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9 Obras 105 Miembros 2 Reseñas

Sobre El Autor

Kate Eichhorn is Assistant Professor of Culture and Media Studies at The New School.

Obras de Kate Eichhorn

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Conocimiento común

Género
female
Nacionalidad
Canada

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More accessible and pop-y than [b:Cruising the Library: Perversities in the Organization of Knowledge|32572298|Cruising the Library Perversities in the Organization of Knowledge|Melissa Adler|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1485969937s/32572298.jpg|53149722], and mainly focuses on the fate of Riot Girl collections in various libraries. The fate of the Hanna papers and other Riot Girl Rock Stars at the Fales library at NYU smacked of elitism, of nepotism, of the worst kind of white girl privilege in the whole world. Kudos to the author for even asking Karen Drams (head of special collections at Fales) -- "would this collection even exist if you weren't friends with all of them?" Reinforced my idea that archiving and especially 'special' or 'rare' collections are only concerned with their friends (the only important things happening are things I can see). I'm glad I kept reading through my disgust though, because the next chapter about Jenna Freedman at Barnard was much more exciting, democratic, flat, horizontal and accessible. She operates under the idea that when forced to choose preservation or access, "I always choose access." She believes that re-tagging, telling LCC to fuck off, and trying to create systems that serve erased populace (is queer a sexual minority or a class deserving of its own subheading?) and providing them greater access is a better way to agitate for social change than trying to digitize the entire library of zines in her collection. The author of this book teaches media at the New School, where I'm applying on friday and I know I don't have the cash to attend, but I'd like to sneak in and try her out.

Overall, an interesting read for those in the field or who care about this kind of thing.
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adaorhell | Aug 24, 2018 |
This work is structured as an anthropologist's field notes interwoven with stage directed dramatic scenes. For me this structure was more impressive than the poetic content, which is a little to skeletal and difficult. Found this from a small Toronto publisher BookThug.
 
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albertgoldfain | Nov 5, 2011 |

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Obras
9
Miembros
105
Popularidad
#183,191
Valoración
½ 3.6
Reseñas
2
ISBNs
15
Idiomas
1

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