DH Seminar: Disaster-proof Digital Humanities: The Bunker as an Infrastructure of Data Preparedness
Digital Humanities Lab seminar series. Alexander R.E. Taylor (University of Exeter): "Disaster-proof Digital Humanities: The Bunker as an Infrastructure of Data Preparedness". Location: online or hybrid if restrictions allow.
| A Digital Humanities seminar | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 February 2022 |
| Time | 15:30 to 17:00 |
| Place | Online |
Event details
Abstract
Nuclear bunkers around the world are being repurposed as ultra-secure data storage sites for a number of digital heritage and media preservation projects. Tracing the rise of the bunker as an increasingly prominent data storage architecture, this talk introduces the concept of ‘data preparedness’ to explore how the prospect of data loss haunts the digital humanities.
Alexander R. E. Taylor is an anthropologist based at the University of Exeter. He works at the intersection of digital anthropology, communication studies and science and technology studies. He is an Editorial Assistant for the Journal of Extreme Anthropology and a founder of the Cambridge Infrastructure Resilience Group, a network of researchers exploring critical infrastructure protection in relation to global catastrophic risks. His research interests include: data futures, techno-apocalyptic narratives, digital preservation and pre-digital nostalgia.
The seminar will be held on Zoom, follow the link to join:
https://Universityofexeter.zoom.us/j/95948404819?pwd=bnhLSGhFaHcwT0hnTVRlVlBhVFdaZz09
Meeting ID: 959 4840 4819
Password: 280640
