Historical War Experiences and the Archivist’s Voice in the Digital Age

Milan Lange, van; Arvid de Raaij

Historical War Experiences and the Archivist’s Voice in the Digital Age

NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide studies

Research output: Working paper/discussion paper › Web article › Popularizing

Abstract

How are personal letters and diaries used when studying people’s experiences in times of war? How does the digitisation of historical ‘egodocuments’ contribute to this, and what issues does this raise? How do archivists and historians collaborate in this field? On 23 and 24 May 2024, an international group of archivists and historians addressed these and other questions during the workshop on Exploring Historical War Experiences through Digital Sources and Methodologies at Tampere University in Finland. NIOD employees Arvid de Raaij and Milan van Lange travelled to the far north to discuss how NIOD’s collection of war letters has developed and changed over the years. In this blogpost, they write about their findings.

Translated title of the contribution	Historische oorlogservaringen en de stem van de archivaris in het digitale tijdperk
Original language	English
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 25 Jun 2024

Publication series

Name	NIOD blog

Keywords

Egodocuments
curatorial voice
archival theory
source criticism
Collaboration between archivists and historians

Access to Document

https://www.niod.nl/en/blog/historical-war-experiences-and-archivists-voice-digital-age

1 Abstract

Hearing Voices in the Archive: Wartime Correspondence and the Road to Expanded Source Criticism
Lange, van, M., 2024. 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Scientific

2 Talk or presentation

Between Inclusion and Exclusion: Data-driven keyword generation for machine-readable egodocuments
Arvid de Raaij (Speaker)
23 May 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation › Academic

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Hearing Voices in the Archive: Wartime Correspondence and the Road to Expanded Source Criticism
Milan Lange, van (Speaker)
23 May 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation › Academic

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Historical War Experiences and the Archivist’s Voice in the Digital Age

Abstract

Publication series

Keywords

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Research output

Hearing Voices in the Archive: Wartime Correspondence and the Road to Expanded Source Criticism

Activities

Between Inclusion and Exclusion: Data-driven keyword generation for machine-readable egodocuments

Hearing Voices in the Archive: Wartime Correspondence and the Road to Expanded Source Criticism

Cite this