A thing I wrote is now out in the world: doi.org/10.1093/jahi...
It is a short review essay of how historians and archivists have been using the web since the '90s (US perspective), to collect personal histories & eye witness accounts following current events & reflecting on the past
These practices challenged dominant institutional collecting priorities, empowered communities to collect their own histories, and forever changed requirements of preservation infrastructure. And, are still powerful.
Here is the "accepted version" copy:
sheilabrennan.org/wp-content/u...
