Giorgia Tolfo

Join us for the launch of 'Archives and Emotions', a ground breaking text exploring intersections of archival practice, historical research, national & disciplinary borders.

🕰️ 23 Jan 25, 16:00 - 18:00
🗺️ The National Archives & online
🎟️ bit.ly/4gw7Xb4

HIV and AIDs Archives Symposium: collections, research and responses - YouTube This free online symposium brought together researchers, historians, archivists, scholars, and creative practitioners who have worked with HIV and AIDS relat...

The "HIV and AIDS collections symposium. Collections, Research and Responses" is now openly available on youtube:

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Automating metadata creation: an experiment with Parliamentary 'Road Acts' This post was originally written by Giorgia Tolfo in early 2023 then lightly edited and posted by Mia Ridge in late 2024. It describes work undertaken in 2019, and provides context for resources we ho...

Nice to see some old work I coordinated at the British Library finally being published online.
Thanks @miaout.bsky.social and @bldigischol.bsky.social

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Exploring early photography through collaborative digital experimentation - The National Archives blog Find out all about the topic of our upcoming digital hackathon.

Another interesting workshop at The National Archives (who don't seem to be on here) next month about photographic collections, organised by @giorgiatolfo.bsky.social #dh

blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/exploring-ea...

YouTube video by The National Archives UK HIV and AIDS Archives Symposium: Panel One - Institutional Archives

My own talk on the key findings of the national survey of HIV records can be found in the recording from the first panel at the 38:00 minutes. youtu.be/cR36HNPq6Hs?...

Thank you @giorgiatolfo.bsky.social for organising such a great event!

Are you a digital humanist? Software developer? Digital researcher? Are you interested in Intellectual Property or early photography?

If so, join our Collaborative Digital Experimentation hackathon on 27/28 Jan 2025!

To know more, visit:
blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/exploring-ea...

Online reading lists from BBIH A listing of recent publications (2010-2020) in the field of Black British History, taken from the 'Bibliography of British and Irish History' in October 2020.

During UK Disability History Month, you can explore this topic by checking out the Bibliography and British and Irish History's (BBIH) online reading list. This resource allows you to uncover the most recent studies in this field. Visit the link provided to learn more: https://buff.ly/3QWrffO.

NUM archives project hits milestone with Women Against Pit Closures and predecessor union indexes online Work to index the records of the National Union of Mineworkers and its predecessor unions has hit an important milestone, with more than a dozen catalogues now searchable online. In addition to the…

Great progress by @mrcwarwick.bsky.social in its three-year project to index the archives of the National Union of Mineworkers and predecessor unions. A dozen catalogues online and more to come. Project archivist @worsted.bsky.social deserves a medal!
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A week to go to the "HIV and AIDS Archives: collections, research and responses" symposium.
Have you registered?

Info:
blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hiv-and-aids...

Full programme:
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Booking:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/hiv-and-ai...

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HIV and AIDS Archives: recovering, re-presenting and exploring open digital This is an IN-PERSON WORKSHOP at The National Archives

🚨 Deadline closing! 🚨
Apply by tomorrow, 20 Nov at 6pm, for our HIV and AIDS Archives onsite digital humanities workshop.
Learn how raw data can support digital storytelling by utilising a dataset produced for the 1987 Public Health Campaign.
Apply:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hiv-and-ai...

HIV and AIDS Archives: a workshop and a symposium - The National Archives blog We're hosting events to explore the wider landscape of HIV and AIDS-related records.

Interested in DH and medical humanities?
If so send your application to the ‘HIV and AIDS Archives: Recovering, re-presenting and exploring open digital data’ workshop on December 2.
More info and link to apply:
blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hiv-and-aids...

On 3 December, an online symposium brings together researchers, historians, archivists, scholars & creative practitioners working with HIV & AIDS related documents to explore how material was used in the past & could be used in the future.
Book for free:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hiv-and-ai...

HIV and AIDS Archives: recovering, re-presenting and exploring open digital This is an IN-PERSON WORKSHOP at The National Archives

On 2 December, a digital humanities onsite workshop focuses on a dataset produced for the 1987 Public Health Campaign.
Attendees will learn how raw data was transformed into an accessible database and how this can support digital storytelling.
To apply:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hiv-and-ai...

For the last few months I have worked on a workshop and online symposium on HIV and AIDS archives. This will take place on the 2-3 December. The symposium is online and free. Full details in the thread below!

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