A Commitment to Caribbean History & Cultural Heritage in Hartford: Digitizing the Lloyd Best Archive

Name: A Commitment to Caribbean History & Cultural Heritage in Hartford: Digitizing the Lloyd Best Archive
Start: 2024-10-24T05:30:00-04:00
Location: 800 Main St, Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06103

Schedule

Thu Oct 24 2024 at 05:30 am

UTC-04:00

Location

800 Main St, Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06103 | Hartford, CT

The Hartford History Lecture Series is back for 2024. The final lecture in the series features Dr. Christina Bleyer, Watkinson Library at Trinity College.
The Watkinson Library at Trinity College has partnered with the Lloyd Best Institute of the Caribbean to digitize the Lloyd Best Archive. Using our project as an example, this presentation explores post-custodial archiving as a transformative approach to collecting, preserving, and providing access to archival materials, contrasting it with traditional archival practices rooted in colonial attitudes. It emphasizes digital technology's role in preserving archives while respecting creators' agency and community narratives. Unlike traditional methods focused on physical possession and so-called “expert” interpretation, post-custodial archiving fosters collaborative, equitable partnerships. This model empowers communities to maintain intellectual and physical custody of their histories, ensuring accurate representation in the historical record. Post-custodial archiving promotes epistemic sovereignty, allowing marginalized voices to shape their own narratives within global archival frameworks making a deep commitment to the preservation and dissemination of Caribbean history and cultural heritage here in Hartford.
The Hartford History Lecture Series is a collaboration between Connecticut State Community College Capital’s Hartford Heritage Project, and the Connecticut Democracy Center at Connecticut’s Old State House. It is supported by funding through CT Humanities in alignment with the America 250 | CT Commission.
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