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Letters spelling out TO SEE WORLD resting on a wall outside in front of a brick wall

Anil Dash - using community to build power

"The common theme was that belief that the web was about giving people power and a voice to hold the powerful accountable. It really did happen! We didn’t imagine it! And it got fully subverted."

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black and white image of a straight razor with bloodstains on it.

4,400 new glass negatives added to Flickr Commons

Please welcome the Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law Library to Flickr Commons! Our first Hungarian member.

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Meet Elizabeth Goodspeed, Casual Archivist

"Entire categories of imagery or creators can disappear simply because no one thought they mattered in the moment. That’s the tension between saving and hoarding."

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African American men and women posed for portrait on steps at Atlanta University, Georgia

Repurposing and Remixing Archival Images

Looking closer at a passing piece of pop culture.

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color photograph of a black woman in a print dress holding a book looking up at the photographer

Black History Through Archival Images 2

More stories of carefully curated Flickr albums that tell us stories about Black history in the US.

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Four young blackboys, three in 4h t-shirts, stand behind their prize-winning cow

Black History Through Archival Images

Many carefully curated Flickr albums tell us stories about Black history in the US.

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An unidentified girl is seen in a goat cart

Reopening the doors to Flickr Commons

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Two men standing by a bell which is significantly larger than either one of them, in a jungle setting

16. Just A Cool Bell

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A small cat rubbing up against an old box camera

15. Cat Pictures, Mostly

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two women examine and put books into a box that says State Library of New South Wales Circulating Box

13. Knowledge in Motion – Book Transportation

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a woman in a flight outfit standsby a small airplane. There is a medium sized dog sitting on the wing of the airplane next to her

12. Name That Aviatrix – Assembling Knowledge From Many Sources

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a collection of young turkish children gather on a set of steps and look at the photographer

11. Showcasing Changes Over Time

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Photograph of a man getting his head tattooed with a butterfly

10. Careful Curation for Serendipitous Discovery

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illustration of a reddish seahorse

9. Increasing Access to Fragile Materials

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A man laying on a beac with his head in his hands, shown looking slightly downward on the top of his head

8. Meeting the photographers

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