Archivist’s Alley is a safe conversational space for discussions on preservation and identities in professional landscapes. It is an open arena in which the lesser represented voices in media/media preservation may exchange ideas about archives, new projects and media work. We celebrate the power of these guests as critical parts of this community!
Presented by The Tretter Transgender Oral History Project: A podcast about how trans people are remaking the world. "I want to see more of us building our own power instead of trying to be a part of their power."
Make your statement, face your fear." A weekly horror fiction podcast examining what lurks in the archives of the Magnus Institute, an organisation dedicated to researching the esoteric and the weird. Join Jonathan Sims as he explores the archive, but be warned, as he looks into its depths something starts to look back…
Description: This video series examines some of the stories behind Tate’s archives of British art, exploring questions and processes that are emerging from their collection, conservation and use. What does the word archive mean to you? Hear from artists, gallery volunteers, and history experts about the sorts of things you can find in archives. What secrets do archives hold and how can your own experiences and possessions be of archival value?
Source: Tate
Length: 6:54
Date: 2016
Description: In 2020, during construction of the San Pedro Creek Culture Park, the foundation and 1875 cornerstone of St. James AME Church was uncovered. St. James leadership and congregants joined local historians and volunteers to uncover the names and stories of the people who worshipped there.
Source: Texas Public Radio
Length: 8:51
Date: 2022
Description: Archivists have an important job- a job that has the ability to save or erase an individual’s history or even the history of an entire people. Dominique Luster works to build a historical view that includes marginalized voices and conscious language. In this talk, she shares lessons of this as put in motion with her work archiving the iconic photography of Charles “Teenie” Harris.
Source: TEDx Talks
Length: 8:23
Date: 2018
