This panel will explore the importance of archives to preserve the past, to help us understand the present, and to inspire a vision for possible futures. It will explore questions around archive activation for programming, outreach and exhibitions as well as how archives can support communities in telling their own histories in ways that are meaningful and authentic.    

Session Participants: 

1. Carrie Walling, University of Minnesota

2. Geraldine Frieslaar, University of the Western Cape

3. Celina Flores, Memoria Abierta  

4. Jacqueline McAllister, Kenyon College

5. Jeanelle Austin, Rise and Remember