Blogposts
Blog posts and writing about the intellectual underpinnings of the project.
- Pangia: A Global Interoperable Affiliation of Digital Libraries April 11, 2019
- Three Questions with CLIR Board Chair Buhle Mbambo-Thata February 18, 2021
- CLIR's Mission in the Era of Climate Disruption August 9, 2019
- Rebuilding April 7, 2020
- To Be Part of the Climate Solution, We Must Center Communities August 14, 2019
Reports
- Banks, Joy M. "The Foundations of Discovery: A Report on the Assessment of the Impacts of the Cataloging Hidden Collections Program, 2008-2019". Zenodo, September 1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7810583.
Material Memory Podcast - Season 2
CLIR's podcast season dedicated to Climate Change
Season two of Material Memory explored the impact of the climate crisis on communities and their cultural heritage.
How does climate change threaten our records and traditions? What is the relationship between memory and disaster? How will the unequal effects of the climate crisis alter the historical record? What are the preservation needs of communities at risk of displacement? And what role does heritage play in identity and resilience?
The season will take a critical look at the role of information and cultural heritage professionals in responding to the crisis, and consider how different approaches to preservation can help or harm affected communities.
Episodes
What We've Learned and What We Can Do
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 07:00:00 +0000
What did we learn? What can we do? In the season 2 finale, host Nicole Kang Ferraiolo and producer Lizzi Albert share their biggest takeaways, from climate change's unequal impacts to the importance of finding your role.
Heritage Has a History
Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:00:00 +0000
Anthropologist Dr. Blessing Nonye Onyima discusses the effects of colonialism and climate change on Nigeria's cultural heritage, from the changing migration patterns of Fulani nomads to the looting of African antiquities.
The Home of Memory
Tue, 09 Mar 2021 12:04:57 +0000
Where do we house our memories? What does it mean to lose our records? Drawing on her experience as an archivist and as a hurricane evacuee, Itza Carbajal speaks about the impacts of the climate crisis on our recorded memory.
Living Heritage
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 02:22:09 +0000
Intangible or “living” cultural heritage includes folk arts, food, and other traditions. Host Nicole Kang Ferraiolo talks to media scholar Saiful Alam Chowdhury about how climate change affects living heritage in Bangladesh and how to protect it.
Climate Displacement and Cultural Resilience
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:17:03 +0000
Victoria Herrmann, president of the Arctic Institute, discusses climate displacement in the United States, the risks it poses to communities and traditions, and how cultural memory builds resilience.
How We Tell the Story of Disaster
Fri, 18 Dec 2020 18:53:16 +0000
Anthropologist and emergency management specialist Dr. Crystal Felima speaks about her work on climate hazards, disaster narratives in Haiti and Puerto Rico, and the role of libraries.
Archivists Against the Climate Crisis
Tue, 10 Nov 2020 01:27:04 +0000
Archivists Eira Tansey and Ben Goldman discuss their research on the impact of climate change on U.S. archives. They share their approaches to climate activism and the superpowers librarians can bring to the fight for environmental justice, both within and outside of their employer institutions.
Does it Matter? Cultural Memory and the Climate Crisis
Tue, 10 Nov 2020 01:09:19 +0000
Climate change is the biggest challenge facing humanity—but how does cultural heritage fit in? Hear from all seven of this season's guests as they weigh in on why culture matters, what's at stake, and where we'll be headed in the coming episodes.