Transcript Sussex Research Hive Seminar series, 26 February 2015

Sussex Research Hive Seminar series, 26 February 2015
Chris Warne, University of Sussex
Archive of Resistance
Testimony
PRACTICAL GOALS
DIGITISING THE
ARCHIVE
Format wars
Metadata
Archive of Resistance
Testimony
Historiographical turn towards testimony
Resistance emerges from life history
Memory reshapes the meaning of resistance
PRESERVATION OF INDIVIDUAL TESTIMONY OF HISTORICAL ACTS OF RESISTANCE
COMPARATIVE INVESTIGATION OF ACTS OF RESISTANCE ACROSS TIME AND PLACE
Archive of Resistance
Testimony
PRACTICAL GOALS
DIGITISING THE
ARCHIVE
Format wars
Metadata
PRACTICAL GOALS
Each offered testimony should be digitally preserved in the most faithful and
lossless manner possible for conservation
Format wars
Each offered testimony should be available digitally in a form that maximises
accessibility, but preserves the intellectual property and copyrights of the
donor/interviewee
Metadata
Each offered testimony should be transcribed to allow for full text searching
and comparison
Archive of Resistance
Testimony
PRACTICAL GOALS
DIGITISING THE
ARCHIVE
Format wars
Metadata