The Future of History: Navigating Digital Archives
Historians Jane Winters and John Wills discuss the challenges of modern recordkeeping with Matt Elton.
Every social media comment has the potential to become a source for future historians, but this vast amount of new material poses significant problems.
Differences in Recordkeeping
Matt Elton asked historians Jane Winters and John Wills about the differences between recent archives and those of the past.
Records and sources now come in a whole range of formats. In some cases, they are very familiar analogue sources that have become digital, whereas in others they are in a completely new format.
According to Jane Winters, the diversity of formats is a key challenge in understanding modern archives.
Author's summary: Historians face new challenges in recordkeeping due to digital material.
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