Matthew Kidd

2 papers indexed

openalexArchival Science2026-07-24

Should sensitive archival images be shown? The case for applying AI to colonial archives

Lise Jaillant, Matthew Kidd, Lingjia Zhao

Abstract Should sensitive archival images be shown—and if so, how? This article examines the ethical, legal, and technical stakes of providing access to colonial-era photographs at scale for researchers, archivists, curators, and wider online publics, including members of source…

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arxivcs.CLcs.AIcs.DLcs.IRcs.LG2026-07-10

Letting the Data Speak: Extracting Keywords from Crowdsourced Collections with AI

Miguel Arana-Catania, Catherine Conisbee, Matthew Kidd

Identifying and assigning keywords at scale is a technical, practical, and ethical challenge for crowdsourced collections. This article reports the findings of the "Extracting Keywords from Crowdsourced Collections" project, which used the Their Finest Hour Online Archive, a crow…

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