner was involved in during those 35 years. It looks closer into the life of one Westinghouse employee while also exploring significant events that influenced the company itself as well as the small town of Sharon, Pennsylvania.
Hot Dog Vs. Christian Fundamentalism In 1920s America, Nicole Orchosky
Hot Dog Vs. Christian Fundamentalism In 1920s America, Nicole Orchosky
Student Projects from the Archives
Hot Dog: the Regular Fellow’s Monthly was a satirical magazine published by the Merit Publishing Company in Cleveland, Ohio throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Editor Jack Dinsmore included crudely humorous short stories and poems, images of scantily clad women, and editorials and opinion pieces offering his own commentary on current events. In the case of the December 1921 issue, Dinsmore offers scathing criticism of religious Prohibition supporters, namely Billy Sunday and Reverend John Roach Straton. This paper examines how an opinionated independent publication representative of its anti-Prohibition readership reacted to the Temperance Movement and subsequent outspoken Fundamentalist Christian figureheads.