Tribal Collections [Series]: The Indigenous Digital Archive – hls. (Image from the Indigenous Digital Archive: “The Pratt’s Quarters Carlisle Indian School housed 100,000 children between 1879 and 1918″) This series on tribal collections highlights three projects from across the libraries, archives, and museums space that focus on Native American communities and culture, using best practices set forth by the First Archivists Circle’s Protocols for Native American Archival Materials.
Post 1 of 3: The Indigenous Digital Archive The Indigenous Digital Archive (IDA) is a collaborative project of the New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, and the State Library Tribal Libraries Program, to create a free online portal for archival materials related to Indian boarding schools, such as photographs and print records, using crowdsourced transcription, annotation, and other activities to directly engage with tribal communities.
Learn more about the Indigenous Digital Archive: Like this: Like Loading... Related In "Heroes" Catalog.archives. The Words That Are “Most Hip Hop” This essay covers fairly advanced statistical concepts (including machine learning!) , which you probably didn’t expect going in. Which means we’re anticipating experts with machine learning and data science PhDs to email us with, “that was the most complete piece of bullshit ever.
You didn't even consider....,“ proceeded by a 10-point response on how they would have done this differently. But if you’re not one of those cantankerous experts, you might be intrigued by this mathematical wizardy. Which means you get: CertificateofCompletion I unintentionally read about fancy math and stats Things I may now have an opinion on: Natural language processing, tf-idf, machine learning algorithms (t-SNE), and cosine similarity. The Pudding This was an outcome of our project on rapper’s vocabularies, which introduced many folks to the wonders of natural language processing. Methdology Notes The general music corpus was formed using data from LyricFind. Special thanks to Josh Upton for edits. The Golden Age of the Poster, 1880-1918.
Fusion Tables. The Smithsonian Design Museum Digitizes 200,000 Objects, Giving You Access to 3,000 Years of Design Innovation & History. John Lennon poster by Richard Avedon When we think of design, each of us thinks of it in our own way, focusing on our own interests: illustration, fashion, architecture, interfaces, manufacturing, or any of a vast number of sub-disciplines besides. Those of us who have paid a visit to Cooper Hewitt, also known as the Smithsonian Design Museum, have a sense of just how much human innovation, and even human history, that term can encompass.
Now, thanks to an ambitious digitization project that has so far put 200,000 items (or 92 percent of the museum's collection) online, you can experience that realization virtually. Concept car designed by William McBride The video below explains the system, an impressive feat of design in and of itself, with which Cooper Hewitt made this possible. Given that the items in Cooper Hewitt's collection come from all across a 3000-year slice of history, you'll need an exploration strategy or two.
Mexico 68 designed by Lance Wyman Related Content: Digging into data: Toward a new understanding of the Arts. Browse > Home / Entre Nous / Digging into data: Toward a new understanding of the Arts Andrew Piper, William Dawson Scholar in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. By Lauren Jane Heller While artificial intelligence is infiltrating most areas of our lives and work, many people see it as tool for and of science – largely useful to programmers and data scientists, certainly not for English majors. Andrew Piper, a Faculty of Arts professor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures, is helping bridge the gap between AI research and the humanities, with his focus on data science in literature.
Using machine learning to analyze texts, he can hone in on bias, data selection and answer limitless questions about the ways we understand and analyze literature, film and other cultural artifacts. Could you tell us how you got involved with AI and data science? Four or five years ago I ended up with a Fellowship from the Mellon Foundation, called the New Directions Fellowship. Datasets hold information from admissions books for Philadelphia's Eastern State Penetentiary. Archaeologists create public database of thousands of plague victims buried at Bedlam burial ground. Click on the picture to launch the gallery © Crossrailasset_arena/6/28/61/516826/v0_master.jpgasset_arena/6/28/61/516826/v0_master.jpg© Crossrailasset_arena/7/28/61/516827/v0_master.jpgasset_arena/7/28/61/516827/v0_master.jpg© Crossrailasset_arena/8/28/61/516828/v0_master.jpgasset_arena/8/28/61/516828/v0_master.jpg© Crossrailasset_arena/9/28/61/516829/v0_master.jpgasset_arena/9/28/61/516829/v0_master.jpg© Crossrailasset_arena/0/38/61/516830/v0_master.jpgasset_arena/0/38/61/516830/v0_master.jpg© Crossrailasset_arena/1/38/61/516831/v0_master.jpgasset_arena/1/38/61/516831/v0_master.jpg© Crossrailasset_arena/2/38/61/516832/v0_master.jpgasset_arena/2/38/61/516832/v0_master.jpg© Crossrailasset_arena/3/38/61/516833/v0_master.jpgasset_arena/3/38/61/516833/v0_master.jpg© Crossrailasset_arena/4/38/61/516834/v0_master.jpgasset_arena/4/38/61/516834/v0_master.jpg© Crossrailasset_arena/5/38/61/516835/v0_master.jpgasset_arena/5/38/61/516835/v0_master.jpg.
