[Personal_archives] SISPA Minutes & news

Thu Jul 16 09:49:25 EDT 2015

Dear Amy, Jennifer, and SISPAlist,

While the theme has a heavy technological slant, explorations of innovative
approaches are definitely part of the territory I hope the conference will
cover, even if we didn't emphasize it in the Call as well as we perhaps
could/should have (I will be sure to make this explicit in my forthcoming
reminder emails - I may borrow the 'not all innovation is rooted in
technology'  line, if I may, Jennifer).

I think what you both are sketching out sounds exceptionally interesting
and I strongly encourage you to work this up into a session proposal.

And, if anyone else has thoughts on innovation (broadly defined) & personal
archives please do consider submitting as part of this or as part of
another session.

Rodney

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Jennifer Douglas <douglasjl at outlook.com>
wrote:

> Hi Amy,
>
> I've been thinking about a proposal related to personal archives, too,
> that isn't innovative in a technological sense. Perhaps a panel on 'not all
> innovation is rooted in technology' (with a catchier title)? Very happy to
> collaborate with others on this one...some of my current research is
> looking at how archives are incorporated into common experiences
> (specifically grief and bereavement) and I'm thinking about how we insert
> an archival awareness into this everyday experience and recordkeeping, so
> also has a bit of a public programming tie in. I read an article recently
> in the New Yorker about an artist who was asking the question 'what else is
> art for?' and I've got it in my head that that's a crucial (and
> innovative!) question we need to be asking about archives: 'what else are
> archives for?'. Nebulous thoughts here, too, but I think we could put
> something together...any other biters???
>
> Jennifer
>
> Jennifer Douglas, PhD
> Assistant Professor
> iSchool at UBC
> Senior Associate Editor, *Archivaria*
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:03:56 -0400
> From: amy.furness at gmail.com
> To: rgscarter at gmail.com
> CC: Personal_archives at mailman.yale.edu
> Subject: Re: [Personal_archives] SISPA Minutes & news
>
>
> Dear SISPA,
> Please indulge me for airing some very nebulous thoughts with regard to
> the ACA conference.  I have been thinking recently about theoretical
> challenges to the concept of personal archives and how these play out with
> regard to artists' documentation.  Basically blowing up the fonds concept a
> bit, and looking at the intersection between people and institutions, and
> possibly getting into public programming.  What I lack (utterly) is
> experience with innovative technological approaches in this area so I'm
> struggling a bit with the conference theme -- maybe our program chair can
> chime in here with some supportive words -- anyway, if anyone out there is
> thinking along similar or wonderfully contrasting lines, please be in touch
> and perhaps we can develop a panel session together.
> many thanks,
> Amy
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Rodney Carter <rgscarter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I hope everyone is having an enjoyable summer so far. The ACA in Regina
> went quite well, even though there wasn't a great deal of content relating
> to Personal Archives - except for the SISPA meeting, naturally.
>
> The minutes of the meeting have now been posted courtesy of the new SISPA
> secretary Heather Beattie. They can be found at
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__members.archivists.ca_content_sispa-2Dmeeting-2Dminutes&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=QabRtqRLHYuuwiC4qnUN0XbpKQpUwgD4P821WPka6y_QpdnaBbs49TAsb3slvPhv&m=dDFYr9tGXlGcO0Zc80EpSJSZ5cyw8kAvYSvIHy26NOI&s=wETLV59MelFipJcnDfdl--ziqBQrRnIJ8A8VrZeD6BU&e= 
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__members.archivists.ca_content_sispa-2Dmeeting-2Dminutes&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=QabRtqRLHYuuwiC4qnUN0XbpKQpUwgD4P821WPka6y_QpdnaBbs49TAsb3slvPhv&m=y1AtwloueTkdAlKlKf-TSOZ3lr3EMwVhQB7KnSWRP3g&s=vBos4ypRW2ybnqz7AwKX3cS0o0OahUThhMron6UOpfk&e=>
> . It was a small but lively meeting and we had a very nice discussion.
>
> My thanks to outgoing secretary Heather Dean for her work over the years,
> which included setting up this listserv.
>
> Heather D is no longer at Yale, the kind host of this list. While she has
> let me know that we can continue to use it for the short-term, the SISPA
> list should find itself a new home.
>
> Does anyone have the ability to set up a new listserv at their
> institution? If not, I have looked into a few free listserv options and it
> looks like Google Groups might be the best candidate; it certainly seems to
> becoming increasingly popular among archivists (AABC just moved their list
> over to GoogleGroup, the Catholic Archivist Group just set one up as well).
>
> Please let me know if you can set up a list on SISPA's behalf or if you
> have an alternative to Google by the end of July. Hearing nothing, I will
> set up a Google Group and sent out instructions to join in early August.
>
> Lastly, I'd like to remind people that they should be thinking about
> submitting Personal Archives-related paper or sessions for ACA2016 in
> Montreal. The theme is Archives & Innovation & the CfP can be found here:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.archivists.ca_sites_default_files_Attachments_professional-5Fdevelopment_Conference-5Fdocs_2016-5FMontreal_aca2016-2Dcall-5Ffor-5Fsubmissions-5F15may2015.pdf&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=QabRtqRLHYuuwiC4qnUN0XbpKQpUwgD4P821WPka6y_QpdnaBbs49TAsb3slvPhv&m=dDFYr9tGXlGcO0Zc80EpSJSZ5cyw8kAvYSvIHy26NOI&s=12eagszmVkpyEldWghjlMTCnGIszM1v8375nlPtnBx0&e= 
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.archivists.ca_sites_default_files_Attachments_professional-5Fdevelopment_Conference-5Fdocs_2016-5FMontreal_aca2016-2Dcall-5Ffor-5Fsubmissions-5F15may2015.pdf&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=QabRtqRLHYuuwiC4qnUN0XbpKQpUwgD4P821WPka6y_QpdnaBbs49TAsb3slvPhv&m=y1AtwloueTkdAlKlKf-TSOZ3lr3EMwVhQB7KnSWRP3g&s=ouXXpw_VSaBwqEuwLCz0OVefj6ku2OcJ-1ij3SQe2mI&e=>
> I don't think there was a single paper at this year's conference dealing
> with personal archives and that is certainly a situation I don't want to
> see repeated.
>
> If you have idea for a paper or panel and would like to coordinate a
> session with others in the group, please feel free to use this list to make
> it happen!
>
> The session could be titled something as simple as "Innovative Approaches
> to Personal Archives", which would allow several of you to discuss how you
> have been handling personal papers in all their wonderful forms. Let me
> know if you have any questions about the Call or if I can assist in any way
> in bringing people together.
>
> All the best,
>
> Rodney
> SISPA Chair
>
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