EP 07: Demystifying Archival Labour - Description

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In part three of the mini-series on "Demystifying Archival Labour" I tackle the work of archival description and talk about the intellectual work goes into descriptive practices. I also discuss my favourite strategies for teaching about description and the inherent challenges of describing records using RAD. Missed part one of this series? Listen to it here. Mentioned in this episode: Archives@Pama, "How Do Archivists Describe Collections (Or, How To Read A Finding Aid)" Danielle Robichaud, "Missed connections: looking for everything in the archives" "Four Views on Archival Decolonization Inspired by the TRC's Calls to Action"

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