I've been back from parental leave for a bit over a month. When I left in October 2014 I was working as a Researcher/Curator in the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre. I spent a year and a half in that role and had the opportunity to work on a number of great creative projects. While in … Continue reading Changing Roles: Archives Supervisor
The Role of Canada’s Museums and Archives in Reconciliation
My latest post, The Role of Canada's Museums and Archives in Reconciliation, can be seen over at activehistory.ca. The post looks at the TRC executive summary of the final report and calls to action in relation to museums and archives. The report features 94 recommendations to facilitate reconciliation and address the legacy of residential schools, … Continue reading The Role of Canada’s Museums and Archives in Reconciliation
Digital Community Archives: South Asian American Digital Archive
The recent issue of The Public Historian featured an article, "Seeing Yourself in History: Community Archives and the Fight Against Symbolic Annihilation", by Michelle Caswell. The article looks at the development of the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) and the role the archive has played in preserving the marginalized history of the South Asian … Continue reading Digital Community Archives: South Asian American Digital Archive
Historical Trauma and Self Care
During the month of December I am participating in #reverb14 as a means of getting my writing habits back on track. I will be altering the prompts as needed to fit within the scope of this blog. Prompt: Energy. What gave you energy this year? What took away your energy?Recently on twitter a few historians were discussing … Continue reading Historical Trauma and Self Care
Ongoing Challenges: Paper Writing and Committee Work
During the month of December I am participating in #reverb14 as a means of getting my writing habits back on track. I will be altering the prompts as needed to fit within the scope of this blog. Prompt: Challenges. What did you wrestle with in 2014? What did you learn? What challenges do you foresee in 2015? This … Continue reading Ongoing Challenges: Paper Writing and Committee Work
Archival Community
During the month of December I am participating in #reverb14 as a means of getting my writing habits back on track. I will be altering the prompts as needed to fit within the scope of this blog. Prompt: Ah ha moment: Did you have an “ah ha” moment this year? Was it a big one? Or just a … Continue reading Archival Community
Order Through Processing
During the month of December I am participating in #reverb14 as a means of getting my writing habits back on track. I will be altering the prompts as needed to fit within the scope of this blog. Today's prompt: Small Pleasures: What small pleasures did you discover this year? Part way through this year I reconnected … Continue reading Order Through Processing
Reverb14: Art Installations and Archives
In 2010 I participated in #reverb10. This year I plan on participating in #reverb14 as a way to get my writing habits back on track. The first prompt is Where did you start 2014? Give us some background on this year. My year started with a lot of thinking about digital preservation, digitization, and community … Continue reading Reverb14: Art Installations and Archives
Archives Meet Public History
Earlier this week the Students and New Archives Professional (SNAP) Roundtable of the Society of American Archivists hosted a joint twitter chat with the New Professional and Graduate Student Committee of the National Council on Public History. The chat focused on the intersection of public history and archives and generated a lot of interesting ideas … Continue reading Archives Meet Public History
Commodifying Archives
The July/August issue of Muse contains an article by Toni Lin on "The Role of Commodification in Archival Institutions." Lin does an excellent job of outlining the perceived pros and cons of commidification and the impact it can have on public access, archival funding, and preservation. The article concludes that some level of commodification may … Continue reading Commodifying Archives