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in #BSAbibweek21 @drkmttr82 asks us what is the role of bibliographic scholarship at our exact moment; how can we help racial liberation
. @drkmttr82 "the role of libraries is not just to provide information, but to provide information that is liberating" #bsabibweek21
. @drkmttr82 access and liberation are about about a commitment to repair harm at a structural level. how are we facilitating that work as bibliographers? #bsabibweek21
. @drkmttr82 liberation bibliography is a practice of freedom. it is not a destination, but a practice and method. it centers the ongoing work, both trad and non-trad, from these communities #bsabibweek21
. @drkmttr82 liberation bibliography makes visible what has been made invisible by structures and institutions; it is how we then rethink bibliography based on our liberatory agenda #bsabibweek21
. @drkmttr82 focusing on Black women is just... so good. thank you for making them seen. thank you for highlighting their work. #bsabibweek21
. @drkmttr82 is focusing on Dorothy Porter's Early Negro Writing bibliography and its changes in cover and focus over the years #bsabibweek21
. @drkmttr82 Porter's book shifts its focus from reactionary positioning against white supremacy to articulating Black writers' own subjectivity #bsabibweek21
. @drkmttr82 Porter's re-naming practices in the library made Black writers and Black writing visible; she also included more ephemera and periodicals which better represented Black writing than a focus on books #bsabibweek21
. @drkmttr82 references the amazing Wheatley Peters panel earlier this week featuring @BrigField @thelostms and @BlkLibraryGirl. not up on the BSA youtube but will be soon! #bsabibweek21
. @drkmttr82 it is possible to collect more text from BIPOC writers and expand collections, but what is the point when the institutions are not making them visible? and not making them accessible to those communities? #bsabibweek21
. @drkmttr82 notes that @BlkLibraryGirl argues referring to Phillis Wheatley Peters with her married last name of Peters de-centers her enslavement in favor of her autonomy and subjectivity #bsabibweek21
. @drkmttr82 references a very good book from @BrigField and @jsench https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/5486.htm #BSABibWeek21
. @drkmttr82 notes that to Af-Am lit and studies has known about this writing and histories for a very long and it is the academy that is starting to take notice; this reminds me of lit scholars "discovering" things in archives when they've been well known #bsabibweek21
. @drkmttr82 is listing bib projects like the Black Bibliography Project and @CCP_org. There are many. Love seeing the citations doing the work in this talk. #bsabibweek21
. @drkmttr82 Porter et al teach us that citations, lists, orgs, etc are arguments about what matters, how they matter, and ways of knowing #bsabibweek21 PUT THIS ON A TSHIRT Y'ALL
. @drkmttr82 talks about how citational practices are not just something we do; we always have to ask ourselves what we are missing. Spires has started asking students to consider the identities of who they are citing and where the information comes from #bsabibweek21
(i do this work too and it's hard and reflective stuff; excited to get new ideas from this talk)
. @Bibliographes asks about the role of pleasure in liberation bibliography. @drkmttr82 discusses reading early af-am writing that was arguing for humanity and it was disheartening. Porter's bib showed writing that just showed Black joy and pleasure #bsabibweek21
. @drkmttr82 talks mentions the joy of discovering "new to you" things in the archive, and that affective experience can be refreshing, joyful, and enlightening #bsabibweek21
@dorothyjberry asks: How do you cite for possible inclusions the sorts of reparative bibliographic work Porter did behind the scenes that tech staff do today, often anonymously? #BSABibWeek21
@drkmttr82 emphasizes that citing who makes metadata possible is an important way we can acknowledge this labor #bsabibweek21
. @drkmttr82 answers my question (yay!) about whether or not foundational and key texts in bibliography can be used for liberation or if there is resistance. he says that we can esp in cataloguing and enumerative bib #bsabibweek21
. @drkmttr82 discusses how to do this work in the literature survey and how to center Douglass as intersecting with and key to discussing Emerson and Thoreau. the canon is no longer the Dead White Guys and we add, but the core is always in flux and multiple #bsabibweek21
we have invoked 'the archive' #bsabibweek21
this question is about journal editors pushing for citational exchange largely happening in endnotes; @drkmttr82 notes that we are in the midst of a cultural change from the single author model to acknowledging collaborative work and articles are catching up #bsabibweek21
. @drkmttr82 mentions his book Practice of Citizenship which is 40% off for Bib Week if you want it! https://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15926.html
this was fun everyone. hell of a talk. If you missed it, @Bibliographes mentioned that it will be posted on the BSA youtube channel next week and captions are in English and Spanish
