Radical Visions: New Perspectives on Special Collections Curatorship
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Chapter 13 of this book, titled Liberating Collections, Liberating Minds: Rare Book Outreach in Prisons, was written by KSU author, JoyEllen Williams.
What does it mean to be a curator in the archives and special collections field today?
In this provocative collection of case studies, conversations, personal reflections, and research findings, co-editors Jillian Cuellar and Agnieszka Czeblakow invite readers to consider curatorial practice from radical new perspectives. The book’s contributors explore the histories and foundations of traditional curatorial approaches, examining how prestige, power, and institutions influence collecting strategies. They propose new understandings of curatorial work as inherently relational and rooted in care, offering concrete examples from a variety of vantage points.
Written for a broad audience, this book is essential reading for cultural memory workers who wish to embrace a new, more generous model of curatorial practice.
ISBN
978-1-958954-23-2
Publication Date
2026
Publisher
Society of American Archivists 2026
Disciplines
Archival Science