From Handwriting to Footprinting: Text and Heritage in the Age of Climate Crisis

From Handwriting to Footprinting: Text and Heritage in the Age of Climate Crisis

Digital Humanities

The climate crisis has altered many facets of life and has not neglected digital archiving. In her book, From Handwriting to Footprinting Text and Heritage in the Age of Climate Crisis, Anne Baillot calls attention to the digital practices of preservation that have been contributing to global warming. Baillot asks the reader if our digital archiving practices are sustainable, and if not, are they worth watching the world crumble? Many methods are harmful to the environment, but are necessary, in accessing important information. Baillot examines these methods and their Western heritage, calling to the stand historical archive practices and their wastefulness. Not only does Baillot argue against these practices, but she also proposes new ones through her research. Our heritage is important and must be preserved, but not at the cost of the planet. “From Handwriting to Footprinting illuminates the impact that digitization has had on the dissemination and preservation of textual heritage and reflects on what its future may hold.” Baillot believes that digital archiving is not evil but needs to be reevaluated and developed more mindfully. This book will be beneficial to those in the archival field, but also to those working on linguistics coming from the philological perspective.

Baillot, Anne

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Cambridge: Open Book Publishers

2023-07-06

Peyton Worsham

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Book

ISBN: 9781805110880

Baillot, Anne. From Handwriting to Footprinting: Text and Heritage in the Age of Climate Crisis. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2023.