Abstract
Digital approaches to Jewish Studies allow collecting data from multiple sources. This enlarges the picture, makes our understanding of historical experiences more complete, and triggers further research questions. This chapter compares samples of artworks from digital online collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Russian State Catalogue of Museum Collections in the Russian Federation. We show that the difference in their temporal and geographical coverage of Jewish artworks/historical documents often results from tagging, naming and understanding of what is deemed Jewish. The collective decisions made in these datasets, by many individuals, and differing institutions about cataloguing, indexing, and returning searches on Jewish culture in a digital age inform what parts of Jewish culture are accessible. The technological and data-led decisions become a part of multiple layers of decisions that inform how primary sources are formed in a digital age.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Jewish Studies in the Digital Age |
Editors | Gerben Zaagsma, Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra, Miriam Rürup, Michelle Margolis, Amalia S. Levi |
Publisher | De Gruyter Oldenbourg |
Pages | 43-64 |
Number of pages | 22 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783110744828 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783110744699 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 3 Oct 2022 |
Event | #DHJewish - Jewish Studies in the Digital Age - University of Luxembourg , Luxembourg, Luxembourg Duration: 12 Jan 2021 → 13 Jan 2021 https://www.c2dh.uni.lu/news/cfp-international-conference-dhjewish-jewish-studies-digital-age |
Publication series
Name | Studies in Digital History and Hermeneutics |
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Publisher | De Gruyter Oldenbourg |
Volume | 5 |
ISSN (Print) | 2629-4540 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2629-4559 |
Conference
Conference | #DHJewish - Jewish Studies in the Digital Age |
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Abbreviated title | #dhJewish |
Country/Territory | Luxembourg |
City | Luxembourg |
Period | 12/01/21 → 13/01/21 |
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Keywords
- online museum collections
- cultural heritage
- indexing
- cataloguing
- bias
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Russian State Catalogue of Museum Collection