community engagement

We often think of “care” in the archiving context in terms of objects (artifacts, records, documents). GLAM institutions (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) have a responsibility to protect valuable items with significant social, cultural, and heritage value, and to preserve important information for current and future generations. These institutions work with care to make sure that knowledge is not lost. But what can we learn by turning our attention towards the communities whose knowledges we care for? How might adopting an attitude of care encourage us to look after people and not only their objects? Along this line, how can we change our policies and practices accordingly?