Beyond simply accessing information\, how
can archives serve as a gateway to experience our histories? This research
presentation explores how knowledge of one's being is manifested across L
atin America\, both corporeally and affectively\, in relation to the world
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Through experiential and sensory records\, this
program creates space for examining our own ancestral sensibilities\, exp
ressive practices\, and capacities as knowers. Focusing on how Indigenous\
, Afro-Indigenous peoples\, and non-native English speakers record and tra
nsmit information\, this presentation will introduce access methods for en
gaging with records representative of ancestral knowledge as sites of rese
arch. When we considering the greater collective histories and values embe
dded within records\, we are reminded that memory constitutes a politics o
f hope that re-imagines worlds.
About the presente r:
\nYvette Ramí\;rez is a researcher &\; archivis
t by way of Queens\, New York. Her research is inspired by the complexitie
s of memory and information transmission within Andean and other diasporic
Latinx communities of Indigenous descent. As an independent archivist\, s
he has collaborated with the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The
New School\, the Digital Preservation Unit at The University of Michigan L
ibrary\, the Gates Preserve and most recently the Acquisitions and Bibliog
raphic Access division at the Library of Congress. \;
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She is also a co-founder of Archivistas en Espanglish and a member of th
e Publications Board at the Society of American Archivists. Currently\, sh
e is working towards her PhD at the School of Information at The Universit
y of Michigan. \;
This program was made possible th rough generous funding from the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural A ffairs.
\nAbout the Vasari Project:
\nTh e Vasari Project is a library collection at Main Library dedicated to docu menting\, collecting\, and preserving Miami-Dade County's art history from 1945 to the present. It is a living archive that grows through contributi ons from artists\, art professionals\, exhibition spaces\, galleries\, ins titutions\, and private \;donors.
\nThe Vasari Project is a reso urce for ongoing research\, scholarship\, publications\, artists' projects \, exhibitions\, and events. The archive collects documentation rather tha n original works of art composed primarily of printed matter: corresponden ce\, press clippings\, photographs\, posters\, books\, exhibition catalogs \, artists' files\, oral histories\, and other ephemeral \;materials.< /p>\n
About the Division of Special Collections &\; A rchives:
\nMiami-Dade Public Library System&rsquo\;s Divisi on of Special Collections &\; Archives is located at the Main Library a nd holds rare and irreplaceable historical materials for the benefit of th e public and scholarly community. They oversee the Helen Muir Florida Coll ection\, 16mm Film Collection\, Cuban Collection of Rare Books &\; Ephe mera\, Genealogy Collection\, Vasari Project archive\, and Rare &\; Ant iquarian books from as early as the 17th \;century. The Division aims to provide the public with the contents of these collections at their requ est\, which include books\, original manuscripts\, over 18\,000 photograph s\, prints\, artifacts\, audiovisual resources\, and electronic media.
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