Touch This Page! A Symposium on Ability, Access, and the Archive
Event Information
Description
In conjunction with the exhibition "Touch This Page! Making Sense of the Ways We Read," this symposium will explore the issues of ability, access, and the archive at the intersection of the Humanities and Engineering. From 12-6 on Thursday, 4 April 2019, at Northeastern, the symposium will feature conversation about the possibilities and applications of technologies to redefine access to archival materials. From 9-5 on Friday, 5 April, at Harvard, the symposium will look from these conversations to the help us reimagine both how we can create the collaborations necessary to improve access to archival objects and also what access can mean in the future.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Rachel Adams, Columbia University
- Kim Charlson, Perkins School for the Blind
- Catherine Kudlick, San Francisco State University
- Robert McRuer, George Washington University
- Mara Mills, New York University
- Benjamin Reiss, Emory University
- Matthew Rubery, Queen Mary University of London
TOUCH THIS PAGE! A SYMPOSIUM ON ABILITY, ACCESS, AND THE ARCHIVE
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 4:
Location: Fenway Center (77 Saint Stephen Street, Boston), Northeastern University
11:45 am – 1 pm: Alex Truesdell Public Lecture
1:05 pm, sharp: Guided Travel to Symposium
Student guide will leave promptly to bring symposium attendees from Fenway Center to Renaissance Park 909
Location: Renaissance Park, Room 909 (1135 Tremont Street, Boston), Northeastern University
1:30 – 2:30 pm: Hands On Technology
Waleed Meleis (Northeastern University)
Nicolas Fong (Northeastern University – Enabling Engineering student project leader)
2:30 – 3 pm: coffee
3 – 4:30 pm: Imagining Technologies
Micah Altman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Emilie Hardman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Brian MacDonald (National Braille Press)
4:30 – 6 pm: Reception
with brief welcome remarks by Dan Cohen (Northeastern University), Sari Altschuler (Northeastern University), and David Weimer (Harvard University)
FRIDAY, APRIL 5TH:
Location: Lamont Forum Room, Harvard University
9 – 9:15 am: Opening Remarks
Laura Wood (Harvard University)
9:15 – 10:30 am: Histories of Access
Mara Mills (New York University)
Ben Reiss (Emory University)
Matthew Rubery (Queen Mary University of London)
10:30 – 11 am: Coffee
11 am – 12:15 pm: Theories and Technologies of Access
Rachel Adams (Columbia University)
Robert McRuer (George Washington University)
Cathy Kudlick (San Francisco State University)
12:15-1:45: Lunch and brief guided visit to the “Touch This Page!” exhibit at Harvard
1:45-3 pm: Community Collaborations and Break Out Session
Sari Altschuler (Northeastern University)
Kim Charlson (Perkins School for the Blind)
Jennifer Hale (Perkins School for the Blind)
David Weimer (Harvard University)
3-3:30: Coffee
3:30-5 pm: Roundtable on Ability, Access, and the Archive
Rachel Adams (Columbia University)
Kim Charlson (Perkins School for the Blind)
Catherine Kudlick (San Francisco State University)
Robert McRuer (George Washington University)
Mara Mills (New York University)
Benjamin Reiss (Emory University)
Matthew Rubery (Queen Mary University of London)