Archival Interventions

Archival Interventions: Tracing Power and Memory Through the Archives In this course, we will examine the ways that power, knowledge, and memory are instantiated through a variety of record keeping practices. Through a blend of readings, guest lectures, site visits, and hands-on projects, students will be asked to think critically about the construction of the archival record and its implications for the writing of history. We will engage with social justice approaches, feminist theory, science and technology studies, and queer theory, and students will contend with a broad range of questions about power and historiography. Though a hands-on archival project, we will gain deeper insights into the challenges and opportunities inherent in archiving, and will collectively work to reimagine what the very act of archiving might look like. Kristen Iemma is a PhD Candidate in American Studies at Brown University. She also holds an MA in Public Humanities from Brown University and an MS in Library and Information Science from Pratt Institute, and has worked in the archives of a number of cultural heritage institutions and museums./

Archival Interventions: Tracing Power and Memory Through the Archives In this course, we will examine the ways that power, knowledge, and memory are instantiated through a variety of record keeping practices. Through a blend of readings, guest lectures, site visits, and hands-on projects, students will be asked to think critically about the construction of the archival record and its implications for the writing of history. We will engage with social justice approaches, feminist theory, science and technology studies, and queer theory, and students will contend with a broad range of questions …Read more