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Hi friends! We hope you're hanging in there and staying safe and healthy. Our physical archive remains closed, but we've still got a lot going on. We would love to stay connected with you right now; please check out what's coming up!
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This week: Virtual Multispecies Care Circle
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Saturday, May 9, 2-3pm
As we shield our breath from the virus, what does it mean to seek sharing breath with other species? How does the temporary pause that we take because of the pandemic provide an opportunity for us to sense the web of relations of breathing and air quality?
Join the EPA’s first Multispecies Care Circle to dive into these questions. This virtual get together deepens engagement with the EPA’s Multispecies Care Survey, a public data gathering initiative meant to provoke and articulate forms of environmental agency that de-center human supremacy and facilitate the co-generation of embodied, localized plant-human care practices. As the formats of coexistence are shifted by social distancing, we ask “In a time of pandemic crisis, how do we re-value what care means for all living beings?”
Visit our website to read more and find RSVP details for this virtual event.
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New on the Podcast:
Audio Interference 75
Kent State and Jackson State
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On April 30th, 1970, US President Richard Nixon announced the expansion of the Vietnam War into the neighboring country of Cambodia. This resulted in a wave of student strikes across the country throughout the month of May, 1970.
On May 4th, the US National Guard opened fire on student protesters at Kent State University in Ohio. Eleven days later, Mississippi state police opened fire on student protesters at Jackson State University, a historically black college. Together, six students were killed in the shootings.
In this episode, an Interference Archive volunteer, Jen Hoyer, interviews activist Dennis O’Neil. Dennis grew up in New York City and was a student at New York University in May, 1970. He tells us about the events leading up to the student strike, as well as the aftermath of the shootings at Kent and Jackson State.
Visit our website to read more and to listen to this episode.
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Virtual Exhibition Tour: Like the Waters We Rise
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Were you hoping to visit our exhibit, Climate Justice in Print, in spring 2020? We’re excited to share this video of a virtual tour, curator’s talk and discussion hosted by our friends at Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts NY through their Peer Learning Exchange program. Visit our website to watch.
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Virtual Class Visits: the next frontier
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We love having classes visit Interference Archive. It provides us with an easy way to meet our mission of engaging the public with the cultural production of social movements, and we are so grateful for every opportunity to introduce students to a different kind of archive: one where use is a form of preservation; one where multiple forms of knowledge, skill, and experience are valued and shared within non-hierarchical structures; one where everyone is welcomed as an archivist.
We were sad to cancel class visits when we had to temporarily close our doors mid-March, but we have been thrilled to host several virtual class visits instead!
Our Education Working Group has hosted class conversations about a range of issues and ideas; visit our website to read more and get in touch about doing something with you and your students.
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