Archives and Communities: Recent Episodes
SAA-UA
A podcast highlighting community archiving initiatives and the people behind them, produced by the Society of American Archivists Student Chapter at the University of Alabama.
Join us for Episode 3 of Archives and Communities! Today we are speaking with Senior Digital Researcher Mark Bell from the UK National Archives on digital archiving projects. Today's episode focuses in on Archangel, a blockchain initiative to provide immutable storage and data to digital archives using blockchain technology.
The UK National Archives: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Archangel UK: https://www.archangel.ac.uk/
The UK Web Archive: https://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/
The University of Surrey, UK: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/
Additional information mentioned in today's episode:
Check out Victoria Lemieux's work on blockchain technology in archives!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Lemieux
https://blockchain.ubc.ca/profiles/victoria-lemieux
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=D161c1IAAAAJ&hl=en
Join us for Season 3 Episode 2 where we interview David Mize, lead Audiovisual Specialist and Archivist at the Bryant Museum!
Bryant Museum Website and Contact:
https://bryantmuseum.com/about/exhibits/
info@bryantmuseum.com
David Mize Contact:
dmize@ua.edu
Join us for our Season 3 kickoff of Archives and Communities where Trevor Bond and Lotus Norton of Washington State University join Laura Daly to discuss the Mukurtu CMS Project!
The Mukurtu CMS software focuses on outreach and connection with Indigenous communities in an effort to support indigenous communities and their digital archives in ways that support and respect their wants and needs.
CDSC website https://cdsc.libraries.wsu.edu/
Dr. Christen’s publications (and co-authored work) about Mukurtu and related projects https://www.kimchristen.com/publications/
Mukurtu CMS project website https://mukurtu.org/, Showcase https://mukurtu.org/showcase-2/ and Support https://mukurtu.org/support/
Plateau Peoples’ Web Portal https://plateauportal.libraries.wsu.edu/ and the Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) Wetxuuwíitin’ collection https://plateauportal.libraries.wsu.edu/collection/wetxuuwiitin-formerly-spalding-allen-collection-nez-perce
WSU’s Center for Native American Research and Collaboration https://native.wsu.edu/cnrc/
NSF funded project “Culturally Responsive Indigenous Science: Connecting Land, Language, and Culture” https://cadrek12.org/projects/culturally-responsive-indigenous-science-connecting-land-language-and-culture
Lydia Neuroth tells us about Virginia Untold, a digital project that facilitates access to some of the experiences of enslaved and free black people archived at Library of Virginia in Richmond. Connect with Virginia Untold here: Website: https://fromthepage.com/lva/virginia-untold-registers-of-free-black-people––––––––– Episode credits Guest: Lydia Neuroth Interviewer: Matthew Hamilton Host: Matthew Hamilton Editor: Bryan Bednarek Podcast Manager: Nick Wantsala Connect with us on your favorite social media platforms! SAA-UA Twitter: @UAStudentSAA SAA-UA Facebook: @/UAStudentSAA SAA-UA Instagram: @uasaasc SAA-UA Website: https://saaualabama.wordpress.com/
We are pleased to bring you our first student interview where SAA-UA member Gina Collett speaks with Hannah Whelan, a graduate student at UCLA and archivist at Los Angeles Contemporary Archive about her experience working with creative materials emerging from jails and prisons and how they provide important narrative into the lives of incarcerated individuals.
Connect with the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive here: Website: https://www.lacarchive.com/about-0
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Episode credits Guest: Hannah Whelan
Interviewer: Gina Collett Host: Gina Collett
Editor: Bryan Bednarek
Podcast Manager: Nick Wantsala
Connect with us on your favorite social media platforms!
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Facebook: @/UAStudentSAA SAA-UA
Instagram: @uasaasc SAA-UA
Website: https://saaualabama.wordpress.com/
Welcome back to Archives & Communities, the official podcast of the Society of American Archivists Student Chapter at the University of Alabama (SAA-UA). In this episode, SAA-UA Member & Podcast Manager Nick Wantsala speaks with Mariquita "Micki" Davis who co-curator and produced the Pasifika Transmissions Exhibit. This indoor exhibit honors the ancestors’ pieces with works from the 9 indigenous diaspora Pasifika artists featured in the Pasifika Transmissions virtual series.
