Skip to main content

archives

Rows and rows of books in a library, on vast curving shelves.
Issue 33

Crowdsourcing, Open Data and Precarious Labour

by Allana Mayer on February 24th, 2016
Crowdsourcing and microtransactions are two halves of the same coin: they both mark new stages in the continuing devaluation of labour.
A large statue of Sir Arthur Doughty, taken to show the statue's full profile. Doughty sits on a chair, wearing a long flowing robe and dress shoes. The chair is on top of a large, decorative square cement pedestal, with this quote inscribed on the side: Of all national assets, archives are the most precious: they are the gift of one generation to another and the extent of our care of them marks the extent of our civilization. The Canadian Archives and Its Activities, Arthur G. Doughty. A paper sign is curled around his feet, placed by archivists and supporters, that reads: Save the National Archival Development Program.
Form

The Politics of Digitization

by Misty De Meo on February 3rd, 2014
History, archives and the problem with treating every problem as a tech problem.

Support Feminist Tech Media: Give A Small Amount For Each Issue We Publish