Digital Archival Literacy for (All) Historians

• Published in: Media history Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 251 - 265
• Main Author: Jensen, Helle Strandgaard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 03.04.2021; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: archives; Archives & records; contemporary digital media; Cultural studies; Digital archives; Historians; Historical analysis; Literacy; media historiography; media literacy; methodology; twentieth century

For centuries, understanding archives has been key to historians' work. Within the last decades, the increasing availability of sources in digital archives has fostered a growing need to understand how the logics of these influence historical research. Because, even if the digital representatio...