Deconstructing Whiteness in Archives

Winn, Samantha R.

Deconstructing Whiteness in Archives

dc.contributor.author	Winn, Samantha R.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2017-05-01T14:43:45Z	en
dc.date.available	2017-05-01T14:43:45Z	en
dc.date.issued	2017-04-21	en
dc.description.abstract	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)	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77571	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/	en
dc.subject	representation	en
dc.subject	white supremacy	en
dc.subject	white privilege	en
dc.subject	archival ethics	en
dc.subject	community relations	en
dc.subject	diversity	en
dc.subject	identity	en
dc.title	Deconstructing Whiteness in Archives	en
dc.type	Presentation	en