New Data: The complete Dunham’s Data series is now available!
The National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture (NADAC), a data repository funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, is excited to announce the release of the final two Dunham’s Data datasets:
- Dunham's Data: Katherine Dunham and Digital Methods for Dance Historical Inquiry, Personnel Check-In, 1947-1960
- Dunham's Data: Katherine Dunham and Digital Methods for Dance Historical Inquiry, Repertory, 1937-1962
In addition, the first public-use dataset from Dunham’s Data, Dunham's Data: Katherine Dunham and Digital Methods for Dance Historical Inquiry, Everyday Itinerary, 1947-1960, released in 2020, has been expanded to encompass Dunham’s daily locations, travel, and performances every day over her most substantial period of consistent international touring.
All datasets in the Dunham’s Data series are freely available for download on the NADAC website.
About Dunham’s Data:
Digital Methods for Dance Historical Inquiry is funded by the United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC AH/R012989/1, 2018-2022) and led by Kate Elswit (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London) and Harmony Bench (The Ohio State University). The project explores questions and problems that make the analysis and visualization of data meaningful for dance history through the case study of choreographer Katherine Dunham and is part of a larger suite of ongoing digital collaborations by Bench and Elswit, Movement on the Move. The Dunham’s Data team includes digital humanities postdoctoral research assistant Antonio Jiménez-Mavillard and dance history postdoctoral research assistants Takiyah Nur Amin and Tia-Monique Uzor. To learn more about Dunham’s Data, please visit the series homepage and check out the amazing data visualizations created by the Dunham’s Data team.
Nov 21, 2022