1st Edition
Digital Genealogy as Second-Wave Digital Humanities Approaching Nineteenth-Century Grampian with Digital Resources
By Iain E. Riddell
Copyright 2025
278 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
278 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In the first major engagement with Aberdeenshire’s rural society since Carter’s The Poor Man’s Country of 1979, Riddell’s study of Northeast Scotland encourages readers to consider the vast potential held by Digital Genealogy for second-wave Digital Humanities.
Often overlooked in contemporary historical scholarship, this study carves out a place for Digital Genealogy in academia. Riddell... Read more
List of Figures
Glossary of Terms
Chapter One Genealogical Endeavour
Chapter Two Qualitative Potential
Chapter Three Generative Herstory
Chapter Four Interpretive Participation
Chapter Five Experientially Categorising
Chapter Six Emotive Discourses
Chapter Seven Activated Hallmarks
Appendices
Index
Biography
Iain E. Riddell is an independent researcher who works primarily with community networks connected to northeast Scotland (1790-1920) to consider genealogical endeavour in the digital age and analyse the nature of nineteenth-century Grampian set against dominant perceptions of Britishness. He is the author of the article To Alleviate or Elevate the Euroamerican Genealogy Fever (2018).
