33 | BONUS: Openings

Summary:It's the last episode of the Archives & Things podcast. In this bonus episode, I say goodbye to the last chapter of my journey and move forward into openings. I also bring light to the current Archivaria Editor Team’s acts of violence as a “humiliation ritual” and means for exclusion, gatekeeping, and destruction. I call on the Association of Canadian Archivists to honour their commitment to address the culture of white supremacy and violence against Black people in the archival profession. Episode Resources:(Editors) Rebecka Taves Sheffield and Mario H. Ramirez. Call for Papers for Archivaria 100: Legacies of Critical Theory in Archives (Fall 2025). https://archivaria.ca/index.php/archivaria/announcement/view/83 Melissa J. Nelson. (2025). Archives Association of Ontario’s virtual conference. "Critical Hope in a Time of Uncertainty.” https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hd3Ae6epKudfk36YOz89Vq-a7U9nZTzq/view?usp=drive_link Dr. Carol Anderson (2016). “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide.” https://www.professorcarolanderson.org/white-rage Jarrett M. Drake (2017). “I’m Leaving the Archival Profession: It’s Better This Way.” https://medium.com/on-archivy/im-leaving-the-archival-profession-it-s-better-this-way-ed631c6d72fe @joixlee [Instagram] Ubuntu. “What dehumanizes you, dehumanizes me.” https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM71LZ1Io7E/?igsh=MTcyeGpndDV0bXM3aQ== @black.memory.co [Instagram] “Archival Turn. The Future is decentralization and redistribution. The Future is communal. The Future is repair.” https://www.instagram.com/p/DPMKSOYkeSD/?igsh=YXdtdG1qemx2dnlt Association of Canadian Archivists’ Statement condemning racism, injustice, and violence against Black people (June 2020). https://archivists.ca/resources/EmailTemplates/!SC_2020_06%20ACA%20Scope%20and%20Content%20Volume%201,%20Issue%206%20June%202020/index_preview.html@Kathomi Gatwiri (2025). [LinkedIn] “Have you ever read the peer review feedback of a manuscript you spent months if not years working on and you literally had to shut down your laptop immediately…because the reviewers (your *supposed* peers) were just so of-the-scale unhinged, hostile and vile?” https://lnkd.in/p/g-QYfWwr Roger McKenzie (2025). “The Rebirth of the African Phoenix: A View from Bablyon.” https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-rebirth-of-the-african-phoenix-a-view-from-bablyon-roger-mckenzie/1147334742# Stay Connected:If you enjoyed listening to this podcast you can follow, rate, and share it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon.To learn more about my work, visit my website at ⁠https://melissajnelson.com⁠. You can connect with me on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ or Instagram⁠ contact me at [e-mail].