University of Hong Kong
Institution: University of Hong Kong

Since 2019, the Big Data Studies Lab (BDS) has pursued experimental research that rethinks the role of the humanities in the Zettabyte era. BDSL’s objective is not hasty theorization but rather to empirically demonstrate our arguments through experiments and field research.

BDSL deposit a part of “Archives of the Future” research focus concerning bit durability and how digital historians can, and should, act in response to the impending digital dark age.

Deposit Contents: Javier Cha Articles to 2022, Korean Sihwa Collections, Cultural History of Chopsticks in the East and the West, Global History of Chinese Restaurants throughout Postcards, Indigenous Land Rights Documents of the Six Nations, Canada.

Read more about University of Hong Kong:

https://bigdatastudies.net/

Other collections

A feature film from Svalbard

Hans Petter Moland

A feature film from Svalbard

The renowned Norwegian Director, Hans Petter Moland has chosen to deposit a classic Norwegian film Zero Kelvin (Kjærlighetens Kjøtere), filmed...

Hans Petter Moland
Sea Walls & Mangrove Trees in the Pacific Region

Christian Clauwers

Sea Walls & Mangrove Trees in the Pacific Region

Christian Clauwers is a Belgian photographer, explorer, public speaker and author. His work covers the world's oceans and the polar regions whilst...

Christian Clauwers
30 years of Brazilian life stories

Brazilian Museum of the Person

30 years of Brazilian life stories

The Museum of the Person, a virtual and collaborative museum dedicated to the recording, preservation and dissemination of life stories,...

Brazilian Museum of the Person

Want to join a deposit on Svalbard?

To visit Svalbard is on many people's bucket list, and we recommend everyone who stores their precious memories in AWA to participate in a deposit ceremony.

Image of the invitation to the deposit ceremony