Uncovering Latent Metadata in the FSA-OWI Photographic Archive. Abstract We present our use of the FSA-OWI Photographic Archive, a collection of over 170,000 photographs taken by the US Government between 1935 and 1945, within Photogrammar as a case study of how to integrate methodological research into a digital, public project. Our work on the collection uses computational methods to extract new metadata surrounding individual photographs from the perspective of both the photographers and the original government archivists.
Techniques for accomplishing this include mapping over an historical atlas, recreating historic cataloging systems, and digitally stitching together rolls of film. While many digital projects have focused on analysis at scale, our work on extracting new metadata actively demonstrates the power of digital techniques to assist in the close reading of even small sets of archival records. Following World War II, the collection was transferred to The Library of Congress for cataloging. Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3. Figure 4. Figure 5. Desktop | Tableau Software. Earth. Ngram Viewer. 10.2 is Here with New Geo Spatial Capabilities.
Digging through history using digital tools. With one foot solidly in the past and the other anchored in digital technology, Tobias Higbie is adept at keeping his balance in both worlds as a historian who is skilled in digitizing historical records and using them to gain new perspectives. An associate professor in history who teaches classes on U.S. history, labor and social movement history, labor studies and digital humanities/history, Tobias is a firm believer in doing interdisciplinary research that allows for the integration of new methods, concepts and strategies when documenting the past. Tobias Higbee “We’re eclectic, and our toolbox can be varied,” Higbie said. “It is detrimental to get too caught up in one’s own discipline since good ideas are all around us.” A labor historian, Higbie has completed a project to convert a century-old book on U.S. labor into a research and teaching database with the aid of colleagues from the UCLA Library and Center for Digital Humanities. Fusion Tables.
Genetic Communities™ beta: New Innovation from AncestryDNA – Ancestry Blog. Today, we are pleased to share the roll-out of a new beta experience for AncestryDNA that we call Genetic Communities™. Applying rigorous statistics and scientific development, we’ve created a unique experience that can connect you through your DNA to places your ancestors called home and the migration paths they followed to get there. This new experience gives you a more detailed connection to the people, places, cultures, and stories that led to you.
Taking DNA testing to a whole new level Genetic Communities is based on innovative new analysis techniques developed by Ancestry’s science team, that combine insights from our DNA network and our massive collection of family trees. This new approach stems from research that was made possible thanks to over a million AncestryDNA members and growing around the world who have participated in Ancestry’s ongoing scientific studies. Today, over 300 Genetic Communities all around the world are available to explore, with many more on the horizon. The Library of Congress Makes 25 Million Records From Its Catalog Free to Download. Image by Carol Highsmith, via Wikimedia Commons A quick fyi: According to Fortune, The Library of Congress announced that it “will make 25 million records from its catalog available for the public to download.”
They add: Prior to this, the records—which include books and serials, music and manuscripts, and maps and visual materials spanning from 1968 to 2014—have only been accessible through a paid subscription. These files will be available for free download on [the Library of Congress site] and are also available on data.gov. This move helps free up the library’s digital assets, allowing social scientists, data analysts, developers, statisticians and everyone else to work with the data “to enhance learning and the formation of new knowledge.”
Follow Open Culture on Facebook and Twitter and share intelligent media with your friends. If you’d like to support Open Culture and our mission, please consider making a donation to our site. Via Fortune Related Content: American Archive of Public Broadcasting Lets You Stream 7,000 Hours of Historic Public TV & Radio Programs. An archive worth knowing about: The Library of Congress and Boston's WGBH have joined forces to create The American Archive of Public Broadcasting and "preserve for posterity the most significant public television and radio programs of the past 60 years. " Right now, they're overseeing the digitization of approximately 40,000 hours of programs. And already you can start streaming "more than 7,000 historic public radio and television programs.
" The collection includes local news and public affairs programs, and "programs dealing with education, environmental issues, music, art, literature, dance, poetry, religion, and even filmmaking. " You can browse the complete collection here. Or search the archive here. For more on the archive, read this About page. Follow Open Culture on Facebook and Twitter and share intelligent media with your friends. If you'd like to support Open Culture and our mission, please consider making a donation to our site. Via Metafilter Related Content: NASA Releases a Massive Online Archive: 140,000 Photos, Videos & Audio Files Free to Search and Download. Last summer, astronomer Michael Summer wrote that, despite a relatively low profile, NASA and its international partners have been “living Carl Sagan’s dream for space exploration.”
