Sharing the archive
Using web technologies for accessing, storing and re-using historical data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4563708 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Finnane (0000-0003-3776-8091, Griffith University, corresponding author), Andy Kaladelfos (0000-0003-2720-5527, Griffith University), Alana Piper (0000-0002-9369-5862, University of Technology Sydney) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Methodological Innovations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2059-7991 • E-ISSN: 2059-7991 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2059799118787749 |
| OpenAlex | W2883700265 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
Historical data pose a variety of problems to those who seek statistically based understandings of the past. Quantitative historical analysis has been limited by researcher's reliance on rigid statistics collected by individuals or agencies, or else by researcher access to small samples of raw data. Even digital technologies by themselves have not been enough to overcome the challenges of working with manuscript sources and aligning dis-aggregated data. However, by coupling the facilities enabled by the web with the enthusiasm of the public for explorations of the past, history has started to make the same strides towards big data evident in other fields. While the use of citizens to crowdsource research data was first pioneered within the sciences, a number of projects have similarly begun to draw on the help of citizen historians. This article explores the particular example of the Prosecution Project, which since 2014 has been using crowdsourced volunteers on a research collaboration to build a large-scale relational database of criminal prosecutions throughout Australia from the early 1800s to 1960s. The article outlines the opportunities and challenges faced by projects seeking to use web technologies to access, store and re-use historical data in an environment that increasingly enables creative collaborations between researchers and other users of social and historical data
Big data · Citizen science · Crowdsourcing · Data science · Enthusiasm · Raw data · The Internet · Variety (cybernetics · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Data Analysis and Archiving · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · Research Data Management Practices
Crowdsourcing Research
The Sexual Abuse of Children
Race and Justice in an Australian Court
The Prosecution Project
Defending the Accused
Crowdsourced science
Victimization Narratives and Courtroom Sexual Politics
Access to Legal Representation by Criminal Defendants in Victoria, 1861–1961
Crowdsourcing cultural heritage
Volunteers in the heritage sector
The History Manifesto
The Shape of the History of Science Profession, 2038
The Work of Policing
The Work of Policing
Citizen Science in Archaeology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |