Critical Archives Reading Group

Just a reminder that the next meeting of the critical archives reading group will be held on Wednesday 10 April, at 1pm AEST. We will be reading Jordana Silverstein, "Files, Families and the Nation: An Archival History, Perhaps",  Journal of Australian Studies  Vol 47 Issue 4, 2023,  https://doi.org/10.1080/14443058.2023.2240344 We will be joined by author Jordana Silverstein for the discussion. Please RSVP by registering here:  https://unimelb.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsc-mhqDkrGdNaoBUl-Vk7OL9fvU3hcyzT

Meeting 2 of 2024 will be held on Wednesday 10 April, at 1pm AEST. We will be reading Jordana Silverstein, "Files, Families and the Nation: An Archival History, Perhaps", Journal of Australian Studies  Vol 47 Issue 4, 2023,  https://doi.org/10.1080/14443058.2023.2240344 We will be joined by author Jordana Silverstein for the discussion. Please RSVP by registering here: https://unimelb.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsc-mhqDkrGdNaoBUl-Vk7OL9fvU3hcyzT Also, please come with your ideas for articles you're interested in reading and discussing at future meetings. If you're super keen, you can add your suggestions to our Zotero library . If you would like more information, send us an email .  

Meeting 1 of 2024 was held on 12 February, 1pm AEDT. We read Gracen M. Brilmyer, 2022, "Towards a Crip Provenance: Centering disablity in archives through its absence", Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies: https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol9/iss1/3/ Also, please come with your ideas for articles you're interested in reading and discussing at future meetings. If you're super keen, you can add your suggestions to our Zotero library . If you would like more information, send us an email .

Happy new year to all and we hope it has been an enjoyable start to 2024. Thanks to those who completed our survey at the end of 2023 about the reading group. Most people who completed the survey were regular attendees of the reading group or came when they could. We look forward to welcoming those who said they were interested in attending but hadn’t made it yet! In terms of how often people wanted to meet, the majority said that 5-6 meetings a year would suit them best, so that is what we will go with for 2024. If there is interest in having more meetings, this can be arranged if people are happy to choose the readings and chair the session. When asked what days were best to meet, the majority picked Wednesday as their preferred day, with Monday and Fridays close behind. Noone wants to meet on Tuesdays! So we have decided that this year we will rotate meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, remaining at the 1pm AEST/AEDT time. The time may also change depending on the avai...

Meeting 7 of 2023 was held on 6 December, 1pm AEDT (note change of date from 5 December). We read Kirsten Weld, 2021, "Chronicle of a backlash foretold", in Archives and Human Rights , edited by Jens Boel, Perrine Canavaggio and Antonio González Quintana, available online:  https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9780429054624-30/chronicle-backlash-foretold-kirsten-weld   Please RSVP by registering here: https://unimelb.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrfu6rpzMvH9Ap8ivx_6BiAQ1JTZAxx_hJ A reminder that our brief survey about the reading group will close on 1 December, with results discussed at the meeting on 6 December, so please complete the survey by 1 December:  https://forms.gle/RUV3bDaTiUgXgcjF7 Also, please come with your ideas for articles you're interested in reading and discussing at future meetings. If you're super keen, you can add your suggestions to our Zotero library . If you would like more information, send us an email .

Hi everyone, as we come to the end of another year, we have developed a short survey about the critical archives reading group: how frequently you want to meet, what days are best for you, and if you have any suggestions for readings in 2024. We will use the results to plan for 2024 so please let us know your thoughts . It will close on 1 December, with results to be shared at the December 5 meeting. And just a reminder we are meeeting on Thursday , looking forward to the discussion.

Meeting 6 of 2023 will be held on Thursday 26 October at 1pm AEST. We will be reading  Leann Wilson and Rose Barrowcliffe, "Green Ribbon and Blue Ribbon Stories: Applying a Bidjara Way of Knowing to Understanding Records", Archives and Manuscripts , 50(2),  https://doi.org/10.37683/asa.v50.10921 Please RSVP by registering here: https://unimelb.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvduyrrTgjGdEgEQACaRLiXNG6nqDS1jqk Also, please come with your ideas for articles you're interested in reading and discussing at future meetings. If you're super keen, you can add your suggestions to our Zotero library . If you would like more information, send us an email .