The Future Is Written; It's the Past that Keeps Changing - Episode 48

Abby Smith Rumsey, author of When We Are No More: How Digital Memory is Shaping Our Future, joins this episode to talk about data, archiving, and cultural memory.

LINKS:

• Abby Smith Rumsey - When We Are No More: How Digital Memory is Shaping Our Future

• Article: "The Risk of Digital Oblivion" from the Chronicle of Higher Education

• Sustainable Economics for a Digital Planet: Ensuring Long-Term Access to Digital Information. The Final Report of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access

App of the Day:

• Sims - PlantNet

• "The 'Shazam' for Plants Will Identify Any Plant from a Picture", Alana Kelter, Collective Evolution, March 16, 2016

• Round - Pill Reminder App

Contact the Hosts:

• Chris Webster -  @archeowebby (Twitter and Snapchat)

  • Email:chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

• Chris Sims - @godigahole (Twitter and Instagram)

  • Email: christopher@godigahole.com