Soft Architectures

I’m Dr. Alexandra Chassanoff and I’m currently working an Assistant Professor in Digital Curation at the School of Information and Library Science, at UNC Chapel Hill.  I also co-direct Hacking into History, a community engagement project exploring the role that archival sources can play in deepening historical understanding. My research and teaching focus on born-digital cultural heritage, with an emphasis on community-driven approaches to curation and preservation.

NEWS AND UPDATES – 08/2023

• I am excited to be working with the Civic Switchboard Project on Civic Data Literacy for Libraries, a newly awarded IMLS grant to host regional institutes for library workers interested in serving as intermediaries between community members and civic data.
• In September, I’ll be moderating a panel at iPRES 2023 called “Community is We: Modeling Collective Action as a Framework for Digital Preservation.” The focus of our discussion is how can collective action build global capacity for digital stewardship?
• The Hacking into History Project is pleased to be joining a roundtable discussion with covenant projects from across the US at the 10th Biennial Conference of the Urban History Association: Reparations and the Right to the City.