Film Studies Assistant Professor Laura Horak contributed a chapter to the recently published open-access book, The Arclight Guide to Media History and the Digital Humanites, edited by Charles R. Acland and Eric Hoyt (Reframe Press, 2016).
From the tremendous video libraries of YouTube and the Internet Archive to the text collections of the HathiTrust and the Media History Digital Library, media historians today confront the challenge of engaging with an abundance of cultural works that have been transformed into data. What new skills, competencies, and tools do media historians and scholars need in an era of digital research?
The Arclight Guidebook to Media History and the Digital Humanities seeks to answer this question—and raise many more—by examining what media historians are doing right now with digital tools and methods.
Horak’s chapter investigates the history of digital mapping and the many ways that film and other humanities scholars have used digital mapping technologies to learn new things about the past. It also offers tips and resources for students and scholars interested in trying their hand at mapping projects.
Read Horak’s article in the open-access Arclight Guide to Media History and the Digital Humanites (Reframe Press, 2016).
Image: Screenshot of Durham, North Carolina, from Going to the Show.
