Ethics and Archiving the Web https://video-new.rhizome.org/c/ethics_and_archiving_the_web/videos The National Forum on Ethics and Archiving the Web (#eaw18) brings together activists, librarians, journalists, archivists, scholars, developers, and designers to talk about how to create richer, non-oppressive web archives—archives that will better serve their publics and the historical record. Thu, 28 May 2026 11:00:21 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video-new.rhizome.org Ethics and Archiving the Web https://video-new.rhizome.org/lazy-static/avatars/dd0682a2-0447-4b07-8e7f-6106b50018d0.png https://video-new.rhizome.org/c/ethics_and_archiving_the_web/videos All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video-new.rhizome.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder. https://video-new.rhizome.org/feeds/podcast/videos.xml?videoChannelId=23 <![CDATA[Ethics and Archiving the Web: Web as Witness Archiving & Human Rights]]> https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/2V4aUD6BpPr2QoxJKZ8FT2 https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/2V4aUD6BpPr2QoxJKZ8FT2 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 17:28:11 GMT Web as Witness - Archiving & Human Rights
March 23, 2018 at the New Museum, New York
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In a “smartphones everywhere” world, it’s critically important for archivists, activists, and journalists to think strategically and ethically about using, sharing, and preserving human rights-related web and social media content for advocacy or evidentiary purposes. This panel will explore how web archives can be used in an advocacy context, and the challenges and risks such efforts face.
Anna Banchik
UC Berkeley Human Rights Investigations Lab Member and Ethnographer; PhD Candidate, UT-Austin
Jeff Deutch
Lead Researcher, Syrian Archive; PhD candidate, Humboldt University; Fellow, Centre for Internet and Human Rights
Pamela Graham (moderator)
Director, the Center for Human Rights Documentation & Research, Columbia University Libraries
Alex Hopkins [Travel cancellation]
Web Producer, Airwars
Natalia Krapiva
UC Berkeley Human Rights Investigations Lab Member and Legal Mentor; JD Candidate, UC Berkeley School of Law
Dalila Mujagic
Digital Producer, WITNESS

]]> Ethics and Archiving the Web nonadult Ethics and Archiving the Web: Web as Witness Archiving & Human Rights Web as Witness - Archiving & Human Rights March 23, 2018 at the New Museum, New York eaw.rhizome.org In a “smartphones everywhere” world, it’s critically important for archivists, activists, and journalists to think strategically and ethically ... <![CDATA[Ethics and Archiving the Web: Web Archiving as Civic Duty]]> https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/fPd9EdPi9FnttUb2cELXkH https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/fPd9EdPi9FnttUb2cELXkH Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:22:31 GMT Web Archiving as Civic Duty
March 22, 2018 at the New Museum, New York
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In this panel, we grapple with the ways in which researchers, archivists, civically engaged citizens, and grassroots activists can keep track of the official public record, even as government agencies seek to delete, destroy, and dissemble it. We look at unique challenges that archivists face in unearthing and preserving federal websites, government social media platforms, environmental data, and born-digital military documents. Together and with an eye towards the future, we reflect on the ways in which web archives and data are understood, (re)imagined, and contested.
Amelia Acker (co-moderator)
Assistant Professor, School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin
Natalie Baur
Digital Preservation Librarian, El Colegio de México
Adam Kriesberg (co-moderator)
College of Information Studies, University of Maryland
Muira McCammon
Freelance journalist, war crimes researcher, and PhD student, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Hanna E. Morris
PhD Student, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Stacy Wood (co-moderator)
Assistant Professor, School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh

]]> Ethics and Archiving the Web nonadult Ethics and Archiving the Web: Web Archiving as Civic Duty Web Archiving as Civic Duty March 22, 2018 at the New Museum, New York eaw.rhizome.org In this panel, we grapple with the ways in which researchers, archivists, civically engaged citizens, and grassroots activists can keep track of the official... <![CDATA[Ethics and Archiving the Web: The Right to Be Forgotten]]> https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/qatnyM1w1uxkY9j78V2P8x https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/qatnyM1w1uxkY9j78V2P8x Fri, 18 Nov 2022 15:26:26 GMT When individuals attempt to withdraw their materials from public archives, the goal of preserving the public record comes into conflict with the expectation of “the right to be forgotten.” This panel considers robots.txt, donor forms, and removal requests as negotiated encounters among people, institutions, and the law.
Nicola Bingham [Travel cancellation]
Lead Curator, Web Archiving, British Library
Itza A. Carbajal [Travel cancellation]
Latin American Metadata Librarian; LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Special Collection at UT-Austin
Joyce Gabiola (moderator)
PhD student, Information Studies, UCLA
Dorothy Howard
PhD student, Dept of Communication, UC San Diego
Katrina Windon
Accessioning and Processing Archivist, University of Arkansas

