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14 May 2018
Kirsten Keister

Unlocking the Airwaves

By |2019-01-15T10:26:37-05:00May 14, 2018|

Unlocking the Airwaves: Revitalizing an Early Public and Educational Radio Collection is a multi-institutional collaboration between MITH, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Wisconsin Historical Society, and the University Libraries at the University of Maryland, with collaborative support from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting at WGBH/Library of Congress, and the Radio Preservation Task Force. The goal of the project is to create a comprehensive online collection of early educational public radio content from the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB).

5 Mar 2018
Kirsten Keister

Lakeland Community Heritage Project Digital Archive

By |2019-05-09T17:22:17-04:00Mar 5, 2018|

The Lakeland Community Heritage Project Digital Archive  is a partnership between the Lakeland Community Heritage Project (LCHP), Dr. Mary Corbin Sies of University of Maryland’s Department of American Studies, and MITH,  to document an historic African American community before and after segregation and contribute to an understanding of urban renewal’s impact on communities of color.

3 Oct 2017

Sarah Florini Digital Dialogue

By |2020-08-14T15:02:47-04:00Oct 3, 2017|

Though publics are often conceived of as bounded by platform, users frequently deploy platforms in conjunction to create trans-platform digitally networked publics. The multi-media [...]

18 Apr 2016
Stephanie Sapienza

Andrew Blum Lecture: “The Internet, Really”

By |2019-05-13T15:58:18-04:00Apr 18, 2016|

Popular understanding of the Internet’s physical reality has changed dramatically in the past half-decade, with consequences for privacy and security. Drawing on the research in his book, “Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet,” journalist and author Andrew Blum will argue for a continued emphasis on the Internet's real-world geography.

29 Jan 2016
Stephanie Sapienza

African American History, Culture and Digital Humanities

By |2019-05-13T16:20:21-04:00Jan 29, 2016|

African American History, Culture and Digital Humanities (AADHum) was awarded to the College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU) and is being co-directed by MITH and the Arts and Humanities Center for Synergy (Center for Synergy). The project was funded by a $1.25 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for research, education and training at the intersections of digital humanities and African American studies, and will help to prepare a diverse community of scholars and students whose work will both broaden the reach of the digital humanities in African American history and cultural studies, and enrich humanities research with new methods, archives and tools.

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