Distant Viewing Posters from El Salvador’s Civil War
Saturday, March 2, 10–11:30 am, PCL Learning Lab 4
In conjunction with the Institute of Latin American Studies Student Association Conference and sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Digitized visual materials are evocative artifacts for research. Finding insights, however, can be overwhelming if we are exploring vast collections of images. In this workshop, we will be using ImagePlot to visualize and plot a selection of posters from the Museum of the Word and Image (MUPI) in El Salvador, accessible through the Benson’s Latin American Digital Initiatives. Participants will learn how to create metadata from image elements and understand how this information can help in the navigation of collections.