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W06: Fostering Civic Engagement Through Digital Archives – The Revolutionary City Project

Author: Miller, Bayard
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17661233
Source: https://zenodo.org/records/17661233/files/Miller_Rev_City_DLF_2025.pdf
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Fos e ing Ci ic Engagemen Th ough Digi al
A chi es
Baya d L. Mille
Ame ican Philosophical Socie y
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P esen a ion O e iew
1. P ojec Backg ound
2. Why is his p ojec impo an ?
3. The p ojec as i s ands
4. Whe e do we go om he e?
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Ame ican Philosophical Socie y (APS)
●Founded by Benjamin F anklin
in 1743 o “p omo e use ul
knowledge.”
●14 million pages o
manusc ip s
●325,000+ books
●500,000+ digi al objec s
●20TB o bo n-digi al ma e ial
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Cen e o Digi al Schola ship
Who we a e…
●Baya d L. Mille , Associa e Di ec o o
Digi al ini ia i es & Technology
●Sab ina Bocaneg a, Head o Digi al
Access
●Da id Nelson, Digi al Schola ship
P og amme
●Yumi Shi oma, Digi al Schola ship
Specialis
●Elias La alde, Assis an Digi al
A chi is 5

Wha we
do…
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Wha is Re Ci y?
Co e Goals
1. B eak Ins i u ional Ba ie s
2. Su aced unde ep esen ed na a i es
3. Ci ics Educa ion
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The Re olu iona y Ci y (h ps:// he e olu iona yci y.o g/)
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Why is he sp ead o dis and misin o ma ion plaguing ou
socie y when we ha e ins i u ions and p o essions ha exis
o p o ec he eliabili y and au hen ici y o , and ensu e access
o, e idence o ou cul u e and human expe ience?
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A he ede al le el he Uni ed S a es spends
app oxima ely $50 pe yea pe s uden on STEM
ields and app oxima ely $0.05 pe s uden pe
yea on ci ics (his o y, social s udies, economics,
go e nmen , e c…).
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“The 250 h is mean o celeb a e ou
coun y’s his o y and spi i , bu only 16%
o Gen Z is p oud o li e in Ame ica. We
a e going o ha e o o e come he
signi ican apa hy and disillusionmen ha
Gen Z is eeling abou ou coun y…”
Came on Ka z, Made By US
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I we don' ha e he esou ces o do i he way some hink
i should be done is i no wo h doing a all?
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Te mina ion le e o a g an o und an his o ic
wea he da a p ojec
New es ic ions p ohibi ing unded p ojec s om inclusi e p ojec
planning.
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P esen a ion O e iew
1. P ojec Backg ound
2. Why is his p ojec impo an ?
3. The p ojec as i s ands
4. Whe e do we go om he e?
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The Py amid o Sa e Democ acy 25
Unco e ing Indigenous Voices
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k aken/eSc ip o ium - HTR so wa e packages
●Open sou ce
●Ac i e communi y o use s and main aine s globally
●APS se s e ms o elease o he da a
●APS se s pa ame e s o model aining
●Downside: we ha e o do con igu e he so wa e ou sel es and supply he
po en ially cos ly ha dwa e needed
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T ansc ip ion & Con en : Two Sides o he Same Coin
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Build wi h, no o …
A he ede al le el he Uni ed S a es spends app oxima ely $50
pe yea pe s uden on STEM ields and app oxima ely $0.05
pe s uden pe yea on ci ics (his o y, social s udies, economics,
go e nmen , e c…).
●Schola s - The baked in audience in eg al o he p ojec 's success. They can help
us make sense o ou eco ds in a way ha can speak o new audiences.
●Communi y - Public e en s and p og amming, museum audiences, and essayis ic
con en ha will appeal o public audiences.
●Educa o s - We a e ac i ely cou ing educa o s om public schools a all g ade
le els, museum educa o s, and communi y college p o esso s.
●Ongoing ques ions o eaching Gene a ion Z and beyond!!!
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Engage Local Educa o s!
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Class oom Resou ces
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"Democ acy may ha e been he igh
sys em o go e nmen o Ame ica a one
ime, bu oday we need o mo e o a
sys em ha gi es a s ong leade he powe
o do wha is necessa y o ge hings done."
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Engage he You h!
Founded o: “unleash access o his o y and
ci ics educa ion o young adul s by
mee ing hem whe e hey a e wi h
c edible… esou ces sou ced om a
na ionwide ne wo k o cul u al
ins i u ions.”
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The Kids a e Al igh !
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I we wo k oge he , we can be he oes…
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