Summers’ catalogue of discoveries and groundbreaking experiments—such as Scott Kelly’s yearlong stay aboard the International Space Station—speaks for itself. But for those focused on more earthbound concerns, or those less emotionally moved by science, it may take a certain eloquence to communicate the value of space in words. “Perhaps,” writes Summers, “we should have had a poet as a member of every space mission to better capture the intense thrill of discovery.” Sagan was the closest we’ve come. Though he never went into space himself, he worked closely on NASA missions since the 1950s and communicated better than anyone, in deeply poetic terms, the beauty and wonder of the cosmos.
Sagan’s lyrical prose alone captured the imagination of millions. Via the Creators Project Related Content: Uncovering Latent Metadata in the FSA-OWI Photographic Archive. NASA Its Software Online & Makes It Free to Download. A quick heads up: NASA has just announced that it has released its “2017-2018 software catalog, which offers an extensive portfolio of software products for a wide variety of technical applications, all free of charge to the public, without any royalty or copyright fees.” More than 30% of NASA innovations are software-based, and by making its software available to the public, it helps give a boost to entrepreneurs, small businesses, corporations and academics.
Ah, the benefits of Technology Transfer. Available in both hard copy and online, the software archive is divided into numerous categories, including Business Systems and Project Management, Vehicle Management, Data Servers and Process Handling, Data and Image Processing, Design and Integration Tools, and more. See all available software here. h/t goes to OC reader, Kunal Follow Open Culture on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Plus, and Flipboard and share intelligent media with your friends. Related Content: What’s in the PEN archives? | Cultural Compass. The PEN records occupy 180 linear feet, span 1912 to 2008, and document the history and activities of the English PEN and PEN International, as well as the formation (and sometimes dissolution) of other PEN centers around the globe.
The records of PEN International and the founding center, English PEN, are closely interrelated; PEN International did not completely separate from its English predecessor until the late 1970s. The diversity of materials in the PEN records illuminates the range of activities in which the organization has engaged, from meetings and social gatherings to organized protests and campaigns to publications and literary awards. The archive is particularly rich in correspondence and administrative records as well as rare photographs, press clippings, and ephemera. One of the strengths of the collection is its documentation of political, social, cultural, and financial struggles providing context for the writing and reception of twentieth century literary works.
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine. Enter a Huge Archive of Amazing Stories, the World's First Science Fiction Magazine, Launched in 1926. If you haven’t heard of Hugo Gernsback, you’ve surely heard of the Hugo Award. Next to the Nebula, it’s the most prestigious of science fiction prizes, bringing together in its ranks of winners such venerable authors as Ursula K. Le Guin, Arthur C.
Clarke, Robert Heinlein, Neil Gaiman, Isaac Asimov, and just about every other sci-fi and fantasy luminary you could think of. It is indeed fitting that such an honor should be named for Gernsback, the Luxembourgian-American inventor who, in April of 1926, began publishing “the first and longest-running English-language magazine dedicated to what was then not quite yet called ‘science fiction,’” notes University of Virginia’s Andrew Ferguson at The Pulp Magazines Project. Amazing Stories provided an “exclusive outlet” for what Gernsback first called “scientifiction,” a genre he would “for better and for worse, define for the modern era.”
By 1929, he sold the magazine and moved on to other ventures, none of them particularly successful. Free to Use and Reuse: John Margolies Photographs of Roadside America. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Makes 140,000+ Artistic Images from Its Collections Available on Archive.org. As an Open Culture reader, you might already know the Internet Archive, often simply called "Archive.org," as an ever expanding trove of wonders, freely offering everything from political TV ads to vintage cookbooks to Grateful Dead concert recordings to the history of the internet itself. You might also know the Metropolitan Museum of Art as not just a building on Fifth Avenue, but a leading digital cultural institution, one willing and able to make hundreds of art books available to download and hundreds of thousands of fine-art images usable and remixable under a Creative Commons license. Now, the Internet Archive and the Metropolitan Museum of Art have teamed up to bring you a collection of over 140,000 art images gathered by the latter and organized and hosted by the former.
Related Content: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Makes 375,000 Images of Fine Art Available Under a Creative Commons License: Download, Use & Remix Download 464 Free Art Books from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Radioactive Oatmeal Go Down. 24,000 Vintage Cartoons from the Library of Congress Illustrate the History of This Modern Art Form (1780-1977) 25,000+ 78RPM Records Now Professionally Digitized & Streaming Online: A Treasure Trove of Early 20th Century Music. 3D Scans of 7,500 Famous Sculptures, Statues & Artworks: Download & 3D Print Rodin's Thinker, Michelangelo's David & More. Leonardo da Vinci's Visionary Notebooks Now Online: Browse 570 Digitized Pages. Download 200+ Belle Époque Art Posters: An Archive of Masterpieces from the “Golden Age of the Poster” (1880-1918)
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