Collective Voices: Online Community Archives on Cuba and Its Diaspora
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Collective Voices: Online Community Archives on Cuba and Its Diaspora
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. (EDT)
Panelists discuss their contributions to the preservation of diverse voices in Cuban and Cuban diaspora history, covering LGBTQ and Afro-Cuban experiences, as well as post-revolution material culture on the island.
Speakers share the processes of creating their digital archives, working with communities, as well as the origins and impetuses for their work. The discussion is followed by an audience question and answer session.
This event is co-sponsored by the University of Miami Libraries Cuban Heritage Collection and the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage at Rare Book School.
ABOUT THE PANELISTS
María A. Cabrera Arús, Ph.D., New School for Social Research, (@cubamaterial) is a sociologist who studies the effects of fashion and domestic material culture on regime stability and legitimation, focusing on state socialist regimes and the Caribbean region during the Cold War. Her research has been published in mainstream journals, book anthologies, academic blogs, and magazines. She is the author of the multi-awarded project of digital scholarship Archive of Cuban Socialism (ArchCuS), a digital archive of Cuban material culture from the Cold War era, and the blog Cuba Material, which she maintains since 2012. She is also a collector of Cuban material culture, and a curator of the exhibitions "Cuban Revolutionary Fashion" (Brown University, 2019), "Pioneros: Building Cuba’s Socialist Childhood" (Parsons School of Design, 2015), and "Cuban Finotype and Its Materiality" (Cabinet magazine, 2015). Cabrera Arús has lectured on material culture, fashion, archives and collections, civil society, and state socialist regimes in the United States and Europe. She teaches at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University. Learn more »
Librada González Fernández (@cubanecuir) is a researcher and archivist born in Cuba. In 2019 she created Archivo Cubanecuir in an effort to reclaim and preserve historical documents from the queer and trans Cuban community. Since its inception, the project has been presented at numerous venues, such as the Museum of Latin American Art in Argentina, and featured in publications, such as El Pais and Rialta. Archivo Cubanecuir now holds more than 500 documents, some dated as far back as the 1940s. Next month, Librada will be working with the New York Public Library Picture Collection. Learn more »
Marley Pulido Vargas (@historianegradecuba) is a Cuban-born historian, community organizer, and archivist. Marley grew up in El Cerro, Havana, a historically Black, poor, and working-class neighborhood where his family has lived for over seven generations. He graduated from the School of History at the University of Havana. Marley's community organizing work is centered on issues affecting migrants, refugees, and Black working people. In 2019, Marley founded Historia Negra de Cuba, a multilingual digital archive and multimedia creative hub curating documents, videos, audio, and images to preserve and honor the Black Cuban historical memory of the island and the diaspora. Learn more »
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Amanda T. Moreno is the interim Esperanza Bravo de Varona Chair and archivist of the Cuban Heritage Collection. As the archivist for the Collection, she manages and processes historical collections related to Cuba and its diaspora, while also providing reference and instruction services for students, faculty, and independent researchers. She graduated from the M.A./M.S.L.I.S. dual-degree program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Library and Information Science from New York University and Long Island University. In 2020, she was awarded a Rare Book School-Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage. Learn more »
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. (EDT)
A virtual panel conversation with community archivists working to document the diverse experiences of Cuba and its diaspora.
PANELISTS:
PANELISTS:
- María A. Cabrera Arús, Ph.D., Sociologist and professor, New York University
- Librada González Fernández, Researcher, archivist, and creator of Archivo Cubanecuir
- Marley Pulido Vargas, Historian, community organizer, archivist, and founder of Historia Negra de Cuba
- Amanda T. Moreno, Interim Esperanza Bravo de Varona Chair and archivist of the Cuban Heritage Collection (moderator)
Panelists discuss their contributions to the preservation of diverse voices in Cuban and Cuban diaspora history, covering LGBTQ and Afro-Cuban experiences, as well as post-revolution material culture on the island.
Speakers share the processes of creating their digital archives, working with communities, as well as the origins and impetuses for their work. The discussion is followed by an audience question and answer session.
This event is co-sponsored by the University of Miami Libraries Cuban Heritage Collection and the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage at Rare Book School.
ABOUT THE PANELISTS
María A. Cabrera Arús, Ph.D., New School for Social Research, (@cubamaterial) is a sociologist who studies the effects of fashion and domestic material culture on regime stability and legitimation, focusing on state socialist regimes and the Caribbean region during the Cold War. Her research has been published in mainstream journals, book anthologies, academic blogs, and magazines. She is the author of the multi-awarded project of digital scholarship Archive of Cuban Socialism (ArchCuS), a digital archive of Cuban material culture from the Cold War era, and the blog Cuba Material, which she maintains since 2012. She is also a collector of Cuban material culture, and a curator of the exhibitions "Cuban Revolutionary Fashion" (Brown University, 2019), "Pioneros: Building Cuba’s Socialist Childhood" (Parsons School of Design, 2015), and "Cuban Finotype and Its Materiality" (Cabinet magazine, 2015). Cabrera Arús has lectured on material culture, fashion, archives and collections, civil society, and state socialist regimes in the United States and Europe. She teaches at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University. Learn more »
Librada González Fernández (@cubanecuir) is a researcher and archivist born in Cuba. In 2019 she created Archivo Cubanecuir in an effort to reclaim and preserve historical documents from the queer and trans Cuban community. Since its inception, the project has been presented at numerous venues, such as the Museum of Latin American Art in Argentina, and featured in publications, such as El Pais and Rialta. Archivo Cubanecuir now holds more than 500 documents, some dated as far back as the 1940s. Next month, Librada will be working with the New York Public Library Picture Collection. Learn more »
Marley Pulido Vargas (@historianegradecuba) is a Cuban-born historian, community organizer, and archivist. Marley grew up in El Cerro, Havana, a historically Black, poor, and working-class neighborhood where his family has lived for over seven generations. He graduated from the School of History at the University of Havana. Marley's community organizing work is centered on issues affecting migrants, refugees, and Black working people. In 2019, Marley founded Historia Negra de Cuba, a multilingual digital archive and multimedia creative hub curating documents, videos, audio, and images to preserve and honor the Black Cuban historical memory of the island and the diaspora. Learn more »
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Amanda T. Moreno is the interim Esperanza Bravo de Varona Chair and archivist of the Cuban Heritage Collection. As the archivist for the Collection, she manages and processes historical collections related to Cuba and its diaspora, while also providing reference and instruction services for students, faculty, and independent researchers. She graduated from the M.A./M.S.L.I.S. dual-degree program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Library and Information Science from New York University and Long Island University. In 2020, she was awarded a Rare Book School-Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage. Learn more »
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