Summary:
It's the last episode of the Archives & Things podcast. In this bonus episode, I say goodbye to the last chapter of my journey and move forward into openings. I also bring light to the current Archivaria Editor Team’s acts of violence as a “humiliation ritual” and means for exclusion, gatekeeping, and destruction. I call on the Association of Canadian Archivists to honour their commitment to address the culture of white supremacy and violence against Black people in the archival profession.
Episode Resources:
(Editors) Rebecka Taves Sheffield and Mario H. Ramirez. Call for Papers for Archivaria 100: Legacies of Critical Theory in Archives (Fall 2025). https://archivaria.ca/index.php/archivaria/announcement/view/83
Dr. Carol Anderson. “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide.” Youtube. https://youtu.be/YBYUET24K1c?si=RDXrdc9qgSoROmT4
@Kathomi Gatwiri (2025). [LinkedIn] “Have you ever read the peer review feedback of a manuscript you spent months if not years working on and you literally had to shut down your laptop immediately…because the reviewers (your *supposed* peers) were just so of-the-scale unhinged, hostile and vile?” https://lnkd.in/p/g-QYfWwr
Association of Canadian Archivists’ Statement condemning racism, injustice, and violence against Black people (June 2020). https://archivists.ca/resources/EmailTemplates/!SC_2020_06%20ACA%20Scope%20and%20Content%20Volume%201,%20Issue%206%20June%202020/index_preview.html
Roger McKenzie (2025). “The Rebirth of the African Phoenix: A View from Bablyon.” https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-rebirth-of-the-african-phoenix-a-view-from-bablyon-roger-mckenzie/1147334742#
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