Makhortykh, Mykola (30 September 2021). Historia ex machina: Algorithms as agents of public history (Unpublished). In: Poletayev Readings X: Future(s) of Theories. Online. 30.09.-01.10.2021.
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)The ongoing digitization of museum and archival collections together with the growing number of grassroots historical and commemorative projects result in the unprecedented availability of historical content. However, these processes also raise concerns about information overload and prompt the need for new mechanisms for navigating the wealth of historical information accessible online. Under these conditions, information retrieval algorithms, such as the ones used by corporations to power their search engines or research institutions to fetch materials from their collections, become agents of public history, which determine what historical sources and interpretations are prioritized. In his talk, Mykola will briefly discuss what are the opportunities, but also the challenges of relying on algorithmic curation in the context of public history.
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Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Division/Institute: |
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Institute of Communication and Media Studies (ICMB) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Makhortykh, Mykola |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology 900 History |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Mykola Makhortykh |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2021 12:26 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:53 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
history, algorithms, public history, historical memory, digitization |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/159628 |
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