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SUMMARY:Meet the Author: Documents That Changed the Way We Live
DESCRIPTION:In 1854\, an epidemic of cholera struck the Soho area of London.  The prevailing belief was that it was spread by “miasma\,” or noxious air.  John Snow\, a physician and miasma skeptic\, began talking to local residents and then to plot the homes of those infected on a map of the neighborhood.  This map revealed that cases were centered on a particular pump on Broad Street and illustrated a grim truth:  turn left to get your water and your family likely dies\, turn right and you live.  After the pump was closed\, the epidemic eased\, providing one of the first solid pieces of evidence for the germ theory of disease and helping to give rise to epidemiology. \nThis is but one example of information objects playing important roles in history: \n\nThe “Exaltation of Innana\,” a Sumerian hymn composed about 2300 BCE by the high priestess Enheduanna\, likely the first known author\nInter gravissimas\, the 1582 papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII which laid out the calendar system we still use\nthe passage on slavery\, deleted during the debate on the Declaration of Independence\nThe Protocols of the Elders of Zion\, the 1903 anti-Semitic tract that in part laid the intellectual groundwork for the Holocaust\nthe poorly designed Palm Beach County “butterfly ballot” on which the 2000 US Presidential election may have hinged\n\nNot all “documents” are textual or written\, either:  consider the Riot Act\, which had to be read out to work\, the first x-ray images in 1895 which prompted a movement to wear lead undergarments for privacy\, the “We Can Do It!” poster\, widely – though erroneously – assumed to be a recruiting poster and image of Rosie the Riveter\, the AIDS Quilt\, the Zapruder Film\, the missing 18½ minutes of the Watergate tapes or even the supposed (though never produced) “list” of Communists claimed by Joseph McCarthy. \nThis webinar will tell the stories of documents\, their creation and motivation\, influence\, importance\, historical and social context\, and connections to contemporary information objects\, technologies\, and trends. Revealing the power and importance of information through these stories raises awareness of the central and critical position that information holds and also tells the story of human society and its never ending evolution. \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \nAbout the Author\n \nJoseph Janes is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington Information School. A frequent speaker in the US and abroad\, he is the author of several books on librarianship\, technology\, and their relationship\, including Library 2020\, and has written a monthly column for American Libraries magazine since 2002. He is the creator and host of Documents That Changed the World\, a popular podcast series on the cultural impacts of historic documents. He holds the M.L.S. and Ph.D. from Syracuse University\, and has taught at the University of Michigan\, the University of Toronto\, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, the State University of New York at Albany as well as at Syracuse and Washington. \nFree to ASIS&T members. Read more and register on the ASIS&T website: \nhttps://www.asist.org/events/meet-the-author-series/documents-that-changed-the-way-we-live/ \nIf You’re Unable to Attend the Live Webinar\, You Will Get Access to the Webinar Recording\, & Slides
URL:https://ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu/asistsc/event/meet-the-author-documents-that-changed-the-way-we-live/
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