Episode 23: Digital History as Public History

About this episode

Dr. Benjamin Cawthra discusses digital history and its intersection with public history with Dr. Jamila Moore-Pewu and Scherly Virgill.

In Episode Twenty-three, Dr. Benjamin Cawthra talks with CSUF Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities and New Media in History, Dr. Jamila Moore-Pewu, and CSUF History graduate and Digital Ethnic Futures Outreach Coordinator, Scherly Virgill. They discuss the growing field of digital history, its relationship with public history, and collaborating on various digital history projects, including Mapping Arts - Orange County and Networked OC, a digital public humanities project that seeks to document the past, present, and future of Black-owned businesses and community organizations in Orange County through digital maps and data storytelling. Later, in our Out of the Archives segment, archivist Natalie Garcia presents clips from oral history interviews in our African American History collections.

People in this episode

Hosts: Benjamin Cawthra, Natalie Garcia

Guests: Scherly Virgill, Dr Jamila Moore-Pewu

Topics covered

• digital history
• public history
• digital humanities
• community organizations
• oral history

Keywords

• Mapping Arts - Orange County
• Networked OC
• Black-owned businesses
• data storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Mapping Arts - Orange County, Networked OC

Books & works: Digital History as Public History, Out of the Archives

Places: Orange County

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