I love Christina Ward. And I love the work she does. I am lucky enough to know some really brilliant and wonderful women. Christina? She is absolutely top shelf. As an author, she does outrageously cool writing on food and food history. Ca

S6.3: Shelley Stamp: Cinema Preservation, Access and Renegotiating Women's Representation in Silent Film

Aug 16th, 2022 1h

While this episode was recorded over a year ago, it remains as relevant now as it ever will. I am honored to welcome the brilliant and wonderful Professor Shelley Stamp to Archivist's Alley. A former professor of mine at UC Santa Cruz, she has

S6.2: Raphael Rashid: Human Rights Journalism, Twitter Activism & "Agendas"

Jul 11th, 2022 1h 7m

Please welcome my amazing guest, Korea-based human rights journalist, Raphael Rashid. You want to listen to this episode. It is HOT. Queer issues, feminist issues, refugee discussions, contemporary Korean politics, KPOP cyberbullying...we cove

Bonus

We're Back: Thank You For Being a Friend!

Jul 1st, 2022 20m 50s

Short update about life in the last year or so, my unplanned hiatus and discussion about how the podcast will move forward.

S5.1: Walter Chaw: Memory Kingdoms, the Terror of Anti-Asian Violence & Strength in Struggling

Feb 15th, 2021 1h 38m

Welcome to Season 5! And...the 4th year Archivist's Alley has been "on the air"! I'm so thrilled to have my friend Walter Chaw- writer, teacher and respected film professional- on the show for this episode. We talk about everything from Hugh

S4.8: Candace Ming: Immediate Access, Weird Collectors, and the Necessity of Personal Time

Dec 21st, 2020 1h 12m

Please join me in welcoming the AMAZING Candace Ming to Archivist's Alley. Join us for a really valuable and illuminating discussion on issues of access, the "ownership" of images and the critical necessity of having boundaries in your work/lif

S4.7: Ferrin Evans : Queer Loss, Marginalized Experiences and Demanding a Seat at the Table

Oct 21st, 2020 1h 13m

Please join me as I talk with the incredible Ferrin Evans about queer loss and memory work, trauma and the process of preservation and marginalized identity in what is still an uncomfortably rich straight, white and male field.

Shannon Devlin: Emotional Investments, Good Relationships & the Trouble With Graduation

Sep 28th, 2020 1h 16m

Back with another great Archivist's Alley episode and another WONDERFUL archivist! Please join me in my conversation with the wonderful Shannon Devlin as we talk about physical materials, emotional attachments to projects, meeting lovely people

S4.5: Miranda Barnewall: Advocacy, Career Examinations and Material Importance

Jul 27th, 2020 1h 1m

This episode features the wonderful Miranda Barnewall. We spoke on many things but I believe that the route that she's taking is one that will revolutionize the way the archives/information studies field interacts with its staff and employers.

S4.4: Claire Fox: Best Case Scenarios, Metadata Milieus & Graduating in a COVID-19 Landscape

Jul 9th, 2020 1h 9m

Claire & I recorded this podcast in May before she officially graduated and before the COVID landscape went to The Really Extra Bad Place that it seems to be at now. I delayed the ep due to the critical nature of the discussion of the Black Liv

Stephany Kim: Filmmakers of Color, Daily Activism and Pushing Boundaries to Work For a Better Future

Jun 17th, 2020 1h 37m

Please join archivist Stephany Kim and I as we discuss privilege, the Black Lives Matter protests, what the archives community is(n't) doing and how the White-dominated educational system and White film canon denied people of precious history a

S4.2: Sydney Perkins: Of Kaiju, "Right People" and How Little COVID-19 Has Changed Life as an Archivist

May 26th, 2020 1h 15m

So thrilled to be able to speak to my wonderful and talented friend Sydney Perkins, an Arqueervist, preservationist and passionate film lover. We discuss gatekeeping, capitalism, the love for our field and, tragically, how very little has shi

Archivist's Alley and Ariel Moved to Korea: Update and Request

May 6th, 2020 25m 24s

It's been a while but here is an update from Paju, South Korea and a request/ outreach to all those who may have some things they want to talk about or just need to discuss. Let's keep the Alley going, y'all!

