Tag: Contexts
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Why is it valuable to use a DH tool in this specific scenario?
Our current context is marked by digital technology, however sometimes we tend to use it as something “cool” or fashion or event just to be part of these broad concepts. I have seen and meet people that decide to use “X” tool just to fit in or be part of the IoT / Digital Transformation.…
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What are the ethics of using this tool?
One example of a content management system that takes such questions into consideration is Mukurtu, which describes itself as “the free, mobile, and open source platform built with Indigenous communities to manage and share digital cultural heritage.”
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What is the history of this tool?
Mapping Marronage is an example of a project that resists the logic of the database as it visualizes networks of trans-Atlantic exchanges of enslaved peoples of African descent.
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What assumptions are behind this tool?
Discussion of Question/Significance Does this tool make certain assumptions about the world that encourage you to model your data in particular ways? For example, mapping tools often rely on Westernized, distorted, notions of place, exhibited in Mercator projections that potentially flatten complex relationships to space into latitude/longitude coordinates. Similarly, timelines often assume a Western calendar…