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- Deconstructing Whiteness in ArchivesWinn, Samantha R. (2017-04-21)This workshop session is geared towards archives professionals who want to critically and constructively examine how dynamics of whiteness affect their work. Organizers hope to provide a collaborative and engaging conversation that complements MARAC's ongoing efforts towards cultural competency, diversity, and inclusion. Participants will have an opportunity to critically examine their own experiences around whiteness in archives and engage in meaningful dialogue with colleagues. Following a brief introduction to key concepts and definitions, trained facilitators will lead small groups in a workshop exercise based on Roadside Theater's “Story Circle” methodology. All attendees will be expected to participate in a Story Circle. It will not be possible to accommodate late arrivals or observers. Participants will be asked to respect strict confidentiality within their small groups. This proposal was inspired in part by dialogue around #ArchivesSoWhite and M. Ramirez’s 2015 article “Being Assumed Not to Be: A Critique of Whiteness as an Archival Imperative.” Reflecting a working definition developed by LIS scholars Bourg, Espinal, Galvan, Hall, Hathcock, and Honma, participants will be asked to engage the concept of “whiteness” as both “the socio-cultural differential of power and privilege that results from categories of race and ethnicity…[and] as a marker for the privilege and power that acts to reinforce itself through hegemonic cultural practice that excludes all who are different.” (Hathcock, White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS, 2015)
- Dying Well In the Anthropocene: On the End of ArchivistsWinn, Samantha R. (Litwin Books, 2019)Humanities scholars argue that the Anthropocene forces humanity to confront its death as a species. For memory workers, the specter of biological annihilation is accompanied by a more immediate existential crisis: if there will be no one to remember what was, then what will have been the purpose of memory work? This essay reviews emerging literature on archivy’s affective and structural adaptations to climate change alongside speculative futures of memory work in climate fiction. The article argues for Anthropocene archivists to adopt a palliative practice based on transdisciplinary principles of radical care, intentional degrowth, anticipatory grief, and maintenance theory.
- Ethics of Access in Displaced ArchivesWinn, Samantha R. (Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists, 2015)This paper presents an exploratory review of archival literature on access to displaced archives. In order to understand the ethical imperatives that govern access to displaced archives, archivists must navigate a complex web of competing moral claims, contradictory legal frameworks, shifting national security norms, and customary practices that reflect centuries of colonization, occupation, and conquest. In the absence of either rigorous professional engagement or a clear ethical framework, institutions managing displaced archives may establish policies that unnecessarily restrict access, violate the values of the creators, privilege certain groups of users over others, or inflict harm upon members of the originating community.
- The Hubris of Neutrality in ArchivesWinn, Samantha R. (2017-04-21)This presentation, given as part of the MARAC Newark 2017 panel on "Radical Honesty in Descriptive Practices," discusses paradigms for ethics and objectivity in archival description. Challenging the notion that archivists or their work can truly be "honest," this presentation builds upon the work of Howard Zinn, Bergis Jules, Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez, Michelle Caswell, and Jarrett Drake (among others).
- IAWA Symposium 2019: Session 2Winn, Samantha R.; Willkens, Danielle S.; Doyle, Shelby (Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2019-03-21)Session 2 of the 2019 IAWA Symposium includes the following presentations: Archivists at work: Archival labor in the IAWA (Samantha Winn) Maria Hadfield Cosway’s Transatlantic Design Network, 1768-1838: Jefferson, Soane, and the agency of women in architectural exchange (Danielle S. Willkens) Computational Feminism: Attributing Future Histories of the Digital in Architecture (Shelby Doyle)
- Los Archivos Arquitectónicos en Virginia TechWinn, Samantha R. (2015-09-29)Una presentación invitada sobre el Archivo Internacional de Arquitectos, que se ofrece a "Los Archivos Históricos y la Valoración de las Fuentes Documentales" en la Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador. [An invited presentation on the International Archive of Women in Architecture, shared during a national conference on archives and documentary resources in Ecuador.]
- Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness - Opening Ceremony(Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2016-09-16)This is the opening ceremony for the Native Voices exhibit. The exhibit examines concepts of health and medicine among contemporary American Indian, Alaska native, and Native Hawai'ian people. The traveling exhibition, produced by the National Library of Medicine, features interviews and works from native people living on reservations, in tribal villages, and in cities. topics include: Native views of land, food, community, earth/nature, and spirituality as they relate to Native Health; the relationship between traditional healing and Western medicine in native communities; economic and cultural issues that affect the health of Native communities; efforts by Native communities to improve health conditions; and the role of Native Americans in military service and healing support for returning Natives veterans.
- Women's History MonthFralin, Scott; Dietz, Kira A.; Brodsky, Marc; Feerrar, Julia; Nardine, Jennifer T.; Winn, Samantha R.; Wright de Hernandez, Anthony (Virginia Tech, 2017-03-01)Exhibit featuring the contributions of women throughout history. The theme for Women's Month 2017 is Empowerment & Unity: Collective Voices in Action. We are inspired by the solidarity, community, and power created when our collective voices are in action toward creating a more just and equitable world through acknowledging the historic and current contributions of women in our community and beyond. 2017/03/01 - 2017/03/30