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Thursday, November 19, 12;30 pmSpecial Collections Instruction Space - University of Arizona Library
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The Southwest Center invites you to the 2026 Bazy Tankersley Southwest Laureate Lecture, featuring Dr. Adriana Corral Bustos. In her presentation, she will examine the epistemological and methodological transformation that digital technologies have brought to the social sciences and humanities, focusing on how historical knowledge is produced, shared, and preserved. From a critical perspective, the lecture explores the intersection between Digital Humanities and Public History. It cautions against the risks of "technological fetishism" and the sociopolitical biases built into algorithms, arguing that digitization goes beyond a simple change of medium to fundamentally redefine collective memory and identity. Dr. Corral Bustos demonstrates how digital repositories safeguard both tangible and intangible cultural heritage while fostering the co-production of knowledge and expanding democratic access to information. Finally, it reflects on the vulnerability and ephemeral nature of virtual archives amid today's information overload. The presentation concludes that the greatest challenge for 21st-century humanists is not merely technical, but ethical and political: ensuring democratization and open access to historical heritage without sacrificing analytical rigor, ethics, or epistemic diversity in the face of the digital whirlwind.
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University of Arizona Libraries, 1510 E. University Blvd.,Tucson,AZ,United States
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