Research Assistant - Reckonings: A Local History Platform for the Community Archivist
Support research, community co-creation and co-curation, and partnerships to uncover hidden histories, and to record current stories/histories with internal and external partners, including NU Archives and Special Collections, Freedom House, Jazz Square Activation, and others. Work with digital and analog tools; collaborate on workshops and toolkits.
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Location:
Boston
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Semester:
Summer 2025
Application
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Project Title
Reckonings: A Local History Platform for the Community Archivist
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Faculty / Project Lead
Uta Poiger
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Project Description
The Reckonings Project is a set of initiatives that seek to reckon with, uncover, preserve, honor, and celebrate the histories and cultures of BIPOC Boston and New England through projects of co-creation and co-curation between local community members and organizations and college teachers and students. Funded by the Mellon Foundation, Northeastern University, and private philanthropy, we build tangible experiences of care (such as workshops and community gatherings) as well as tangible products (exhibits, digital timelines, oral histories, historical markers, videos, toolkits, and digital archives) with our community partners.
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Qualifications Necessary
Students from all doctoral programs in CSSH are welcome to apply. Interest in civic engagement, partnerships, teamwork, and collaboration. Willingness to learn digital tools. Some experience in digital humanities a plus.
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Hours per Week
20 Hour Position