![]() Rosenthal mentioned several types of historical records based on data, like records of cotton picking, price inventories of the lives of enslaved people and an auctioneer’s price list.Įach data set revealed a narrative of dehumanization, she said, highlighting fear tactics that plantation overseers used against enslaved people. ![]() ![]() “And the ways that planters used them enabled them to overlook some of the brutal realities of slavery … and to focus in narrowly on the pursuit of profit.” ![]() “(Data practice is) always a reflection of the choices we make to make some things visible and to erase other ones,” Rosenthal said. That manipulation of history through numbers is evident in discussions of slavery and plantations, Rosenthal said. She discussed how data can provide a glimpse into the full human experience as part of the One Book One Northwestern event series.Īlong with influencing decision-making in real time, Rosenthal said data can impact the understanding of history, as researchers choose data points to track or exclude information. Rosenthal focuses her research on management, labor and data practices. Caitlin Rosenthal spoke Wednesday about her 2018 book, “ Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management,” at the Kellogg School of Management. University of California, Berkeley history Prof. ![]()
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