Shaping SF is really cool. Chris Carlsson <http://www.nowtopians.com/>, who started the group, is the guy who helped start Critical Mass<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass_(cycling)>bike rides in 1992 and who has publicized them with several books. He has also written a number of history essays and books, including Ten Years That Shook the City: San Francisco 1968-1978<http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100958430>(disclosure: I contributed a chapter, so I'm probably a bit biased:)
They've also started a wiki (on MediaWiki software of course) called Found SF <http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Main_Page>, which seeks to tell the untold stories in San Francisco history. Some really interesting reads. I'd also recommend the bicycle history tours<http://www.shapingsf.org/tours.html>Chris leads around the city - amazing way to see sites/sights you've never been to and learn all about their history. And for those local history buffs who aren't aware of the resource, I can't begin to explain how amazing the SF History Center<http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=0200002501>is at the San Francisco Public Library's Main Branch. Head up to the 6th Floor and check it out. Their photo archive is extraordinary. -Matthew On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Luis Villa <lvi...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Possibly of interest to folks here: > > http://www.shapingsf.org/public-talks/ > > Wed. Sept. 25, 7:30 pm (in the Mission, details at the URL) > > Radical Archiving and Cataloging as Social History > What role do nontraditional archives play in the preservation and > interpretation of peoples' history? This open discussion will explore some > of the opportunities and challenges of radical repositories. > > Some of the issues that will be addressed include: > > What defines a radical archive? > What can be productive relations between community-based or independent > archives and more established (and establishment) institutions? > What tools and processes are making it easier to document, catalog, and > share oppositional cultural objects? > What is the role of ordinary people in building useful collections? > > Speakers: > Lincoln Cushing is a professional archivist responsible for Docs Populi - > Documents for the Public, documenting and disseminating social justice > poster art. He is also archiving consultant with the Oakland Museum of > California helping to process the All Of Us Or None poster collection. > Claude Marks is the Director of The Freedom Archives, a political, cultural > oral history project, restoration center, and media production facility in > San Francisco. Nathaniel Moore is an archivist at the Freedom Archives. He > has a MA in African Studies and a MS in Library and Information Science > from the University of Illinois. > > -- > Luis Villa > Deputy General Counsel > Wikimedia Foundation > 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 > > NOTICE: *This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you > have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the > mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical > reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community > members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity.* > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > Wikimedia-SF@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > > -- Matthew Roth Global Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6635 www.wikimediafoundation.org *https://blog.wikimedia.org*
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