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Ruby Lee Bell JOTPY Portfolio

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Title (Dublin Core)

Ruby Lee Bell JOTPY Portfolio

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The JOTPY archives rapidly developed while the Covid-19 pandemic was still new for all of us. I was one of the original interns who joined HST580 as the class, and the archives were being developed. Although, I am not interested in pursuing public history as a career, I was hoping to learn a little bit about public history so I could share what I learned with my own students. Through the internship I gained experience in curating, data collection, addressing silences, community outreach, ethics, and producing oral histories.
One of my passions during the internship has been documenting social justice issues in the United States during the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic locked us all away inside and pulled the day-to-day agenda away. It became unavoidable during the pandemic but to pay attention to the realities in the States, even those realities some of us were able to comfortably ignore before. For many, social justice issues in America surpassed the urgency of the Covid-19 pandemic. I personally felt an urgency to record the pluralities of the pandemic and the fight for equality in the United States within the archive. The Social Justice collection within the archive grew with submissions from all backgrounds and walks of life. They shed light on both the pandemic and social justice, and how it affected them. I also worked with a team to create the Social Justice Voices in North America exhibition. The collection was designed to amplify the voices of those who fought for social justice during the pandemic.
This experience has taught me many skills that I am able to bring my students as an educator. I now understand the large-scale collaborative effort that a rapid response archive requires. I can explain to my students the ethics of information collection, what silences are, and how public historians of today work hard to bridge the gaps in archival accessibility, and this was not always so.
This experience has been more fulfilling than I originally expected. I feel incredibly lucky to have been able to make close connections with other interns. I have learned so much from them. I hope to stay in contact with them.

Date (Dublin Core)

May 22, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Dana Lee Bell

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Ruby Lee Bell

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Portfolio
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Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Education--Universities

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Arizona State University
Public History
education
internship
curation
curating
Journal of the Plague Year

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

ASU
HST580

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Trisha Vaughn Oral History, 2021/03/18
Is This Patriotic Enough?
Voices for Social justice in North America Exhibition
The Class of 2020
Indigenous sovereignty and shared solidarity at heart of national art campaign
This is a picture taken of a mural painted in memory of George Floyd. A banner on the top reads 'Justice', next to a caption reading 'RIP George Floyd". A second banner below the image reads "Coexist". Dragon76, George Floyd Mural
Biden and Harris speak after Chauvin verdict
Tȟokáta Hé Miyé (My Name Is Future)
Illistration by Pauline C. Cuevas
HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

04/22/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

06/29/2021
08/02/2022
09/07/2024

Date Created (Dublin Core)

04/22/2021

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