Lunch at the Library: "Ethical returns, access and complicating the archive.” with Maura Sullivan
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This talk explores the issue of access to archives. As a Chumash linguist researching archival materials the idea of access comes up a lot and I hope to detail the different ways that it takes shape. This will cover the logistics of accessing physical or digital copies of archives as an Indigenous researcher. How do institutions, both public and private, make decisions about how people interact with archives? I will discuss ways I have incorporated my own Chumash teachings into how I interact with archival material and spaces. Another aspect to access is how technology as well as the internet is considered in the creation of language resources by tribal communities. In considering the APS’s own adage about “useful” knowledge, as someone who is at the crossroads of institutions and my tribal community, how are archives and products of their research being made with care and thought put towards tribe’s and their needs in a “useful” but also respectful way.
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