Name
Community-Centered Archives Practice: Perspectives on Transforming Education, Archives, and Community History
Date & Time
Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
IDEAL Locations
Sheraton A
Session Type
General
Description

Community-centered archives practice exists between mainstream archival institutions and communities that are underrepresented in the historical record. How can academic archives build and sustain equitable community partnerships? This session highlights the reflections and experiences of community-based organization leaders, students, faculty, academic archivists, and other community-centered archives practitioners involved in work to support communities in the process of telling and preserving their own histories. Topics for reflections include: how to craft and navigate a partnership agreement; compensation for community-based organizations; student cohort and curriculum development; archival project design led by community-based organizations; post-custodial approaches; ethics and sustainability; and nurturing relationships of reciprocity and equity between academia and community.

Track
Archives
Keywords
community archives, social justice, ethnic studies
Resources