Wednesday, November 16 at 10.15-12.00

On Wednesday, November 16 at 10.15-12.00 Susan Archives and the Living Archives research group will hold the seminar Living Archives: anatomy of a large research project.

It will be held in room: NIC 0541 (the Open Studio) at Niagara.

Here is an abstract for the seminar:

Beginning in 2013, the Living Archives project had an ambitious goal enhancing the role of the public archives, at the same time as emphasising the importance of private archiving practices, or counter-archiving. The project has been extremely critical of discourses around access, inclusion and openness, at the same time as it has been generative of practices, in the forms of writing, performances, design prototypes and workshops. This seminar will open out some of the multiple research strands initiated by various members of our group, but it will also be a chance to discuss the mechanics of being in such a large project: what works, what doesn’t work, how to present and account for multiple practices, methodologies, thought processes, collaborating institutions and research outputs.