Archiving Trauma
March 22, 2018 at the New Museum, New York
eaw.rhizome.org
Memory work is a necessary part of the always unfinished process of healing, fighting for justice, and seeking emancipation. Archives of all kinds can support this work, but they can also amplify the effects of trauma, stage it as spectacle for public consumption, or make victims newly vulnerable. This panel will explore both the potential for web archives to support valuable memory work in the wake of trauma, and to cause further harm.
Michael Connor (moderator)
Artistic Director, Rhizome
Chido Muchemwa
Writer, archivist, University of Texas at Austin
Nick Ruest
Digital Assets Librarian, York University
Coral Salomón
NDSR Fellow at The University of Pennsylvania Fisher Fine Arts Library
Tonia Sutherland
Assistant professor, College of Communication and Information Sciences at University of Alabama
Lauren Work
Digital Preservation Librarian, University of Virginia Library
