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Visualizing Reproductive Care Through Archives and Collective Storytelling

Flickr Foundation Spring Research Fellows, Molly Sherman & Emily Fitzgerald, share the second instalment of their research project, investigating image archives of reproductive care on Flickr.

Inheriting the Internet, Part 3: Workshop & Conclusions

Final instalment of Amy & Daniel's Digital Legacy capstone project, this time exploring the topic through in-person workshops

‘Born-Digital Collections, Archives & Memory’ Reflections

Tori shares her reflections and ruminations from the Born-Digital Collections conference at Senate House, London

Inheriting the Internet, Part 2: User Research

In the second instalment, Amy and Daniel discuss the expert interviews and user research they undertook to uncover insights into Gen Z's digital archival literacy

Developing a New Research Method, Part 3: Archivevoice in Practice

Meet the researchers Prakash ran his first Archivevoice workshop with, and their fantastic projects.

Inheriting the Internet, Part 1: Intros & Grounding Research

University of Washington Informatics students, Amy and Daniel, introduce their capstone research into digital legacy practices among young adults

A Prehistory of the Digital Daybook

An introduction to the rituals of record-keeping that have influenced our daybook project

Announcing Digital Daybook

How do we set up with a legible resilient archive of ourselves?

Happy 17th, Flickr Commons!

Our flagship program, Flickr Commons, turns 17 years old today!

Dan Catt

Welcome, Dan Catt

Dan has joined the team as Tech Co-Lead to work alongside Alex. We couldn't be happier!

Zoology specimens, Australasian Antarctic Expedition Reports, 1911-1914

From Desiderata to READMEs: The case for a C.A.R.E.-full Data Lifeboat Pt. II

The second of a two-part blog post detailing possible prompts for Data Lifeboat creators to encourage ethical and informed collecting

Welcoming our first 2025 Research Fellows

Emily Fitzgerald & Molly Sherman are joining us as our first research fellow pair to continue development of their Reproductive Reproductions project.

From Desiderata to READMEs: The case for a C.A.R.E.-full Data Lifeboat Pt. I

The first of a two-part blog post detailing the origins and approaches to ethical archiving in the Data Lifeboat tool.

Progress Report: The Data Lifeboat viewer, circa 2024

See what you get when you download a prototype Data Lifeboat.

A Phoenix in Paris: Data Lifeboats for User-Generated Histories

The case for citizen-driven collections in enhancing our understanding of contemporary events.