Happy February. I thought I’d write about how transcription in the classroom could counter the challenges ChapGPT introduces, but then I ran across this quote from James Baldwin and decided to ruminate on transcribing the difficult parts of history: People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them. Perhaps you're faced with the stark history of injustice -- … [Read more...] about Trust in the Truth
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An Interview with Dr. Camille Westmont of Sewanee: The University of the South
Dr. Camille Westmont, Visiting Professor of History at the University of the South, kindly spoke with Sara Brumfield about the Convict Leasing Project, and her experience using FromThePage. First, tell us about your documents. The documents we are working to transcribe are the prison records from the Lone Rock Stockade. The Lone Rock Stockade was a private prison built by the … [Read more...] about An Interview with Dr. Camille Westmont of Sewanee: The University of the South
An Interview with Susannah Ural of the Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project
Susannah Ural at the Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project kindly took the time to answer questions from Sara Brumfield of FromThePage, and discussed their project and experience using the platform. Ural is Professor of History and Director of the Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi, a digital documentary edition based at the … [Read more...] about An Interview with Susannah Ural of the Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project
How to Handle Racial or Ethnic Slurs & Offensive Language in the Sources We Transcribe
I was approached recently by colleagues who’d received a complaint about ethnic slurs in material they’d transcribed, asking for guidance on what to do. We don’t have a firm answer to this question, so I looked around at projects on FromThePage and among the documentary editing and archives communities to see what they’re doing. In traditional print publications, one must … [Read more...] about How to Handle Racial or Ethnic Slurs & Offensive Language in the Sources We Transcribe
Project Profile: Sewanee Project on Slavery, Race and Reconciliation
Tanner Potts is Research Associate for the Sewanee Project on Slavery, Race and Reconciliation at the University of the South. First, tell us about your documents. Our documents on FromThePage focus on the founding period of the University of the South, 1856-1868. During this time, the ten southern-most dioceses of the Episcopal church united to found a university that … [Read more...] about Project Profile: Sewanee Project on Slavery, Race and Reconciliation