INTRO
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I am a doctoral candidate in Information Studies at the School of Information, the University of Texas at Austin. My research interests include archives, digital cultural heritage preservation, personal digital archiving (PDA), personal information management (PIM), and technology and practices in everyday life.
I hold a master's degree in Information Studies from University at Albany and a bachelor's degree in History and Art History from Ewha woman's University.
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DISSERTATION |
Currently, I am working on my dissertation study under the guidance of Dr. Pat Galloway. My dissertation, titled "Personal Digital Archives: Preservation of Documents, Preservation of Self," applies the concepts of archives and digital preservation to ordinary individuals’ lives beyond the traditional boundary of institutional archives.
I am exploring how people preserve their digital documents and naturally build their own personal and/or family digital archives. I understand “archiving” as more than a mere activity of data backing-up, rather as a life-long process through which people naturally construct a collection of digital documents that have meanings and values to their lives. Personal digital archiving is about preserving one’s life experiences, memories, social interaction, and therefore self.
I believe that digital documents produced by contemporary individuals are an important cultural heritage that allows us to look back on our past as well as plan the future, personally and collectively. They have various social, historical, and cultural values for us and for future generations.
Dissertation proposal [PDF] - Personal digital archives: Preservation of documents, preservation of self. (Defended and approved in December 2010)
Doctoral Committee
Dr. Patricia Galloway, Associate Professor, (Committee Chair)
Dr. Philip Doty, Associate Dean
Dr. Ciaran Trace, Assistant Professor
Dr. Emilo Zamora, Professor
Dr. Don Davis, Emeritus Professor |