This is an old story, but an interesting one, about the problems and
complexities of documenting and archiving occupy wall st.

http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/the-struggle-for-the-occupy-wall-street-archives

Cheers,
Quentin



On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Penrose, Sefryn
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> I wondered past the Occupy St Pauls site before and after the eviction
> occurred,  a small but dynamic intervention in the London streetscape, and I
> know of a few out there who are interested in archaeology’s approach to the
> ephemeral Occupy protests. I thought these ‘live’ collections and collection
> rationales might be of interest to CHATlisters….
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> The British Guardian newspaper reported on Saturday that the Ateneo cultural
> centre in Madrid was exhibiting artefacts from the first year of the
> Indignado movement, the precursor to Occupy. This is from Ateneo’s
> exhibition press release (run through Google translate and uncorrected –
> original below my signature):
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> On May 15, 2011 there is a spontaneous citizen movement, which is shocked by
> the reality in which we live and where only allowed to participate. From
> this point begins to weave a network social citizenship and the street
> taking critical actions, open, creative and peaceful. This is why this
> exhibition: visualize this movement has not stopped, that still in action,
> and no sign of quitting. For this, the exhibition is organized around three
> ideas: a symbolic replica of the camp and photographs, a slide and videos of
> actions that have taken place and a space dedicated to the idea, word and
> creation.
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> The Museum of London has also acquisitioned artefacts from Occupy St Pauls,
> “We’re an impartial observer,” says Jim Gledhill, curator of social and
> working history at the museum.
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> ‘Gledhill says the museum prefers handmade, personalized items to
> “mass-produced badges, leaflets and placards that everybody had,” and which
> union- or party-led protests generated in the past. One exception is a
> mass-produced Guy Fawkes mask, an anti- establishment emblem borrowed from
> the “V for Vendetta” comic- book series and widely used in Occupy movements
> worldwide. Ephemeral items, such as signs made with water-soluble marker,
> get turned down. “If it’s auto-destructive and will not last more than five
> years, there’s no point in taking it,” says Gledhill.’ [From Bloomberg
> article linked above].
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> In New York, the collection is split across six museums and archivists were
> sent rummaging through bins. Perhaps New Yorkers have been conserving the
> ephemeral.
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> Yours,
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> Sefryn
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> El 15 de mayo de 2011 surge un movimiento ciudadano espontáneo,
> profundamente political but nonpartisan, which is shocked by the reality in
> which we live and where político pero apartidista, que está indignado con la
> realidad en la que vive y en la que only allowed to participate. apenas se
> le permite participar. From this point begins to weave a network A partir de
> este punto comienza a tejerse una red social citizenship and the street
> taking critical actions, open, creative and peaceful. ciudadana y social que
> toma la calle con acciones críticas, abiertas, creativas y pacíficas. This
> is why this exhibition: visualize this movement has not stopped, that Esta
> es la razón de esta exposición: visibilizar este movimiento que no ha
> parado, que still in action, and no sign of quitting. sigue en acción, y sin
> visos de dejarlo. For this, the exhibition is organized around three Para
> ello la exposición se articula en torno a tres ideas: a symbolic replica of
> the camp and photographs, a slide of ideas: una réplica simbólica de la
> acampada y fotografías, una proyección continua de videos of actions that
> have taken place and a space dedicated to the idea, word and vídeos de las
> acciones que se han realizado y un espacio dedicado a la idea, la palabra y
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