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In her commentary Dr. Cliggett shares her approach to how social scientists can address the mountain of digital data that looms over their research. Citing the chapters of this volume and her own extensive experience, Cliggett argues that without the assistance of professional information specialists and support from universities and other institutions and foundations, the discipline will lose its footing and suffer significant data loss of current and future research.
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Cliggett, L. (2020). Post-script: Thoughts on Data Lifecycle and the Lifecycle of Anthropological Thought on Data. In: Crowder, J., Fortun, M., Besara, R., Poirier, L. (eds) Anthropological Data in the Digital Age. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24925-0_12
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