Εξειδίκευση τύπου :	Άρθρο σε επιστημονικό περιοδικό
Τίτλος:	Reassembling the Archive: Datafication and the Digital Afterlife of Early Public Officials in 19th-century Greece
Δημιουργός/Συγγραφέας:	Chrysanthopoulos, Christos Charamopoulos, Leonidas Koniali, Christina Liagka, Margarita Sarafis, Vangelis [EL] Δημητρόπουλος, Δημήτρης[EN] Dimitropoulos, Dimitris Seirinidou, Vaso
Ημερομηνία:	2025-07-17
Γλώσσα:	Αγγλικά
ISSN:	2623-4629 (on line)
DOI:	10.26265/jiim.v10i1.41266
Περιγραφή:	Purpose — This paper explores the epistemological implications of datafication in historical research through the case study of the BioState project, which digitally reconstructs the careers of early public officials in 19th-century Greece. The project demonstrates how archival traces are reassembled as structured data, creating an administrative archive that never existed in institutional form. Design/methodology/approach — The study is based on the implementation of a semantic relational database using the Heurist platform, which models historical records as interconnected entities. Methodologically, the project integrates ontology-driven data modeling, archival documentation, and interpretive strategies to convert fragmentary sources into a coherent digital prosopographical system. Findings — BioState highlights that datafication is not a neutral act of digitization but a performative reconstitution of historical meaning. The project reveals how archival traces, originally non-standardized and dispersed, are transformed into a queryable knowledge system. Originality/value — This work contributes to digital historiography by advancing a theoretical and practical model for reconstituting absent or fragmented archives. It proposes that the digital archive should be seen not as a repository of the past but as a performative apparatus that enacts new forms of historical visibility. The concept of the "digital afterlife" is introduced to describe how bureaucratic traces acquire renewed significance within computational environments.
Τίτλος πηγής δημοσίευσης:	Journal of Integrated Information Management
Τόμος/Κεφάλαιο:	10
Τεύχος:	1
Σελίδες:	8–18
Θεματική Κατηγορία:	[EL] Ιστορία[EN] History [EL] Αρχεία[EN] Archives
Λέξεις-Κλειδιά:	Administrative history Public officials Historical data modeling Prosopography
Χρονική Κάλυψη:	19ος αιώνας
Αναγνωριστικό χρηματοδοτικού προγράμματος:	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Κάτοχος πνευματικών δικαιωμάτων:	© 2025 by the authors
Όροι και προϋποθέσεις δικαιωμάτων:	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Ηλεκτρονική διεύθυνση στον εκδότη (link):	https://doi.org/10.26265/jiim.v10i1.41266
Εμφανίζεται στις συλλογές:	Τομέας Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών - Επιστημονικό έργο