Research in the Studio, Research in the archives

Artistic practice, forms of research

Professional research, gap-filling

Archiving as a practice

Archiving for an institution

Archiving your work, for practical purposes, as an artist (for your own practice)

​Making a record, keeping a record

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What is an archivist?

Someone who's top priority is sharing, making accessible, preserve and provide access
historic records, communities

Tasks an archivist does:
preserve
tells a story
cares for history and truth
everything a librarian does and more
keepers of memory
saving 
digitize
doing research
facilitating
find things
connect people to history
disseminating
collect
maintain
geneology
answers questions
logs
classrooms
community
loves bureaucracy (or hates it)
describe
arrange
accession
manuscripts​
treasures
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archives can be anything, but not everything

who can use archives?   everyone


Archives- 

Hot topics in the archives:
Impostor Syndrome

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Resources
Fiction:
Luster by Raven Leilani

No one is talking about this- Patricia Lockwood

Lady Romeo: The Radical and Revolutionary Life of Charlotte Cushman- by Tana Wojczuk: amazing research, fascinating connections, 

Kate Lister- all of her research, runs the Whore of Yore 

Non-Fiction
Reclaiming Artistic Research by Lucy Cotter
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noble,  see also: lecture 
Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet by Claire L. Evans

Archives, forums to join
SAA- Society of American Archivists
A.R.T. Archivists Roundtable of New York 
A Finding Aid to My Soul

Social media accounts to follow:
Acid-free

Archives nearby:
Lesbian Herstory Archives
​NYPL