Data is ubiquitous, but what story does it tell? In Fall 2024 course AS.389.313 Data and the Digital in Museums, rather than creating new data, students examined the data and the metadata that already exists in museum exhibits. They chose five items from an exhibit and recreated it online in Omeka to explore the provenance of the items, the audience, and the narrative that the metadata told. For their final assignment, they took these same five items and created a narrative from a new perspective.
To help develop this new story, the class covered topics including reparative description, repatriation, ownership, and data visualization.
