AMIA Keynote & Plenary
AMIA will present two plenary sessions in 2018 at the Portland Conference that examine the preservation of our cultural heritage.
Our previously announced Keynote speaker, Fackson Banda, was unable to travel to the US. The brilliant and generous Snowden Becker has agreed to offer the keynote for AMIA 2018.
Snowden Becker
AMIA 2018 Keynote Speaker: Snowden Becker
Thursday, November 29th
Transcending the National: Some Thoughts on Becoming a Community of Practice
Snowden Becker is the MLIS Program Director at UCLA’s Department of Information Studies. She has been an AMIA member and conference attendee since 2001, participating in multiple committees and interest groups (Conference Program, Education, Publications, Small Gauge & Amateur Film, Scholarships) and serving as Secretary of the Board from 2013-2014. Her research interests focus on how audiovisual materials–especially nontheatrical media like home movies and bodycam footage–are integrated into our larger cultural heritage. ASK HER ABOUT: How to make the most of the AMIA conference, education and career options in media preservation, Home Movie Day, cats, knitting, food, and thrift-store shopping.
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 Jen Hart  Michael Pahn |
 Jennifer Jenkins |
Plenary Session:
Indigenous Cultural Heritage: Ethical Stewardship
Friday, November 30th
While Indigenous and tribal communities around the world are taking steps to reaffirm control over images and sounds of their communities, many materials remain in archives, museums, and libraries outside of tribal communities. Because of issues of colonialism, cultural appropriation and variability in knowledge systems (and ways of knowing), stewardship of these materials can be complex, with unique cultural, political, and spiritual sensitivities. How can audiovisual archivists working with materials from first peoples ensure a deeper understanding of the needs of indigenous knowledge keepers and archival materials to ensure ethical stewardship? What is the role of audiovisual archivists in the landscape of collaboration with indigenous communities to ensure that reaffirm their authority and control cultural heritage, and – though there is not one solution – what kinds of partnerships and collaborations can be further fostered or supported to ensure ethical stewardship and sustainability of indigenous archives?
Speakers: Jen Hart, Medweganoonind Library, Red Lake Nation College and Michael Pahn, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Cultural Resource Center and
Moderated by Jennifer Jenkins, University of Arizona