Connect with Pasifika Transmissions:
- Website: www.pieam.org/pasifika-transmissions
- Instagram: @pieam_arts
- Twitter: @PIEAM_arts
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Episode credits:
- Guest: Micki Davis
- Interviewer: Nick Wantsala
- Host: Nick Wantsala
- Editor: Bryan Bednarek
- Podcast Manager: Nick Wantsala
- Music by: Scanglobe, Scott Holmes
Connect with us on your favorite social media platforms!
- SAA-UA Twitter: @UAStudentSAA
- SAA-UA Facebook: @/UAStudentSAA
- SAA-UA Instagram: @uasaasc
- SAA-UA Website: https://saaualabama.wordpress.com/
Welcome back to Archives & Communities, the official podcast of the Society of American Archivists Student Chapter at the University of Alabama (SAA-UA). In this episode, SAA-UA president Laura Daly speaks with Gail Reimer, Founder of the Jewish Women's Archive.
Connect with the Jewish Women's Archive:
Website: www.jwa.org
Instagram: @jewishwomensarchive
TikTok: @jewishwomensarchive
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Episode credits:
Guest: Gail Reimer
Interviewer: Laura Daly
Host: Bryan Bednarek
Editor: Bryan Bednarek
Podcast Manager: Nick Wantsala
Music by: Scanglobe, Scott Holmes
Connect with us on your favorite social media platforms!
SAA-UA Twitter: @UAStudentSAA
SAA-UA Facebook: @/UAStudentSAA
SAA-UA Instagram: @uasaasc
SAA-UA Website: https://saaualabama.wordpress.com/
Welcome to Archives & Communities, the official podcast of the Society of American Archivists Student Chapter at the University of Alabama (SAA-UA). In this episode, SAA-UA chapter member Aria Skyler interviews archivist Matthew Stiffler with the Arab American National Museum about his work on the Oral Histories and Digital Scrapbook Project. Matthew works directly with the Arab community by conducting oral history interviews and teaching them how to digitize their own family histories to create a collection that tells the unique story of the Arab American experience.
Episode credits
Guest: Matthew Stiffler
Interviewer/Host: Aria Skyler
Editor: Bryan Bednarek
Podcast Manager: Nick Wantsala
Welcome back to Archives & Communities, the official podcast of the Society of American Archivists Student Chapter at the University of Alabama (SAA-UA). In this episode, SAA-UA member, Kandi Massey, speaks with Ayshea Kahn, Austin History Center's Asian American Community Archivist.
Episode credits
Guest: Ayshea Kahn
Interviewer: Kandi Massey
Host: Laura Daly
Editor: Nick Wantsala
Podcast Manager: Valeria Dávila Gronros
Welcome back to Archives & Communities, the official podcast of the Society of American Archivists Student Chapter at the University of Alabama (SAA-UA). In this episode, SAA-UA 2021-22 incoming President, Laura Daly, speaks with Zoë Pulley, Creator, and Curator of the Black Joy Archive.
Episode credits
Guest: Zoë Pulley
Interviewer/Host: Laura Daly
Editor: Valeria Dávila Gronros
Podcast Manager: Valeria Dávila Gronros
Welcome back to Archives & Communities, the official podcast of the Society of American Archivists Student Chapter at the University of Alabama (SAA-UA). In this episode, SAA-UA Member, Nick Wantsala, speaks with Lolita Rowe, Community Outreach Archivist for the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives & Rare Book Library at Emory University, who produces the Community Conversations Podcast.
Episode credits
Guest: Lolita Rowe
Interviewer/Host: Nick Wantsala
Editor: Nick Wantsala
Podcast Manager: Valeria Dávila Gronros
Welcome back to Archives & Communities, the official podcast of the Society of American Archivists Student Chapter at the University of Alabama (SAA-UA). In this episode, SAA-UA Vice President, Emily L. Reynolds, speaks with Josh Burford, Director of Outreach, Lead Archivist, and Co-Founder of Invisible Histories Project in Birmingham, Alabama.
Episode credits
Guest: Josh Burford
Interviewer/Host: Emily L. Reynolds
Editor: Nick Wantsala
Podcast Manager: Valeria Dávila Gronros
Welcome to Archives & Communities, the official podcast of the Society of American Archivists Student Chapter at the University of Alabama (SAA-UA). In this episode, SAA-UA President, Valeria Dávila Gronros, revisits Richard Chabran's career in LIS, and his latest community project, the Latino Digital Archive.
Episode credits
Guest: Richard Chabran
Interviewer/Host/Editor: Valeria Dávila Gronros
Podcast Manager: Valeria Dávila Gronros