Historical Reminiscents Podcast EP 60: Too Much Resilience

Plant growing out of a stump. Right side reads: Too Much resistence

In today’s episode I’m focusing on resilience. Resilience can be beautiful. It can be empowering. But it can also be co-opted and used as a systemic tool. Today I’m reflecting on how resilience is often used as a way to encourage productivity and shame those who don’t overcome barriers. Can resilience be a bad thing? 

Mentioned in this episode:
-Katie Aubrecht, “The New Vocabulary of Resilience and the Governance of University Student Life
How ‘Resilience Is Misunderstood When Talking About Racism

Rapid Reads:
-CARL Digital Preservation Working Group, Final Report of the Survey on Digital Preservation Capacity and Needs at Canadian Memory Institutions, 2017-2018.

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