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Melissa J. Nelson

Archives & Things

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Archives & Things

Melissa J. Nelson

Archives & Things

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Archives & Things

Melissa J. Nelson

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Summary:In this episode, I welcome Kadeem Dunn, a video game creator at Diaspora Games. Kadeem joins us to speak about his work recreating memory through historical video games. Episode Resources:Diaspora Games. Games for us, by us. https://
Summary:In this episode, I welcome Michaëlle Sergile, an artist and independent curator completing an artist residency with McCord Stewart Museum. Michaëlle joins us to speak about her artistic practice of capturing and rewriting historical me
Summary:In this episode, I welcome Dr. Meredith D. Clark, Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and the Department of Communication Studies at Northeastern University. Meredith joins us to speak about her project Archiving Black Twit
Summary:In this episode, I welcome Kelann Currie-Williams, lens-based artist and doctoral student in the Interdisciplinary Humanities Program at Concordia University. Kelann joins us to speak about the poetics of the archives.  Episode Resour
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
Summary:It's the last episode of the year. In this bonus episode,  I welcome Elaine Young, Program Officer, Communication and Information at the Canadian Commission for UNESCO (CCUNESCO) and Cody Groat, Chair of the Canada Advisory Committee o
Summary:In this episode, I welcome Désirée Rochat, a Black memory worker and postdoctoral fellow with the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS) and the Department of History at Concordia University. Désirée joins us to spe
Summary:In this episode, I welcome Nana aba Duncan, Associate Professor and Carty Chair in Journalism, Diversity and Inclusion Studies at Carleton University. Nana aba joins us to speak about her plans to launch the Mary Ann Shadd Cary Centre
Summary:In this episode, I welcome Dr. Funké Aladejebi, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Toronto. Funké joins us to speak about her work conducting oral histories with Black women educators. Episode Resour
Summary:In this episode, I welcome Martina Douglas from the University of Toronto Faculty of Information. Martina joins us to speak about her work as Director of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Unit.Episode Resources:Anima Leadership. (
Summary:In this episode, I welcome Dr. Mark V. Campbell, founding director and curator of Northside Hip Hop Archive. Mark joins us to speak about this digital collection of Canadian hip-hop history and culture.Episode Resources:About. (n.d.
Summary:In this episode, I welcome Olivia Wong, Special Collections Curatorial Specialist at Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries. Olivia joins us to speak about her anti-racist description work, which improves descriptions for those har
Summary:In this episode, I welcome Tonya Sutherland-Stewart, head of archive development and researcher for the Jackson Park Project. Tonya joins us to speak about the development of this digital archive of Emancipation Day celebrations in Win
Summary:Welcome to the opener for season 2! In this episode, I welcome Dr. Kristin Moriah, Assistant Professor of African American Literature and Culture in the English Department at Queen’s University. Kristin joins us to speak about her work
Summary:It's the last episode of the year. In this bonus episode, I answer questions from you, the listener. The following are the submitted questions:Q1: Can you talk a little bit about why it's important to document and preserve racist hist
Summary:In this episode, I welcome Aaron T. Francis, multidisciplinary artist and curator of Vintage Black Canada. Aaron joins us to speak about this multidisciplinary and collaborative initiative.Episode Resources:Vintage Black Canada [@vin
Summary:In this episode, I welcome Alexandra Mills, the Special Collections Archivist at Concordia University Library. Alexandra joins us to speak about her work activating Black archives.Episode Resources:Patrick Lejtenyi (August 31, 2021).
Summary:In this episode, I welcome Stanley H. Griffin, former Archivist-in-Charge of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Archives. Stanley joins us to speak about Caribbean archives and his work as a Senior Lecturer in Archival and Informa
Summary:In this episode, I welcome Professor Dr. Charmaine A. Nelson from NSCAD University (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design) in Halifax. Charmaine joins us to speak about her work as Founding Director of the Institute for the Study of Ca
Summary:In this episode, I welcome Natasha Henry-Dixon, historian and president of the Ontario Black History Society. Natasha joins us to speak about the Ontario Black History Society's campaign to build their own archives.Episode Resources:
Summary:In this episode, I welcome historian Dr. Mary Louise McCarthy-Brandt from Remembering Each African Cemeteries History in New Brunswick (REACH NB). Mary joins us to speak about her research locating and documenting forgotten and abandon
Summary:In this episode, I welcome archivist/librarian Rebecca Hankins from Texas A&M University Libraries. Rebecca joins us to speak about her experience working with racist archival materials as a Black woman.Episode Resources:Rebecca Hank
Summary:In this episode, I welcome Sean Smith, Senior Archivist at the Archives of Ontario. Sean joins us to speak about his experience building relationships with Black communities in Ontario.Episode Resources:Melissa J. Nelson, Lopez Matth
Summary:In this episode, I welcome listeners to Archives & Things and explain the concept behind the creation of this podcast.Episode Resources:The podcast logo features the photograph, "Street View from Family Home," which was captured in O
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