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Archives in Context is a podcast about archives and the people behind them. Members of the podcast team include Mary Caldera, Adreonna Bennett, Conor Casey, Lauren Kata, Emily Mathay, Camila Zorrilla Tessler, Carmela Furio, Kate Greenberg, and Hannah Stryker. All opinions expressed in this podcast are our own and are not reflective of a particular institution.
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In this episode, cohosts Lauren Kata and Emily Mathay speak with Christina Zamon about her book Alone in the Stacks: Succeeding as a Solo Archivist, an updated edition that tackles the complexities of solo archiving in the 2020s. Smaller repositories and their solo archivists make up a large portion of American archives, yet they remain […]
In this episode, cohosts Adreonna Bennett and Conor Casey speak with Julie Thomas, the instruction and electronic records archivist at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS), about her new book, Teaching Primary Source Research Skills to 21st-Century Learners. Drawing on her extensive experience, Thomas discusses theories and pedagogies for teaching primary source research skills in the […]
Join co-hosts Lauren Kata and Emily Mathay as they chat with Ben and Sara Brumfield, co-founders of Brumfield Labs, about the future of AI in the archives. Sara and Ben discuss their ongoing work developing projects at the intersection of cultural heritage and emerging technologies, including FromThePage, a platform for crowdsourcing transcription of handwritten documents. […]
In this episode, cohosts Lauren Kata and Emily Mathay speak with Chris Pandza, Canadian communication designer and oral historian living and working in New York City. Pandza’s practice involves combining experience design and artificial intelligence to make archives that are more accessible, beautiful, and equitable than otherwise possible. He has led communication design and curation […]
In this episode, cohosts Adreonna Bennett and Conor Casey speak with Maigen Sullivan and Joshua Burford of Invisible Histories, a community-based archives that locates, collects, preserves, researches, and creates for local communities an accessible collection of the rich and diverse history of LGBTQ life in the US South. Read the transcript. Episode Extras Check out […]
In this episode, Project Coordinator Mary Caldera speaks with the new Archives in Context team, including Producer Kate Greenberg; Cohosts Adreonna Bennett, Conor Casey, Lauren Kata, Emily Mathay, and Camila Zorrilla Tessler; and Staff Liaison Hannah Stryker. The podcast members discuss their backgrounds, areas of interest in archives, and what they’re excited to explore as […]
In this episode, cohosts Camila Zorrilla Tessler and Conor Casey speak with historians Krista McCracken and Skylee-Storm Hogan-Stacey about Decolonial Archival Futures, their new book that challenges non-Indigenous practitioners to think consciously about the histories we tell. Listen for a discussion about rethinking structures of archival provenance and ownership, community relationship building, and decentering the […]
In this episode, co-hosts Chris Burns and Camila Zorrilla Tessler speak with Maryna Paliienko, a Ukrainian historian, archivist, and Fulbright Scholar conducting research at New York University on the topic “Archives in the Time of War and Emergency: Problems of the Cultural Heritage Preservation and Usage (from the Experience of the United States and Ukraine).” […]
In this episode, cohosts Chris Burns and Camila Zorrilla Tessler speak to counterculture historian and archival music producer Pat Thomas about his new book Material Wealth: Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg. Join us for a discussion about Pat’s research process, favorite items from Ginsberg’s collection, and thoughts on Ginsberg’s legacy. Read the transcript. […]
In this episode, cohost Chris Burns speaks with dindria barrow, Marika Cifor, Sarah Nguyễn, and Anna Trammell about their work on The Community Archives Center Toolkit, which was collaboratively developed by the Tacoma Public Library and the University of Washington. This free resource is now available for other libraries and archives to use in creating […]
What is on the minds of our newest professionals? In this episode, host Nicole Milano speaks with Lyric Evans-Hunter, Allegra Favila, and Lia Warner, all new or recent graduates of New York University’s Archives and Public History program. They share how they came to the field, what they find exciting and daunting about the profession, […]
In this episode, co-hosts Nicole Milano and Camila Zorrilla Tessler speak with Rachel Chatalbash, Susan Hernandez, and Megan Schwenke about their recent book Museum Archives: Practice, Issues, Advocacy (Society of American Archivists, 2022). Chatalbash, Hernandez, and Schwenke discuss museum archives and archivists, the genesis of the publication and its connection to the Museum Archives Section […]
In this episode, co-hosts Anna Trammell and Chris Burns speak with Kristine K. Fallon, Aliza Leventhal, and Jody Thompson about their new book Born-Digital Design Records (Society of American Archivists, 2022), the ninth installment of SAA’s Trends in Archives Practice series. The interview explores the unique challenges of managing born-digital design records, prior efforts to […]
How did archivists partner with activists to document and preserve the history of AIDS activism? How are archivists and community partners activating AIDS archives to reveal AIDS’s continued impact on marginalized communities? What lessons can archivists take from this moment of social and community memory-building as we grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic? In this episode, […]
How can archivists reimagine reference services as they increasingly serve a broader and more diverse user base? In this episode, cohosts Anna Trammell and Chris Burns speak with Cheryl Oestreicher about her recent book, Reference and Access for Archives and Manuscripts (Society of American Archivists, 2020), the fourth volume in SAA’s Archival Fundamentals Series III […]
More than 1,000 archivists came together in-person—many for the first time since 2019—in Boston in August during ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2022, the annual conference of the Society of American Archivists. Another 1,000 archivists tuned in virtually. In this episode, co-hosts Chris Burns and Anna Trammell talk with attendees about their favorite conference sessions, the perks and challenges […]
“Archivists helping archivists”—in this episode, cohosts Nicole Milano and JoyEllen Williams speak with Bob Clark and Beth Myers, members of the Society of American Archivists Foundation Board. Myers and Clark discuss the Foundation’s purpose, goals, and opportunities for engagement. Listen to learn how the Foundation supports SAA, archivists, and the profession. Bob Clark is director […]
As the United States continues to confront systemic racism on several fronts, archival repositories are rethinking the idea of space and how it pertains to inclusivity. A leader among these conversations is Dr. Jesse Erickson, author of “The Gentleman’s Ghost: Patriarchal Eurocentric Legacies in Special Collections,” published in Archives and Special Collections as Sites of […]
Interested in publishing with the Society of American Archivists? Cohosts Anna Trammell and Chris Burns talk with SAA Publications Editor Stacie Williams and American Archivist Editor Amy Cooper Cary about the many publishing opportunities that SAA offers. Williams and Cooper Cary provide an overview of these opportunities and ways that archivists of all experience levels can engage […]
Cohosts Nicole Milano and JoyEllen Williams conduct a special interview with the Society of American Archivist’s new executive director, Jacqualine Price Osafo. In this interview, Jackie shares her professional and personal roots, including her long-time passion for associations and the impact of an inspiring relative. Jackie also explains what drew her to SAA and why […]
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