The Data in Dialogue series offers participants a "behind the scenes" look at a Chicago-relevant dataset, archive, or other resource for research about the city. As the work of Miranda Fricker and others have taught us, data are not neutral. How we construct our episteme—that is, what we consider to be knowledge and what we reject from consideration—is often as important to the conclusions we reach as the rigor with which we pursue our research methods and the incisiveness of our analyses. Sessions in this series will open critical conversations with Chicagoans responsible for making decisions about data at all stages in its "life-cycle," from collection to curation to publication to representation.
This session will introduce participants to the Chicago History Museum's Research Center, which holds the printed material, archives and manuscripts, prints and photographs, architectural drawings, and assorted ephemera of the Chicago History Museum. Join Chicago Studies and Ellen Keith, Director of Research and Access and Chief Librarian at the Chicago History Museum, for an in depth look at the vast resources available through the Research Center.
After this session we hope that you will:
- Explore the Chicago History Museum's (CHM) Research Collections and Image Database
- Attend one of CHM's upcoming virtual events
- Read this article on the Sun-Times collection by the Reader
- Apply for a Chicago Studies Quarter