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SourceLab is excited to announce the publication of a new edition: “The Great Depression and the New Deal: Transient Division Newsletter from Macon, Georgia.” This edition presents all 16 pages of the newsletter’s 33rd issue. It includes sections on camp gossip, staff acknowledgments, recipes, safety suggestions, book recommendations, cartoons, and more. In addition to presenting the source, the edition provides contextual information on each page when necessary. This edition provides insight into life in a transient bureau camp through the immersive perspective of a transient community. Additionally, the presentation of the source aims to introduce readers to the histories of government policies, newsletter development, and homelessness during The Great Depression. 

Check it out on our “Publications” page or at the following link!

https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/sourcelab/article/view/1240

SourceLab is excited to announce the publication of a new edition: “Changing Activism: Hal Baron Lays Out Strategy for Civil Rights in Public Housing.” This edition presents Hal Baron’s strategic memorandum and contextualizes it within Chicago’s housing policies and activism in the Civil Rights Era. Students and researchers can explore the strategy Baron envisioned as it pertains to housing segregation in Chicago leading up to and directly preceding the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Baron’s memo may be used both as a historical source and as a model for current or future activists.

Check it out on our “Publications” page or at the following link!

https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/scalar/changing-activism-hal-baron-lays-out-strategy-for-civil-rights-in-public-housing/index

Join us for our next HRI event, tomorrow at 12:00! How do we create digital cultural heritage resources in conversation with communities? Join us for a discussion of doing history in a digital age and working with community partners as they preserve their own stories. Two recommended readings will frame our conversation about how to promote equity, access, and inclusion through digital archives. We’ll also discuss strategies used by activists and community organizers to overcome these challenges. Anyone interested in public history, community archives, collecting, or research is encouraged to join us!

Friday, November 11, 2022 @ 12:00

Register here: https://go.illinois.edu/DigitizingEthically

Join our HRI Research Cluster, The Social Lives of Digitized Culture, for our next virtual event on October 28th at 12:00 p.m. CST!

Do you have a digital project, dataset, or digital collection that focuses on culture? Want to hear more about what DH research is happening on campus?

This is a virtual brown bag to bring people together to share their ideas, experiences, and frustrations of working with digitized culture. Costumes are optional, but please feel free to bring your scariest digital object or problem!

Register Here: https://go.illinois.edu/SpookyData

SourceLab will host a meet and greet on September 12th at 4:00 p.m. in room 424 of the Levis Faculty Center. We’ll celebrate the editions we published last year (and their authors!) and answer any questions you might have about our collective, mission, or editorial process. If you’re interested in joining the Editorial Board, taking HIST 207, or submitting a proposal, we’d love to see you there!

SourceLab is excited to announce the publication of a new edition: “A Medieval Surgery, Illustrated: The First Recorded Surgical Separation of Conjoined Twins.” This edition presents a folio of an illustrated twelfth-century manuscript that depicts a surgical procedure undertaken by Byzantine doctors to separate a pair of conjoined twins. This fascinating edition not only sheds light on the practice of medicine during the tenth century, but also discusses histories of (dis)ability, chronicle writing, and manuscript production in the Middle Ages.

Check it out on our “Publications” page or at the following link!

https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/sourcelab/article/view/1001

SourceLab is excited to announce our newest published edition: “The Birth of Pussy Riot: Six Early Songs.” This edition, authored by Jamie Hendrickson, investigates the origins of the Russian, feminist, punk rock band through the lens of their earliest songs and performances. With extensive translations of the Russian lyrics and blog posts by the band, this edition offers readers an accessible glimpse into the heart of the modern Russian protest movement through some of its most essential voices.

Check it out on our “Publications” page or at the following link!

https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/sourcelab/article/view/971

“Talking Documentary Practices in Academia”

In this open discussion with Ana Rodriguez and Jessica Ballard, we will listen to their experiences with digitizing in academic contexts, engage with their processes, concerns and priorities, and expectations for archive visitors. This meeting will be open to anyone interested in digitization, digital publishing, or the digital humanities!

Zoom Link:

Topic: Documenting and Digitizing in Academia
Time: Feb 11, 2022 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/84836706113?pwd=VU9lOUFQUytSaDRkOFBRSkZ4WUhJdz09

Meeting ID: 848 3670 6113
Password: 353916