Expanding the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery Research Consortium

FAIN: HAA-258826-18

Monticello (Charlottesville, VA 22902-0316)
Jillian E. Galle (Project Director: June 2017 to present)
Worthy N. Martin (Co Project Director: August 2017 to present)

Participating institutions:
Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc. (Charlottesville, VA) - Applicant/Recipient
Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) - Participating Institution

Major infrastructure improvements to the multi-institutional Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery.

Over the past two decades, archaeologists have struggled to discover how the web can help them collaborate across institutional boundaries to generate accurate and commensurate data, share them publicly, and analyze them to advance our understanding of human history. This proposal from the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery, based at Monticello, offers linked social and digital strategies that can meet these challenges in the archaeological study of early-modern slave societies. The project seeks Level III funding to enhance proven open-source software (www.daaacrc.org) and training programs that provide our collaborators with flexibility in how they collect data and share it with diverse stakeholders. The project will optimize search and navigation on the DAACS website (www.daacs.org) to accommodate a 10-fold increase in the number of archaeological sites represented. The project would demonstrate how a core facility like DAACS can leverage collaboration among researchers working in diverse institutions.

Associated Products

DAACS Summer Institute 2022 (Blog Post)
Title: DAACS Summer Institute 2022
Author: Jillian Galle
Abstract: This short 10-minute video provides a visual overview of the DAACS Summer Institute at Monticello, funded in part by the NEH Sustainability Matching grant that accompanied the DHAG grant funding.
Date: 08/15/2022
Primary URL: https://vimeo.com/745608291
Website: https://vimeo.com/745608291

DAACS Summer Institute Syllabus and Schedule on GitHub Repository (Web Resource)
Title: DAACS Summer Institute Syllabus and Schedule on GitHub Repository
Author: Jillian Galle
Abstract: This web resource provides access to the DAACS Summer Institute 2022 Syllabus and Schedule.
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://github.com/DAACS-Research-Consortium/DAACS-Summer-Institute/blob/main/Schedule-and-Syllabus/DSI2022_ScheduleLogistics.docx.pdf
Primary URL Description: GitHub repository for DAACS Summer Institute.

DAACS Summer Institute Powerpoints and Resources (Web Resource)
Title: DAACS Summer Institute Powerpoints and Resources
Author: Various
Abstract: Github link to powerpoint presentations and other resources given during the DAACS Summer Institute 2022.
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://github.com/DAACS-Research-Consortium/DAACS-Summer-Institute/tree/main/Powerpoints-and-Resources

DAACS Summer Institute GitHub Repository (Web Resource)
Title: DAACS Summer Institute GitHub Repository
Author: Elizabeth Bollwerk
Author: Jillian Galle
Abstract: Github Repository for 2022 DAACS Summer Institute.
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://github.com/DAACS-Research-Consortium/DAACS-Summer-Institute

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