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From: Barbara Heritage <beh7v(a)virginia.edu>
Date: Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 11:47 AM
*Archives, Memory & Identity: A Public Symposium*
An event jointly sponsored by Rare Book School, The Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation, and UVA Libraries
Friday, 7 September 2018
Auditorium of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library,
University of Virginia
During a time when “alternative facts” are regularly discussed and disputed
in the mainstream media, archive-based evidence has become increasingly
valued for its ability to document the histories and perspectives of
diverse peoples, cultures, and movements. We invite you to join Rare Book
School and UVA Libraries for "Archives, Memory & Identity,” a public,
one-day symposium that will bring together archivists, librarians,
curators, digital humanists, academics, artists, and activists working on a
range of cross-disciplinary, culturally sensitive projects that challenge
traditional models for creating and stewarding visual and textual
artifacts.
Featuring panel discussions on access, storytelling, and community
outreach, the symposium will include innovators working on a variety of
projects—from established archives, including The HistoryMakers (recording
African American oral histories since 1999), the South Asian American
Digital Archive, and the Plateau Peoples’ Web Portal—to new initiatives,
such as the Digital Library of the Middle East and UVA’s Lhasa VR. The
symposium will delve into artists’ books and film as forms of documenting
social movements and social change with activist-artist María Verónica San
Martín and filmmaker Brian Wimer (director of *Charlottesville: Our Streets*).
Drawing on the work of archivists Aaisha Haykal and Johan Kugelberg, the
symposium will also explore the significance of forging relationships with
community members, to build living and lasting collections that represent
significant countercultures.
The symposium is free and open to the general public, but space is limited.
We ask those who plan to attend the symposium to register online at
www.rarebookschool.org/amis by September 3.
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June Samaras
KALAMOS BOOKS
(For Books about Greece)
2020 Old Station Rd
Streetsville,Ontario
Canada L5M 2V1
Tel : 905-542-1877
E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com
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