]]> Ethics and Archiving the Web nonadult Ethics and Archiving the Web: The Right to Be Forgotten When individuals attempt to withdraw their materials from public archives, the goal of preserving the public record comes into conflict with the expectation of “the right to be forgotten.” This panel considers robots.txt, donor forms, and removal ... <![CDATA[Ethics and Archiving the Web: The Internet of Affects-Haunting Down Data]]> https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/b8UJNa3gEDQutp2MjTN9nc https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/b8UJNa3gEDQutp2MjTN9nc Fri, 18 Nov 2022 14:55:09 GMT This talk offers a critical and practical meditation on haunting, information, and data visualization. What is at stake in parsing some of the differences between social media as data and social media as affective experience?
Marisa Parham
Professor of English; Director, irlHumanities Lab; Faculty Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Amherst College

]]> Ethics and Archiving the Web nonadult Ethics and Archiving the Web: The Internet of Affects-Haunting Down Data This talk offers a critical and practical meditation on haunting, information, and data visualization. What is at stake in parsing some of the differences between social media as data and social media as affective experience? Marisa Parham Profe... <![CDATA[Ethics and Archiving the Web: The Ethics of Digital Folklore]]> https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/ccSFsBV1ad4YG4mjeDCd72 https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/ccSFsBV1ad4YG4mjeDCd72 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 14:10:28 GMT The Ethics of Digital Folklore
March 23, 2018 at the New Museum, New York
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Image macros, photos of kittens, and other vernacular forms–created by users, for users–are the most important, beautiful, and misunderstood aspects of internet culture. Digital folklore raises particular ethical issues for archivists and researchers in that users’ labor is treated as data fodder, attribution and permission are difficult to establish, and what gets celebrated and remembered tends to replicate existing cultural biases.
Frances Corry
Doctoral Student, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, USC
Dragan Espenschied (moderator)
Preservation Director, Rhizome
Ruth Gebreyesus
Writer & Producer
Ian Milligan
Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Waterloo
Ari Spool
Community Operations Manager, GIPHY

]]> Ethics and Archiving the Web nonadult Ethics and Archiving the Web: The Ethics of Digital Folklore The Ethics of Digital Folklore March 23, 2018 at the New Museum, New York eaw.rhizome.org Image macros, photos of kittens, and other vernacular forms–created by users, for users–are the most important, beautiful, and misunderstood aspects of in... <![CDATA[Ethics and Archiving the Web: Stewardship & Usage]]> https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/hYMJi7GHbTTRUK9P19czGB https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/hYMJi7GHbTTRUK9P19czGB Fri, 18 Nov 2022 13:19:36 GMT Stewardship & Usage
March 23, 2018 at the New Museum, New York
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This panel explores the tensions that arise between institutional archives–which may have roots in oppressive power structures, including white supremacism and colonialiasm–and the interests of the communities they aim to represent. How can communities be engaged in a long-term effort of record creation, collection, and stewardship? What tools are available to communities–particularly traditional or indigenous communities whose interests often do not align with existing technical and legal frameworks–to assert ownership over their own material?
Jefferson Bailey
Director, Web Archiving at the Internet Archive
Monique Lassere
Digital Preservation Librarian, University of Arizona
Justin Littman
Software developer and librarian at George Washington University Libraries
Allan Martell
PhD Student, School of Information, University of Michigan
Trent Purdy [Travel cancellation]
Assistant Librarian & Archivist, University of Arizona
Anthony Sanchez
Assistant Librarian, University of Arizona

