Engaging the Archive and its Absences - Bucknell University

EngagingtheArchiveanditsAbsences:

FuturesofDigitalScholarshipandTeaching

KelleyKreitzPaceUniversity

kkreitz@pace.edu@kelley_kreitzOctober5,2018

FrontcoversoftheJune1890andJanuary1891issuesofLaRevista Ilustrada deNuevaYork.CourtesyofWashingtonUniversityLibrarymicrofilmcollectionandtheNettieLeeBensonLatinAmericanCollection,UniversityofTexasLibraries,UniversityofTexasatAustin.

BereniceAbbott,“ParkRow,‘NewspaperRow,’Manhattan”/NewYorkPublicLibrary

C19LatinoNYC.org

“Itisn’teasy,keepingyourfocusonthearchive.Inpart,itisthepullofwell-knownwriters– thepullofwhatyoualreadyknow– thatdrawsyoubacktothebeatentrack.Inpart,itisthetroublingnatureofwhatforgottenauthorsforceyoutoface:avastwreckofambitiousideals,veryunlikethelandscapeliteraryhistoriansareusedtostudy.Learningtolookatthewreckwithoutarrogance– butalsowithoutpieties– iswhatthenewdigitalarchiveisaskingustodo;inthelongrun,itmightbeanevengreaterchangethanquantificationitself.”

StanfordLiteraryLab,Pamphlet11,“Canon/Archive.Large-scaleDynamicsintheLiteraryField,”January2016

oaap.rice.edu

bacartography.org

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