Digitise or Perish: Unlocking Cultural Memory Online

Who we are is determined by what we remember; after all, history is nothing but a narrative of cobbled-together facts. Through the internet and various digitisation technologies, we've seen an unprecedented change in how and what we can archive – and therefore our ability to access history. Mel Campbell sheds light on these informational catacombs.

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