Dr Tasha Kitcher
@tashakitcher.bsky.social
Digital Researcher at the National Archives, UK
Historian and curator focused on media history, history of science and technology, and digital approaches to the study of history
Historian and curator focused on media history, history of science and technology, and digital approaches to the study of history
It’s live! Wooo! Don’t tell me if you spot a mistake, I am fragile
Wow my thesis embargo ends tomorrow are we all counting down the hours?
repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/the...
repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/the...
The Electrophone: the life and death of a Victorian broadcasting device 1893 - 2023
The life and death of a Victorian broadcasting device 1893 - 2023
repository.lboro.ac.uk
November 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
It’s live! Wooo! Don’t tell me if you spot a mistake, I am fragile
Wow my thesis embargo ends tomorrow are we all counting down the hours?
repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/the...
repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/the...
The Electrophone: the life and death of a Victorian broadcasting device 1893 - 2023
The life and death of a Victorian broadcasting device 1893 - 2023
repository.lboro.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Wow my thesis embargo ends tomorrow are we all counting down the hours?
repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/the...
repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/the...
Today at 1pm you can hear all about why the digital preservation of silly internet content is no laughing matter. Looking forward to talks from Arran Rees and Jacob Bickford - sign up via Eventbrite! 🐏
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-laughin...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-laughin...
No laughing matter: Preserving humour in a digital age
Explore the importance of documenting meme culture in digital archives in this Research Routes event
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Today at 1pm you can hear all about why the digital preservation of silly internet content is no laughing matter. Looking forward to talks from Arran Rees and Jacob Bickford - sign up via Eventbrite! 🐏
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-laughin...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-laughin...
Reposted by Dr Tasha Kitcher
The UK Government Web Archive is one of the world’s largest openly accessible internet archives, with 25+ years of digital material published by the government. We were glad to join The National Archives in hosting a user workshop. Thanks to all participants! www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/webarchive/
UK Government Web Archive
We capture, preserve, and make accessible UK central government information published on the web from 1996 to present.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
October 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The UK Government Web Archive is one of the world’s largest openly accessible internet archives, with 25+ years of digital material published by the government. We were glad to join The National Archives in hosting a user workshop. Thanks to all participants! www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/webarchive/
I only moved to Brighton for a chance to live nearer an Electrophone
October 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I only moved to Brighton for a chance to live nearer an Electrophone
Reposted by Dr Tasha Kitcher
Join us on 20 November for the Annual Digital Lecture, a partnership between The National Archives, UK and the School of Advanced Study. The wonderful @nannathylstrup.bsky.social will be speaking about ‘When saving becomes loss: archival memory in the digital age’. Free to register!
When saving becomes loss: Archival memory in the digital age
Explore archival memory, data loss, and attempts to preserve the past in the digital age at this year’s Annual Digital Lecture.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Join us on 20 November for the Annual Digital Lecture, a partnership between The National Archives, UK and the School of Advanced Study. The wonderful @nannathylstrup.bsky.social will be speaking about ‘When saving becomes loss: archival memory in the digital age’. Free to register!
History IS for everyone, see! (National Archives cat!!!)
September 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
History IS for everyone, see! (National Archives cat!!!)
As part of the National Archives' new research seminar series, Research Routes, I'll be hosting @arranjrees.bsky.social in October for a talk all about digital preservation and humour. Come join!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-laughin...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-laughin...
No laughing matter: Preserving humour in a digital age
Explore the importance of documenting meme culture in digital archives in this Research Routes event
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
As part of the National Archives' new research seminar series, Research Routes, I'll be hosting @arranjrees.bsky.social in October for a talk all about digital preservation and humour. Come join!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-laughin...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-laughin...
Working at the National Archives is great, I mean, look at THIS!
(Part of CO 1069/611, supplied today by @hcraddock.bsky.social)
(Part of CO 1069/611, supplied today by @hcraddock.bsky.social)
August 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Working at the National Archives is great, I mean, look at THIS!
(Part of CO 1069/611, supplied today by @hcraddock.bsky.social)
(Part of CO 1069/611, supplied today by @hcraddock.bsky.social)
Alongside the UKGWA team, I'm hosting two free half-day workshops this October to teach researchers more about the web archive, and shape our future researcher offering.
If you are a web archive user, or are keen to learn more, you can register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-governm...
If you are a web archive user, or are keen to learn more, you can register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-governm...
UK Government Web Archive Researcher Workshops
Explore the UK Government Web Archive, one of the world’s largest openly accessible internet archives, in workshops.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Alongside the UKGWA team, I'm hosting two free half-day workshops this October to teach researchers more about the web archive, and shape our future researcher offering.
If you are a web archive user, or are keen to learn more, you can register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-governm...
