Reframing Digital Curation Practices through a Computational Thinking Framework
Richard J. Marciano, Sarah Agarrat, Hannah Frisch, Margaret Rose Hunt, Kanishka Jain, Genevieve Kocienda, Hannah Krauss, Chenxi Liu, Mary G. McKinley, Danish Ahmad Mir, Connor Mullane, Patterson Emery, Pradhan Debashish, Santos James, Britton Schams, Hilary Szu Yin Shiue, Andy Jose Silva, Mayhah Suri, Tahura Turabi, Mirielle Vasselli · 2019
We describe the value of reframing digital curation practices through a computational thinking (CT) framework. Using a case study that demonstrates computational treatments of World War II Japanese-American Incarceration Camp Records, we demonstrate the applicability of CT with respect to: (1) Detecting personally identifiable information, (2) Developing name registries, (3) Integrating vital records, (4) Designing controlled vocabularies, (5) Mapping events and people, and (6) Connecting events and people through networks. The work was carried out by 5 teams of students in an 8week digital curation exploration and development sprint.