]]> Ethics and Archiving the Web nonadult Ethics and Archiving the Web: Stewardship & Usage Stewardship & Usage March 23, 2018 at the New Museum, New York eaw.rhizome.org This panel explores the tensions that arise between institutional archives–which may have roots in oppressive power structures, including white supremacism and colon... <![CDATA[Ethics and Archiving the Web: Introduction and The Internet of Affects-Haunting Down Data]]> https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/htQnpLzGdGMrteJzhvuVA5 https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/htQnpLzGdGMrteJzhvuVA5 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 12:25:04 GMT The Internet of Affects-Haunting Down Data
March 22, 2018 at the New Museum, New York
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This talk offers a critical and practical meditation on haunting, information, and data visualization. What is at stake in parsing some of the differences between social media as data and social media as affective experience?
Marisa Parham
Professor of English; Director, irlHumanities Lab; Faculty Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Amherst College

]]> Ethics and Archiving the Web nonadult Ethics and Archiving the Web: Introduction and The Internet of Affects-Haunting Down Data The Internet of Affects-Haunting Down Data March 22, 2018 at the New Museum, New York eaw.rhizome.org This talk offers a critical and practical meditation on haunting, information, and data visualization. What is at stake in parsing some of the... <![CDATA[Ethics and Archiving the Web: Fidelity, Integrity, & Compromise]]> https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/tmpviDbwnpYfVhhG1b788s https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/tmpviDbwnpYfVhhG1b788s Fri, 18 Nov 2022 11:40:14 GMT 3/23/2018, New Museum, New York
In many contexts, archives serve as witness and testament to crimes, corruption, and abuse, and hold sensitive information about vulnerable populations. What steps can archivists take before collection and after storage in order to safeguard web archives’ status as credible witness, and to protect the communities they represent?
Ashley Blewer
Archivist, developer, and technologist
Ada Lerner (moderator)
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Wellesley College
Michael L. Nelson
Professor, Department of Computer Science, Old Dominion University
Shawn Walker
Assistant Professor of Communication/Social Technologies, Arizona State University

]]> Ethics and Archiving the Web nonadult Ethics and Archiving the Web: Fidelity, Integrity, & Compromise 3/23/2018, New Museum, New York In many contexts, archives serve as witness and testament to crimes, corruption, and abuse, and hold sensitive information about vulnerable populations. What steps can archivists take before collection and after s... <![CDATA[Ethics and Archiving the Web: Documenting Hate]]> https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/ktkBMiNbju53VWAub6W24r https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/ktkBMiNbju53VWAub6W24r Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:41:39 GMT Documenting Hate
March 22, 2018 at the New Museum, New York
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This panel considers whether documenting hate speech on the web have a role in dismantling white supremacy. What kind of ethical case can be made for devoting resources to archiving the digital presence of hate groups? What ethical guidelines are needed for archivists working in this context?
Patrick Davison
Editor, Data & Society
Aria Dean (moderator)
Assistant Curator for Net Art + Digital Culture, Rhizome
Joan Donovan
Media Manipulation/Platform Accountability Research Lead, Data & Society
Renee Saucier
Master of Information student, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
Caroline Sinders
Machine learning designer/user researcher, artist, and digital anthropologist

]]> Ethics and Archiving the Web nonadult Ethics and Archiving the Web: Documenting Hate Documenting Hate March 22, 2018 at the New Museum, New York eaw.rhizome.org This panel considers whether documenting hate speech on the web have a role in dismantling white supremacy. What kind of ethical case can be made for devoting resources... <![CDATA[Ethics and Archiving the Web: Curation and Power]]> https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/rNGaeXJmj835x9jRFNLFer https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/rNGaeXJmj835x9jRFNLFer Fri, 18 Nov 2022 09:53:49 GMT Curation and Power
March 22, 2018 at the New Museum, New York
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Decisions about what gets archived, and what gets surfaced as part of archival presentations, reflect the power and politics of institutions. This panel will explore ways in which software and online platforms mediate, amplify, and obscure these dynamics in traditional and algorithmic forms of curation.
Morehshin Allahyari
Artist, activist, and educator
Anisa Hawes
Researcher, Victoria & Albert Museum
Margaret Hedstrom
Robert M Warner Collegiate Professor of Information, School of Information and Faculty Associate, Institute for Social Research at University of Michigan
Jess Ogden (moderator)
PhD candidate in Web Science, University of Southampton
Lozana Rossenova
PhD researcher at London South Bank University (in collaboration with Rhizome)

