Krista Jamieson

Master post of my archival education threads

Have officially/fully moved over #CritArch friday reading group schedule & updates to an email list. Comment or DM here if you'd like to receive the emails!

If anyone wants to join the email list for the Friday #CritArch discussion group, comment or send me a DM with your email address!

Friday June 31 - There will not be a call this week since it's ACA

Friday July 30 @ 2PM EST Article: "Relationality in the Classroom: Teaching Indigenous LIS in a Canadian Context" by @MetisLibrarian and @AuntyLibrarian preprint.press.jhu.edu/portal/sites/a…

@zugenia yaaaaaa.... sorry friend! Have you asked the EAN or DIMAND?

@zugenia tl;dr accommodations are a shit show & some institutions absolutely insist on making them as difficult as possible to acquire

@zugenia Legit because "that's added work" and "if there isn't a substitute being provided it's fine" as if I magically know what is fine vs what is not considered important enough to get a safe alt version and OH YEAH MY LITERAL LIFE IS ON THE LINE but the extra work! mfs

"It helps us to weigh stories, examine them against structures of power, and synthesize what is left. It gives us space to practise sitting with ambiguity ... Learning to gossip well necessitates talking to one another and taking the affects of records seriously.” (p. 201)

And another great quote: “At its most generative, gossip gives us a method for entering the space where connections can be drawn between political realities, public cultures, and private stories...."

In 2 week! Then some off weeks for summer & conference stuffs. #CritArch DM or comment for links

Globe & Mail investigation into Canadian Freedom of Information practices. Def worth the read! theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…