Doing History in the Digital Age

As more historians take on digital projects, new issues surface regarding methodology, dissemination, even ethics. In this issue, Perspectives explores what it means to do history in the digital age. Illustration by Zoila Torres, after a Farm Security Administration photograph by Jack Delano/Library of Congress. In the image, a young person sells copies of the Chicago Defender, one of the nation’s leading African American newspapers, in 1942.

Staff

Allison Miller, editor
Stephanie Kingsley, associate editor, web content and social media
Kritika Agarwal
, associate editor, publications
Sadie Bergen, assistant editor
Liz Townsend, coordinator, data administration and integrity

Other Articles

November 1, 2016

From the National Coalition for History

Fighting for History: Behind the Scenes at the NCH
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November 30, 2016

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Charles Hubbard
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November 22, 2016

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Amy Forss
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November 15, 2016

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: David Baker
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November 8, 2016

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Yovanna Pineda
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November 2, 2016

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Heather Wacha
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November 1, 2016

In Memoriam

William H. McNeill (1917–2016)

News

Black Lives Matter protesters at the Minnesota Governor’s Mansion in July 2016. Archivists at DocNow work with community activists to document the offline labor that makes social media hashtag campaigns such as #BlackLivesMatter possible. Tony Webster/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0

November 1, 2016

News

Doing Right Online
The cartoonist Watson Heston represented freethinkers as young white men in his drawings. This image was published in the June 1895 issue of the Truth Seeker, a freethought journal.

November 1, 2016

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November 18, 2016

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Democratic Constitutionalism
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November 21, 2016

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History, Economics, and Food
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November 14, 2016

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Humanizing Data
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November 1, 2016

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Election Cake
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November 1, 2016

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The AHA Tries Election Cake!