]]> Ethics and Archiving the Web nonadult Ethics and Archiving the Web: Curation and Power Curation and Power March 22, 2018 at the New Museum, New York eaw.rhizome.org Decisions about what gets archived, and what gets surfaced as part of archival presentations, reflect the power and politics of institutions. This panel will explore ... <![CDATA[Ethics and Archiving the Web: Building a Community Archive of Police Violence]]> https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/ntUDVK1QKqCJcnDzmNm6JE https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/ntUDVK1QKqCJcnDzmNm6JE Fri, 18 Nov 2022 08:36:03 GMT Building a Community Archive of Police Violence
March 23, 2018 at the New Museum, New York
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A People’s Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland provides a sustainable, autonomous means for Cleveland residents to share their first-hand accounts of police violence in the region. In this conversation, Drake and Williams will discuss the archive’s conception and development, lessons learned from the process, and its potential as a post-custodial model for other grassroots organizations protesting various forms of state violence.
Jarrett Drake
Advisory archivist of A People’s Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland; Doctoral Student at Harvard University Department of Anthropology
Stacie Williams
Team Leader, Digital Learning and Scholarship, Case Western Reserve University Library

]]> Ethics and Archiving the Web Activism nonadult Ethics and Archiving the Web: Building a Community Archive of Police Violence Building a Community Archive of Police Violence March 23, 2018 at the New Museum, New York eaw.rhizome.org A People’s Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland provides a sustainable, autonomous means for Cleveland residents to share their first-... <![CDATA[Ethics and Archiving the Web: Archiving Trauma]]> https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/gKaD7hUxGWpvTWosDBTnvK https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/gKaD7hUxGWpvTWosDBTnvK Fri, 18 Nov 2022 07:56:06 GMT Archiving Trauma
March 22, 2018 at the New Museum, New York
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Memory work is a necessary part of the always unfinished process of healing, fighting for justice, and seeking emancipation. Archives of all kinds can support this work, but they can also amplify the effects of trauma, stage it as spectacle for public consumption, or make victims newly vulnerable. This panel will explore both the potential for web archives to support valuable memory work in the wake of trauma, and to cause further harm.
Michael Connor (moderator)
Artistic Director, Rhizome
Chido Muchemwa
Writer, archivist, University of Texas at Austin
Nick Ruest
Digital Assets Librarian, York University
Coral Salomón
NDSR Fellow at The University of Pennsylvania Fisher Fine Arts Library
Tonia Sutherland
Assistant professor, College of Communication and Information Sciences at University of Alabama
Lauren Work
Digital Preservation Librarian, University of Virginia Library

]]> Ethics and Archiving the Web nonadult Ethics and Archiving the Web: Archiving Trauma Archiving Trauma March 22, 2018 at the New Museum, New York eaw.rhizome.org Memory work is a necessary part of the always unfinished process of healing, fighting for justice, and seeking emancipation. Archives of all kinds can support this work... <![CDATA[Social Media and the Warrior Women Water Protectors]]> https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/3jv9kmBNj6AQMzHsjv4Rez https://video-new.rhizome.org/w/3jv9kmBNj6AQMzHsjv4Rez Fri, 04 Nov 2022 01:22:53 GMT Social Media and the Warrior Women Water Protectors
March 23, 2018 at the New Museum

This conversation will address the role of social media in the movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline and its ongoing role in the way the struggle is litigated and remembered. In stark contrast with the American Indian Movement’s openly antagonistic relationship with the mainstream press in the 1970s, the Standing Rock organizers struggled to communicate an accountable and reflective message as thousands of independent media makers, armed with smartphones and social media accounts, rushed to join the cause.

More broadly, Facebook has emerged as the go-to organizing tool for Native activists, but it also platforms abuse, dysfunction, and distortion. What kind of ethical engagement with social media is possible in Native communities that have been deeply disrupted by internalized colonization?

Elizabeth Castle
Scholar and activist

Marcella Gilbert
Nutritionist and community organizer

Madonna Thunder Hawk
Co-founder, Women of All Red Nations Organizer, American Indian Movement and Standing Rock encampment
Grandmother to a generation of activists

]]> Ethics and Archiving the Web Activism nonadult Social Media and the Warrior Women Water Protectors Social Media and the Warrior Women Water Protectors March 23, 2018 at the New Museum This conversation will address the role of social media in the movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline and its ongoing role in the way the struggle is lit...