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Episode Synopsis
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 harmed by white supremacy and represents their histories more equitably and accurately.
Episode Resources:
Alison Skyrme, Cheryl Thompson, Emilie Jabouin, and Olivia Wong. (April 10, 2022). Canadian Blackface Culture: Confronting Racist Materials in Canadian Archives. Toronto Metropolitan University. https://rshare.library.ryerson.ca/articles/presentation/Canadian_Blackface_Culture_Confronting_Racist_Materials_in_Canadian_Archives/15137016
Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia’s Anti-Racist Description Working Group (October 2019). Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia: Anti-Racist Description Resources https://archivesforblacklives.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/ardr_final.pdf
Cheryl Thompson & Emilie Jabouin. (February 3, 2021). Blackface in the Kodak Archive, Ryerson’s Special Collections: Context for Reading ‘Racist’ Images, Toronto Metropolitan University Archives & Special Collections. https://library.torontomu.ca/asc/2021/02/blackface-in-the-kodak-archive-ryersons-special-collections-context-for-reading-racist-images/
Melissa J. Nelson. Description and Access for Anti-Black Archival Materials. Archives Association of Ontario. https://aao-archivists.ca/event-5228234
Jessica Tai. (2021). Cultural Humility as a Framework for Anti-Oppressive Archival Description, in “Radical Empathy in Archival Practice,” eds. Elvia Arroyo-Ramírez, Jasmine Jones, Shannon O’Neill, and Holly Smith. Special issue, Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies 3, no. 2. https://journals.litwinbooks.com/index.php/jclis/article/view/120
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