A Journal of the Plague Year
Project Scope
Project Description
The COVID-19 digital archive, A Journal of the Plague Year, is a collaborative international effort to crowdsource digital artifacts, ephemera, and first-person accounts of the global experience of COVID-19. Modeled after the pioneering September 11 Digital Archive and the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, this digital public archive is creating a historical record of the pandemic as it unfolds. The archive provides meaningful opportunities to learn how history is preserved and produced. Students can explore the archive as it unfolds, analyze its strengths and weaknesses, and discuss the ethical, practical, and political dimensions of digital repositories and historical collections.
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Contact Infomation: First name
Victoria
Contact Information: Last name
Cain
Contact Information: Position title
Associate Professor
Contact Information: Institutional affiliation
Northeastern University
Contact Information: Email address
v.cain [at] northeastern.edu
Project Website - Formatted
City/State/Country
Boston, Massachusetts, USA