[Event] CUNY Talk: Community-Driven Digital Archives and Exhibits
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Name: The Social Backend: Community-Driven Digital Archives and Exhibits
Date: February 4th, 2020
Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Location: Skylight Room, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016
Join us for a talk with Mary Rizzo (Rutgers University) on community driven digital archives and pedagogy!
The Social Backend: Community-Driven Digital Archives and Exhibits Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 at 7-8:30pm Skylight Room, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016
Do you want to connect the public with digital archives? In this talk, public historian and digital humanist Mary Rizzo will use her work on community-driven digital archives and exhibits to help you make those connections. Through case studies of exhibits on police reform and LGBTQ history, she will discuss how to work with communities and bring students into these projects.
Short Bio: Mary Rizzo is Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University-Newark. She is the author of the forthcoming book, Come and Be Shocked: Baltimore Beyond John Waters and The Wire (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020). Prof. Rizzo tweets as @Rizzo_pubhist.
The event is the kick-off to the Digital Archive Research Collective (DARC) Event Series that GCDI will be hosting this semester. Reception to follow in room 5307.
The Digital Archive Research Collective (DARC) is an initiative spearheaded by the GC Digital Fellows, offering support to the emergent community of students, faculty, and staff who are working on digital archival projects throughout The Graduate Center. DARC will be holding a series of workshops and events, through which we aim to foster community among the researchers and groups that are already pursuing digital archival work at the Graduate Center. By developing awareness around archival work and facilitating access to sustainable technical and academic support, DARC will help crystallize the digital archival community at The Graduate Center.