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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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    A woman engineer connects flight deck control wires

    Data Lifeboat: Deeper research into the challenge of archiving social media objects

    Digital photography is worth collecting...but how?

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    Welcome, Eryk!

    AI researcher and new media artist, Eryk Salvaggio joins as our first research fellow for 2024.

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    Data Lifeboat Update 2: More questions than answers

    Sketches of software, the labyrinth of licensing, and the selection of standards.

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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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    Introducing Flickypedia, our first tool

    Come and meet our first tool, Flickypedia!

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    Data Lifeboat: NEH Grant Update 1

    Our Data Lifeboat project has begun! Meet the crew, and the many, many questions...

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    Welcome, Susan!

    Our fundraising department is born!

    Meet Susan

    Our 2024 plan

    Learn about our intentions for our projects, pipeline, and people for 2024

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    Black and white photograph featuring a white woman blowing out candles on a birthday cake. She is surrounded by another seated woman and a man, standing behind her. On the photo is handwritten 'Nov 22-45' and 'Celebrating Marge's birthday'.

    Sixteen years of Flickr Commons

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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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    The Rolling Stones playing a concert in a small auditorium. Mick Jagger is jumping in the air and the word DECCA is on the back brick wall in sans serif letter.

    14. Celebrity Surprises

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