Risdi Tv Rhode Island   Mike Finch

Here Tomorrow - Susan Trangmire - PHd series

Mary Ann ........

no joined up infrastructure between research structures - how could this happen

ba ma structures - forums for connection on things that happens

ICFAR servicing function? - space of meaningful connection

post colonial - anglocised -  what is outside that we do not recognise or choose to be nurtured by

BIG THANKS TO ALL

I am making some pages that aim to sum up the suggestions arising in the plenary session - I wil try to place other arbitrary thoughts here.

Whitechapel - Space July 08 Steven Bedoes talk.  Future Studios

Digital representation of an artists work through an online archive is often seen by the artist as a very public, exhibition type, outing into the public sphere. As a result the function of the archive as a representation of the past comes into an interesting conflict with the way an artist may want to shape how their past work is perceived today.

Baring Bank financial archive and connected oral histories

Not controlling but inputing into anothers work in an archives

shaping the way a collection is used

people dont want random inanity - they want something more meaningful

arent all archives random?  but they are curated of course

lots of thoughts and ideas

Thanks to all - at 3 we can have a plenary and suggested future ideas -

Despina - collections of violence in her studio - historical research materials that inform her process.  Her own interpretation and development of these materials.

existence of artists materials in archives - help cement the value artists have in the market

published 'More Bad News' glasgow in relation to topic

topics moving quickly around table as we approach conclusion

Digitisation and archival selection processes for the online environment remain tied to economics and restrictions of practicality. It is simply not possible to digitise everything. This is a problem we will learn to resolve with today’s archives as technology and willingness develops into the future. However the key to preventing these practicality issues in the future is to encourage today’s practitioners to archive as they go.

artists use of archives and other specific methodological tools -

do artists work in a different ways to others scholars

ethical issues motivate layout and perspective

Stasi archive 40 - 50 years of accounts from one particular perspective - is there a layer to be added of existing peoples perspectives to the same situations? whilst they are still alive

multiple dialgogues and blind spots

Michael Macmillan

We are moving away from the notion that an online archive is a fixed preservation repository in the same mode as a physical archive. Now, with mash-up (online technology combination methodology) websites it is possible for the digital preservation responsibility to rest with the many rather than a single resource. Notions of ownership are key in facilitating that resolution.

360 degree perspective - recording context

context first (Geoff) - people often look at the flat version first

intellectual and methodological  tools that can be applied to archives

believe history is ending - who are we preserving it for? Claire Macdonald

Pam Skelton - a series of questions in relationship to archives she has recently worked with

Stasi archive is problematic

Susan Sontag sights complexity of photos taken by nazi soldiers of concentrations camps

Soviet Repository - didnt catch name

authority responsibility authorship of reusing information film etc

The response from the room

Cathy Lane - what we loose and what we gain

how to proceed

Jisc - funding stream to aid digitisation- conditions had to be openly accessible on the web

Geoff Laycock of Adatabase

methodology of discovery - the people who will use and access the content and make relationships

tracking and voluntary transparency of how people use the internet