Archiving Fellowships Blog: Viver Brasil, Part 4
In her final blog post, Dance/USA Archiving & Preservation Fellow Sasha Jelan reflects on attending her first Society of American Archivists conference and describes conference sessions on anti-racist archival description and tools for processing archival collections remotely.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: Viver Brasil, Part 3
Dance/USA Archiving & Preservation Fellow Sasha Jelan reflects on the unexpected silver lining from the extension and redesign of her Archiving Fellowship due to COVID-19, and describes the goals she tackled in her second summer with Viver Brasil.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: World Arts West, Part 2
Dance/USA Archiving & Preservation Fellow Sumi Matsumoto reflects on her second summer working with World Arts West and breaks down the research and considerations that go into selecting an archival database software.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: Viver Brasil, Part 2
The pandemic forced Dance/USA Archiving & Preservation Fellow Sasha Jelan and Viver Brasil to reconsider their project’s strategy. Learn how they adapted.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: Viver Brasil, Part 1
Dance/USA Archiving & Preservation Fellow Sasha Jelan’s work with Viver Brasil challenged her notion of what an archive is and how one can archive remotely.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: AXIS Dance Company, Part 1
Archiving & Preservation Fellow Sarah Nguyễn reflects on incorporating people-first and disability-first language in archival description, to balance searchability with flexibility and adaptability.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: World Arts West, Part 1
Archiving Fellow Sumi Matsumoto reflects on her first summer working with World Arts West to develop an archival database that will support a web portal making available the rich archives of the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival.
Archiving and Preservation During COVID-19: Part 2
How to harness your dance company resources during the global pandemic for engaging audiences and preserving your archival assets. Hear from a dance archivist and a company director.
Archiving and Preservation During COVID-19, Part 1
Now is a great time to assess, manage and utilize your archival and digital assets. Overwhelmed by the explosion in digital content that needs to be preserved? Read on.
Archiving Fellowships Blog: Chicago Dance History Project, Part 4
The fourth and final of Archiving Fellow Daina Coffey’s blogs focuses on the Chicago Dance History Project’s role as a community-based, dancer-run organization, as well as her work organizing vast digital collections.