Lozana RossenovaHad an incredibly inspiring day at the Women's Art Library at Goldsmith's today, working with some feminist icons on archiving their publications and recording their histories for the DAAP project (daap.network). A privilege to be in a room with women changing history for the last 50+ years. But a lot of work left to do, as their histories of struggle on acceptance, on staying the course, on building a career despite biases, caring responsibilities, the need to be "nice" or "adaptable" and more, attest to.
Completely in awe of the work of the Head Librarian there (Althea Greenan) in taking care of the incredible collection, caring for the artists, remembering the brilliant details of histories of works coming together during residences, exhibitions and performances. The relational nature of it all is inspiring, and how precious little of that information goes into the digital cataloging system in place seems like a great waste. Which is to say cataloging & archiving software is for the most part not fit for purpose for the nuance of relations that bind works, and communities, and schools of thought together into the tangible and intangible aspects of knowledge production.
Which is what the DAAP project is trying to challenge / change in some small way. I talked about our approach to data modeling during the #LD4_2023 conference last week (starting at about 16:30mins in): https://www.youtube.com/live/unAMoqloNnc?feature=share
(PS this is ongoing work started around 2019 when I was still researching the potential for using Wikibase in more artistic applications)
(PS this is ongoing work started around 2019 when I was still researching the potential for using Wikibase in more artistic applications)
