“Material Encounters in the Archive” Brown University, October 25, 2013

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Friday, October 25, 2013

2:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Pembroke Hall 305

Brown University

“Material Encounters in the Archive” frames a dialogue between four interdisciplinary feminist scholars whose research addresses the potential, as well as the limits, of the archive as a theoretical and physical site of knowledge production. Our speakers will reflect on how engaging with archival objects — as collectors, curators, and researchers — has shaped their understanding of the archive, not only as repository for extant documents but as a productive apparatus that shapes the contours of what is valued as legitimate information and scholarship. The presentations will be followed by a moderated discussion and Q&A open to the audience.

For more information see http://www.brown.edu/research/pembroke-center/material-encounters-archive-symposium