Dr. T.J. Tallie: Queered Power Structures, Polygamist Archive Studies and How to Survive the Non-Stop Fiesta of Sadness

Oct 22nd, 2019 1h 14m

Join me in welcoming Dr. T.J. Tallie back to Archivist's Alley! Back teaching on the West Coast, he's joining us to celebrate the release of his amazing new book (link to purchase on podcast website) Queering Colonial Natal: Indigeneity and the

Mo Henry: Negative Cutting, Orson Welles Restorations & Women's Power in the Film Industry

Sep 2nd, 2019 1h 8m

Please welcome the AMAZING Mo Henry to Archivist's Alley! A negative cutter since the 70s, she has worked with everyone from Francis Ford Coppola and Mike Nichols to being one of the central preservation forces behind the recent restoration of

Chris Bourg: Open Scholarship, Advocacy from the Inside & Code Switching

Aug 19th, 2019 1h 3m

Please welcome Dr. Chris Bourg, Director of Libraries at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to Archivist's Alley. I have wanted to have her as a guest ever since I started the show so I'm thrilled that we were able to finally make it h

Heather Buckley: Punk Rock Production & the Preservation of Genre Materials

Aug 5th, 2019 1h 2m

So very excited to welcome my excellent colleague and friend Heather Buckley to Archivist's Alley. Not only is she a successful horror film producer but she is a writer, historian and dedicated preservationist who works with a variety of film d

Adam Piron: Media Curation, Format Fetishes & Indigenous Film Language

Jul 22nd, 2019 1h 16m

In this episode, Adam and I explore working in the field of film programming/curation (esp in Los Angeles). We focus on ideas of media archiving/preservation, temporality and examining and applying it to media and preservation in a non-hysteric

Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez: the Minority Majority, Community Involvement & Our Plea to Stop Being a Jerk!

Jul 8th, 2019 1h 10m

Archivist's Alley is back! Season 3 begins with the amazing Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez and we talk about everything from yearbook issues & ancient institutions who hide too many things under the rug to why representation matters on television program

Archivist's Alley Mini Update

Jul 1st, 2019 14m 48s

Quick Update before the new season!

Michelle Caswell: Creating Archives, Making Space & Activating Records of the Now

Feb 11th, 2019 39m 43s

Please welcome the wonderful Dr. Michelle Caswell to Archivist's Alley! An incredible author and speaker, she is also a teacher, the co-founder of the South Asian American Digital Archive (more information on which can be found at the website b

Archivist's Alley Goes to AMIA 2018, Pt 3: Bob Curtis-Johnson, Alaska's Moving Image Treasures and Strong Indigenous Voices

Jan 28th, 2019 45m 53s

My final podcast from the AMIA conference in November, 2018 was actually the first one that I did and it was with the invaluable and fabulous Bob Curtis-Johnson. We had a great time talking about his work in Alaska and the monumental outreach

Archivist's Alley Goes to AMIA 2018, Pt 2- KBOO Radio, Radical Audio Culture & the Community Archiving Workshop

Jan 14th, 2019 52m 8s

Meet Marti Clemmons & Erin Yanke of KBOO Radio! This is Pt2 of my 3-Pt AMIA 2018 Series, where I spoke to people at the annual conference in Portland. Our conversation travels through all the amazing and varied programs offered on KBOO, the pol

Archivist's Alley Goes to AMIA 2018- Claire Fox: Queer Community, Student-ing, and Navigating the Future

Dec 17th, 2018 1h 10m

This is the first podcast of a 3-part series I did while at the AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists) conference in Portland, OR. My first conversation is with Claire Fox, an absolute joy and fabulous person I got to know this year. I a

Anna St. Onge: Archival Labor, Community Content & Refocusing the Archival Narrative

Nov 26th, 2018 1h 19m

Please welcome Anna St. Onge, from York University in Toronto! Anna and I discuss the challenges of consciously platforming archival stories that generally get less institutional attention or funding, such as indigenous and regional communities