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Ruth Ahnert, Emma Griffin, Mia Ridge and Giorgia Tolfo describe the practical work of conducting digital historical research through the Living with Machines project. Their subject is the collaboration needed to investigate mechanisation in nineteenth-century Britain using large collections of previously digitised cultural material.
The account follows a research project from its initial organisation through the use of historical collections, the construction of technical infrastructure and the development of collaborative working methods. It explains why access to data, the condition of collections and the relationships among institutions can matter as much as the choice of a computational technique.
The authors also consider how an interdisciplinary team responds to changing circumstances, including the disruption of remote working. Their lessons concern historical research practice and the management of shared inquiry, rather than a simple recipe for applying new software. The complete original volume includes the authorship statement, project diagrams and references.
Ruth Ahnert; Emma Griffin; Mia Ridge; Giorgia Tolfo. Collaborative Historical Research in the Age of Big Data: Lessons from an Interdisciplinary Project. Cambridge University Press, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009175548. Licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; the unchanged original edition and its required notices are retained.