The Minnesota Archives Symposium will be held Monday, November 6 at the Minnesota History Center in Saint Paul, MN. Driving and parking instructions can be found here: https://www.mnhs.org/historycenter/visit/directions. (Please note that parking at the History Center is free during the symposium).
The theme of this year’s symposium is “Handle With Care.”
Providing care is core to the archival profession. It is well-recognized that we provide care for the collections entrusted to us as well as to the collection users and community members who activate the materials under our care. Recent archives discourse has investigated how providing care and the act of caregiving impacts our profession more broadly, asking us to think deeply about what concepts such as responsible stewardship, radical empathy, and work-life balance mean to us and our profession.
During the symposium, we will reflect on the concept of care. How are we caring for our collections, our community, our colleagues, and ourselves? How might an ethic of care guide our work during difficult or uncertain times?
The planning committee is seeking proposals that explore the myriad ways care manifests itself in our work. Please send proposals to tcartmn@gmail.com by September 8th. Include a title for your presentation, a brief description of your talk, a list of speaker(s), and the preferred length of your presentation (15 minute presentation, 30 minute presentation, etc.). You do not have to be a member of TCART to submit a proposal.
Is there something you want to say, but you’re not sure how to shape it into a proposal or a presentation? The TCART officers are always happy to brainstorm with you. Just send us an email!
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