Episode 10: Medieval Books and Modern Labor
Caitlin Postal and Bridget Whearty discuss labor ethics in digital medieval studies, manuscript digitization processes, and Bridget's forthcoming book, Digital Codicology. Bridget Whearty is an Assistant Professor at Binghamton University. She is the creator of the Caswell Test, named after and inspired by the work of Michelle Caswell (#CaswellTest) and co-editor for the special issue of Archive Journal dedicated to Digital Medieval Manuscript Cultures. Her first book, Digital Codicology: Medieval Books and Modern Labor, is forthcoming from Stanford University Press's Text Technologies series. Find Bridget on Twitter @BridgetWhearty. Transcript and more information at https://codingcodices.wordpress.com/2022/02/04/episode-10-medieval-books-and-modern-labor/. Music credits: theme music: TeknoAXE, “Chiptune Nobility” (CC BY 4.0); interludes: Curran Son, "The Red Fox Tavern." Recorded 21 October 2021. Produced and edited by Caitlin Postal (@goingpostale).