Algorithms are the New Historians

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I was proud to deliver the opening keynote for the 2023 Museums+Tech conference this year. It was a good chance to check in and report back on where we're at with the Flickr Foundation, and to comment on the not-necessarily-good proliferation of thin GLAM data online. MCG-Tech Keynote, 23 Nov 2023.pdf

Algorithmsare
theNewHistorians
George O
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tes, glo@
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lickr.org
Museums+Tech 2023, London

Al
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“Scienti
fi
c truth is external, while
humanistic truth lies within
human beings — who are by nature
ambiguous.”

“The virality of the image has spooked its
31-year-old creator, a Chicago construction
worker who told BuzzFeed Newshe was
high on drugs when he had the idea.”

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it wrong.”

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computers to
fi
ll gaps in cultural
records.

spelunker.moma.org
Polished,small data, about
themuseumitself

“As a documentarist I understood
that it was my job to generate
for future researchers the raw
materials they would need in order
to tell the stories of the kind of
people who down the ages
historians have tended to neglect.”
Daniel Meadows

Stephanie Syjuco
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hand and stretching his leg and arm to the back,
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He’s wearing a white, oversized t-shirt and one of his
knees is on the ground as he is staring at his side. The
location of the photo is Java, Indonesia.

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Algorithms are the New Historians

1. Algorithmsare theNewHistorians George O a tes, glo@ f lickr.org Museums+Tech 2023, London

5. That is a game we cannot play.

6. Al a n Lightm a n “Scienti fi c truth is external, while humanistic truth lies within human beings — who are by nature ambiguous.”

13. Miss/information

16. “The virality of the image has spooked its 31-year-old creator, a Chicago construction worker who told BuzzFeed Newshe was high on drugs when he had the idea.”

18. Whenscienceand humanitiesmerge?

19. F a cts & Evidence Our beliefs Con f irm a tion bi a s Evidence we believe

20. F a cts & Evidence Our beliefs Con f irm a tion bi a s Evidence we believe Inform a tion

21. “…ye a rs of org a nizing, cl a ssifying, a nd c a t a loging h a rdened into a ccepted c a tegories, n a ming conventions, a nd trib a l a f f ili a tions—much of it wrong.”

22. Beware the temptation to use computers to fi ll gaps in cultural records.

23. Wellcome “Completeness”

26. spelunker.moma.org Polished,small data, about themuseumitself

33. HumansLeague

38. “As a documentarist I understood that it was my job to generate for future researchers the raw materials they would need in order to tell the stories of the kind of people who down the ages historians have tended to neglect.” Daniel Meadows

39. Stephanie Syjuco Block Out the Sun

40. Stephanie Syjuco Dodge and Burn (Visible Storage)

41. Stephanie Syjuco The Rogue Finding Aid

42. riojournal.com/article/113334/

43. datascience.si.edu/ai-values-statement

47. Be selective. Find omissions. Beware retro fi tted richness. How can you exhibit your data?

48. EST. 2022

49. Ourmission: KeepFlickrphotosvisible for100years.

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51. 100-year plan

52. Mission:KeepFlickrvisiblefor100years Strategiescontemporarytotheteam Toys,research,propertools

53. AGeneratedFamilyof Man

54. Authentic vs Synthetic Visual Histories

56. Child in Forest, 1951, by Wynn Bullock

57. Black and white long deep focus overhead grainy 1940s shot of an infant girl lying down on her side in the middle of the forest on ground covered in small plants.

58. Black and white long deep focus overhead grainy 1940s shot of an infant girl lying down on her side in the middle of the forest on ground covered in small plants.

59. Boy Playing Marbles, Java, 1938, by Gotthard Schuh Black and white grainy 1938 full shot of an Indonesian boy with buzz-cut hair holding a small marble in his hand and stretching his leg and arm to the back, almost about to throw the marble on the stone floor. He’s wearing a white, oversized t-shirt and one of his knees is on the ground as he is staring at his side. The location of the photo is Java, Indonesia.

65. “hum a n photo”

67. d0gwalker Data Lifeboat

69. The Libr a ry of Congress The UK N a tion a l Archives N a tion a l Archives of Austr a li a Torrens Rowing Club George’s F a mily Archive

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