Adventures in Factual Biography
Catherine Marshall
Several Friday Seminar talks this term have highlighted large-scale factual biography efforts. I’ll discuss factual biography from a practitioner’s perspective using examples from a decade’s worth of biographical research. The hundreds of factual biographies I’ve teased from diverse data sources effectively illustrate social and technological issues anticipated by the literature. They also reveal potential tensions, trade-offs, and hazards when factual biographies are assembled at scale.
This seminar will be held both online & in person. You are welcome to join us either in South Hall or via Zoom.
For online participants
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Speaker
Cathy Marshall is an adjunct professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University. She was previously a principal researcher at Microsoft Research, Silicon Valley.
Contact
If you have questions about this event, please contact Michael Buckland.
Getting to South Hall
Accessibility
If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting, CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) or information about mobility access in order to fully participate in this event, please contact Heather Rapp with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7–10 days in advance of the event.
