Summary:

Welcome to the opener for season 3! In this episode, I welcome Dr. Elizabeth Shaffer, a critical archives scholar and Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Information. Elizabeth joins us to speak about her research on the intersections of Black memory production and technology.

Episode Resources:

Association of Canadian Archivists. Archives Spotlight Melissa J. Nelson: Black Memory Collective. https://archivists.ca/Blog/13316265

Dr. Cheryl Thompson. MOBA: Artists and Archivists in Dialogue. September 21-22, 2023. Toronto. https://drive.google.com/file/d/176y5F7mX6PIFbK-EXS-fP5b4fTQqJaNX/view?usp=sharing

Transformative Memory Digital Archive. https://omeka.irshdc.ubc.ca/s/Transformative-Memory/page/welcome

Melissa J. Nelson. February 8, 2024. Reclaiming the Narrative: Black Archives at the Archives of Ontario. Niagara Falls Museums. https://youtu.be/TDmrmDgaE68?si=pCt6pBEHzB-zUfhn

Christina Sharpe (2016). In the Wake: On Blackness and Being.” Duke University Press. https://www.dukeupress.edu/in-the-wake

Katherine McKittrick (2021). Dear Science and Other Stories. Duke University Press. https://www.dukeupress.edu/dear-science-and-other-stories

Tonia Sutherland (2023). Resurrecting the Black Body: Race and the Digital Afterlife.” University of California Press. https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520383876/resurrecting-the-black-body

Ehiko Odeh (2024). Golden Beauty Supply. https://designto.org/event/golden-beauty-supply/ [video: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3sinahtTDr/]

Ehiko Odeh (2024). Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow. https://www.rhpl.ca/hair-today-gone-tomorrow-exhibit [video: https://www.instagram.com/p/C22JkX_Lg_q/]

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