Archiving in the Community

I wanted to start this blog to serve as another archive for myself. I am in an MFA in Community Arts program at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, MD. Today we talked about archiving in the community and what that means. This lead me to wanting to create another archive for myself (outside of my instagram) because its important to have. If I don't do this for myself, who will? 

Here are my notes on Archiving in the Community:

-Ethical Practices
-Decolonizing what archives can be:

• Instagram
• Physical work
• blogs
• podcasts
• oral histories
• music/music platforms

-Having control of your own archives

• ​The right to be forgotten

-Teaching others how to archive

• Framing
• Documenting
• Artist Statements
• Details of the work

-Physical Work

• Keeping it safe
• Protecting it
• Details on the back (like photos)

-Progress Documentation

• Blogs
• Instagram
• Photos and Videos

-Having proper access to the archives

• Nothing is free
• Technology isn't truly accessible

-Questions:

• Who is telling the story?
• Who is learning from the story?
• What is being left out?