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THE WEBSITE AS OBJECT OF HISTORIOGRAPHICAL STUDY PROF. DR. RICHARD ROGERS UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM
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THE WEBSITE AS OBJECT OFHISTORIOGRAPHICAL STUDY PROF. DR. RICHARD ROGERS UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM
THE WEBSITE AS ARCHIVEDOBJECT
1) The taming and capturing of the website.
2) The preserving and reanimating of the website.
*3) The embedded historiographies.
*4) The research use of the existing historiographies.
*5) How else to use the archived websites for history-writing?
How is to be conceptually studied?
THE WEBSITE AS ARCHIVEDOBJECT
1) The taming and capturing of the website.
"How can the object of historical study - the website - be delimited,
both on the web and as an archived website?"
(Brugger, 2009: p. 116)
How is conceptually studied?
THE WEBSITE AS ARCHIVED OBJECT
2) The preserving and reanimating of the website. a) "The web is a unique mixture of the ephemeral and the permanent. b) Specialied tools and techniques are required to ensure that content can be viewed again at a later time. c) Content, once presented, needs to be reconstructed or represented in order for others to experience it temporally."(Schneider & Foot, 2004: p. 114)
-M. Dougherty and K. Foot (2007). "The Internet and Elections Project research design," in: Randy Kluver et al. The Internet and National Elections: A Comparative Study of Web Campaigning. London: Routledge, 16.
How is to be conceptually studied?
THE WEBSITE AS ARCHIVED OBJECT
3) The embedded historiographies in Web archives Wayback machine (single-site histories - "biographical" history) LOC & other special collections ("event-based" history) National libraries ("national" history)
How is to be conceptually studied?
THE WEBSITE AS ARCHIVED OBJECT
4) The research use of the existing historiographies. Evidentiary context. "Gathering evidence of prior versions of Web sites should be performed in a careful forensic manner with cognizance of the underlying technology used in the archiving process."(Howell, 2006: 3)
How is to be conceptually studied?
THE WEBSITE AS ARCHIVED OBJECT
5) How else to use the archived websites for history-writing? a) Read history of web from history of a website? (google.com) b) Read impact of web on Institution? (library, newspaper, court) c) Read societal change or stability from agendas and issue listson governmental and non-governmental websites? (whitehouse.gov) What does the website add to existing histories and history-writing?
How is to be conceptually studied?
THE WEBSITE AS ARCHIVEDOBJECT
1) The taming and capturing of the website.
2) The preserving and reanimating of the website.
3) The embedded historiographies.
4) The research use of the existing historiographies.
5) How else to use the archived websites for history-writing?
How is to be conceptually studied? - Summary
"Methods for Web history" THANK YOU
Digital Methods Initiative, http://www.digitalmethods.net Govcom.org Foundation, http://www.govcom.org Richard Rogers, University of Amsterdam, [email protected]
