A household used to hold only what it had made or received. Three conditions governed the materials that accumulated: scarcity, attestation, and deliberation. All three have ended. This episode examines what that means for the materials a Fellow brings into a Seminar on the Trove, and what the practitioner is now required to do that no prior generation of curators faced.
Learning objectives.
- Name the three historical conditions and explain how each has ended.
- Explain the category break that occurs when a household holds material it did not author.
- Describe the authentication problem posed by generated and restored materials.
- Place the practitioner's craft on the Ethical Continuum for handling such materials.
Chapter markers.
- Before We Walk
- The Shoebox and the Three Conditions
- The End of the Conditions
- The Category Break and the Practitioner Required
- The Walking Reflection
- Coda
What is Thought Walker: Legacy Collection Curator Edition?
Thought Walker is the audio companion to the Legacy Collection Curator curriculum. Each episode follows one chapter of the Handbook and is built for listening on a walk. Two hosts work through the chapter together. The Handbook is the authoritative source. These conversations are the chapter in motion.