https://video.rhizome.org/videos/watch/5abcf089-0898-4d2b-a45d-65d02e39b69d The Ethics of Digital Folklore March 23, 2018 at the New Museum, New York eaw.rhizome.org Image macros, photos of kittens, and other vernacular forms–created by users, for users–are the most important, beautiful, and misunderstood aspects of internet culture. Digital folklore raises particular ethical issues for archivists and researchers in that users’ labor is treated as data fodder, attribution and permission are difficult to establish, and what gets celebrated and remembered tends to replicate existing cultural biases. Frances Corry Doctoral Student, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, USC Dragan Espenschied (moderator) Preservation Director, Rhizome Ruth Gebreyesus Writer & Producer Ian Milligan Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Waterloo Ari Spool Community Operations Manager, GIPHY Thu, 28 May 2026 11:48:24 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video-new.rhizome.org https://video-new.rhizome.org/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.rhizome.org/videos/watch/5abcf089-0898-4d2b-a45d-65d02e39b69d All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video-new.rhizome.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.