On May 24, 2010 the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology held a meetup for purposes of discussing digital tools of use for field and archival research in these fields. These links were compiled for, during, and after the gathering and are preserved here for the use of participants and interested others. Thanks to Gabrielle Berlinger for hosting this event and to all the participants who contributed questions and information.
For notes / collaborative writing:
Evernote
https://www.evernote.com/
VoodooPad
http://flyingmeat.com/voodoopad/
Google Notebooks
http://www.google.com/notebook/#b=BDSdnSgoQ-oS3uc8j
Slipbox
http://markusguhe.net/slipbox/
For transcription:
Jott (voice notes / transcription)
http://jott.com/jott/jott-assistant.html
SmartPen (Audio Notes)
http://www.livescribe.com/
ExpressScribe (Transcription with a foot pedal)
http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/
For images:
Adobe Bridge:
http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/bridge/
iZoom (resize photos)
http://izoom.us/
Eye-Fi (wifi memory cards)
http://www.eye.fi/
Skim (PDF reader)
http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/
Products, Projects, Services of Relevance
For writing:
Scrivener (writing)
http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.html
For storage:
DropBox
http://www.dropbox.com/
Archive.org
http://www.archive.org/
Other databases of open source software / tools:
http://sourceforge.net/
http://digitalresearchtools.pbworks.com/
Blog Posts of Relevance
Savage Minds: Fieldnotes 2.0
http://savageminds.org/2007/08/10/fieldnotes-20/
Savage Minds: Three New Tools (Jott, Evernote, Sente)
http://savageminds.org/2008/04/16/three-new-tools/
Digital Ethnography @ KSU: Our Class on How We Run Our Class
http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?p=214#more-214
Digital Ethnography @ KSU: Smart Pen as Digital Ethnography Tool
http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?p=206
Digital Ethnography @ KSU: Collaboration Strategies
http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?p=199
Digital Ethnography @ KSU: The Digital Ethnographer’s Notebook: Diigo vs. Evernote vs. Tiddlywiki
http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?p=191
Digital Ethnography @ KSU: Leveraging New Media for Collaborative Research
http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?p=160
EASA Media Anthropology Mailing List: Ethnographic Data Analysis Software
www.media-anthropology.net/discussion_QDAsoftware.pdf
Metadata Tools
Outline of Cultural Materials
http://www.yale.edu/hraf/Ocm_xml/newOcm.xml
Ethnographic Thesaurus (AFS/AFC)
http://et.afsnet.org/
