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Exploring Cyberinfrastructure: Memory, Oblivion, and Digital Preservation

This work by Geoffrey C. Bowker from Santa Clara University delves into the concept of cyberinfrastructure as a means of preserving digital traces in an age of rapid information loss. It addresses critical questions about data purging, the implications of forgetting in the digital realm, and the cultural memory embedded in our archives. Drawing on historical references, such as the Leveller Petition of 1648, Bowker argues for the importance of remembering the past while navigating the complexities of digital data management and the act of oblivion.

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Exploring Cyberinfrastructure: Memory, Oblivion, and Digital Preservation

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  1. Cyberinfrastructure for the Ages Geoffrey C. Bowker Santa Clara University http://epl.scu.edu/~gbowker http://www.scu.edu/sts

  2. The Archeology of the Trace • OCLC • NCCJ • CSL • SRI

  3. Data Destroyer Section 9: Purging files

  4. Muddled over your moths? Just check the bar code

  5. The Act of Oblivion • he well knows, that a general act of oblivion is the best bond of peace (King Charles, 1647) • The things and worthy Acts which have bin done and atchieved by this Army and their Adherents ( how ever ingratefully suffered to be scandalized as Sectaries and men of Corrupt Judgements ) in defence of the just authority of this honourable House, and of the common liberties of the Nation, and in opposition to all kind of Tyranny and oppression, being so far from meriting an odious Act of Oblivion, that they rather deserve a most honourable Act of perpetual rememberance, to be as a patern of publik vertue, fidelity, & resolution to all posterity. (Leveller Petition, February 1648)

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