Staffan Müller-Wille from University of Exeter delivers a talk titled “Data Selection and Re-Use in Franz Boas’ Anthropometric Studies.” This talk was included in the session titled “Machineries and Objects of Data.”

Part of “Histories of Data and the Database,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 18–19, 2016.

Staffan Müller-Wille from University of Exeter delivers a talk titled “Data Selection and Re-Use in Franz Boas’ Anthropometric Studies.” This talk was included in the session titled “Machineries and Objects of Data.” Part of “Histories of Data and the Database,” a conference held at The Huntington Nov. 18–19, 2016.

Data Selection and Re-Use in Franz Boas’ Anthropometric Studies

In the age of internet searches and social media, data has become hot—and not for the first time. An international group of historians will consider the promises, fears, practices, and technologies for recording and transmitting data in the 18th century to the present, including the implications for the lives of citizens and subjects. The conference was held at The Huntington on Nov. 18–19, 2016.

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