If you are a web archive user, or are keen to learn more, you can register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-governm...
Copyright and other ethical issues temporarily aside, I do sometimes wonder if the Venn diagram of “people moaning about AI ruining our ability to think for ourselves” and “people that worried about the introduction of calculators” might be a circle
June 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Copyright and other ethical issues temporarily aside, I do sometimes wonder if the Venn diagram of “people moaning about AI ruining our ability to think for ourselves” and “people that worried about the introduction of calculators” might be a circle
Reposted by Dr Tasha Kitcher
ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.
June 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.
Truly, how does anyone ever find the motivation to publish their PhD research (if they do not work in a university)
May 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Truly, how does anyone ever find the motivation to publish their PhD research (if they do not work in a university)
The best thing about working with web archives is, hands-down, the absolutely ludicrous designs we thought were acceptable in the early 2000s
Check out the page itself to see a man fall over: webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/200401...
Check out the page itself to see a man fall over: webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/200401...
May 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The best thing about working with web archives is, hands-down, the absolutely ludicrous designs we thought were acceptable in the early 2000s
Check out the page itself to see a man fall over: webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/200401...
Check out the page itself to see a man fall over: webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/200401...
Reposted by Dr Tasha Kitcher
I know nothing else about any of this but wow what a time for an American pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I know nothing else about any of this but wow what a time for an American pope
On today, the final day of Skype, can we appreciate my initial PhD interview was hosted on there! My PhD on convergence and dead media! This cracks me up
May 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
On today, the final day of Skype, can we appreciate my initial PhD interview was hosted on there! My PhD on convergence and dead media! This cracks me up
I’m walking 26 miles for Alzheimer’s Society next week! It’s a hard time to be asking anyone for money, but if you have anything to spare for this amazing charity that would be really appreciated (and make me feel a bit better while I’m limping in the weeks after)
www.justgiving.com/page/tasha-a...
www.justgiving.com/page/tasha-a...
Tasha and Josh walk ANOTHER marathon for Alzheimer's Society!
Help Tasha Kitcher raise money to support Alzheimer's Society
www.justgiving.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I’m walking 26 miles for Alzheimer’s Society next week! It’s a hard time to be asking anyone for money, but if you have anything to spare for this amazing charity that would be really appreciated (and make me feel a bit better while I’m limping in the weeks after)
www.justgiving.com/page/tasha-a...
www.justgiving.com/page/tasha-a...
Half-joking BUT given the overuse of GenAI in job applications... are employers now looking more kindly on typos in job apps? At least that person didn't use a bot!
April 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Half-joking BUT given the overuse of GenAI in job applications... are employers now looking more kindly on typos in job apps? At least that person didn't use a bot!
Reposted by Dr Tasha Kitcher
If you’re a follower and you’ve ever used a web archive for historical work, I’d be really interested in hearing about your project and your approach to the archive. Please get in touch if you exist!
April 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
If you’re a follower and you’ve ever used a web archive for historical work, I’d be really interested in hearing about your project and your approach to the archive. Please get in touch if you exist!
If you’re a follower and you’ve ever used a web archive for historical work, I’d be really interested in hearing about your project and your approach to the archive. Please get in touch if you exist!
April 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
If you’re a follower and you’ve ever used a web archive for historical work, I’d be really interested in hearing about your project and your approach to the archive. Please get in touch if you exist!
Spring is here: goslings and flowers amid a day in the office
April 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Spring is here: goslings and flowers amid a day in the office
Reposted by Dr Tasha Kitcher
🚀 Shaping the future of RSEs in Arts & Humanities! Two key reports outline a national vision - essential reading for all disciplines. Developed by the community, for the community. Dive in & be part of the conversation! 🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno... doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
April 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🚀 Shaping the future of RSEs in Arts & Humanities! Two key reports outline a national vision - essential reading for all disciplines. Developed by the community, for the community. Dive in & be part of the conversation! 🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno... doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Does the telephone in the first image give away who curated this? 😂
We worked with the Science Museum to develop an interactive exhibit about The Congruence Engine, a 3-year research effort to digitally connect industrial heritage collections across the UK. Read more about our collaboration, focused on the industrial city of Bradford:
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stamen.com/navigating-p...
April 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Does the telephone in the first image give away who curated this? 😂
We have made a tool
It is perfect
What do you mean it cannot count R’s
It is perfect
What do you mean it cannot count R’s
March 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We have made a tool
It is perfect
What do you mean it cannot count R’s
It is perfect
What do you mean it cannot count R’s
Life sentence for anyone who eats a smelly breakfast on the 7 o’clock commuter train
March 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Life sentence for anyone who eats a smelly breakfast on the 7 o’clock commuter train