The mission of Interference Archive is to explore the relationship between cultural production and social movements. This work manifests in an open stacks archival collection, publications, a study center, and public programs including exhibitions, workshops, talks, and screenings, all of which encourage critical and creative engagement with the rich history of social movements.
The Interference Archive is a physical archive, with over 10,000 items which you can come in and see. Interference Archive explores the relationship between cultural production and social movements. This work manifests in public exhibitions, a study and social center, talks, screenings, publications, workshops, and an online presence. The archive consists of many kinds of objects that are created as part of social movements by the participants themselves: posters, flyers, publications, photographs, books, T-shirts and buttons, moving images, audio recordings, and other materials. Through our programming, we use this cultural ephemera to animate histories of people mobilizing for social transformation. As an archive from below, we are a collectively run space that stresses the use of our collection over its preservation, offers open stacks and accessibility for all, works in collaboration with like-minded projects, and encourages critical as well as creative engagements with our own histories.
We are slowly working on building this digital catalog to create a record of each of these items -- if you're interested in working with us to catalog, please contact us. The archive is all volunteer and relies on the help of many people. We welcome you to get involved.
This catalog is built in Collective Access 1.3 using VRA Core metadata.
Find out more about us at interferencearchive.org.
The Interference Archive is a physical archive in Brooklyn, NY, with over 10,000 items which you can come in and see. Interference Archive explores the relationship between cultural production and social movements. This work manifests in public exhibitions, a study and social center, talks, screenings, publications, workshops, and an online presence. The archive consists of many kinds of objects that are created as part of social movements by the participants themselves: posters, flyers, publications, photographs, books, T-shirts and buttons, moving images, audio recordings, and other materials. Through our programming, we use this cultural ephemera to animate histories of people mobilizing for social transformation. As an archive from below, we are a collectively run space that stresses the use of our collection over its preservation, offers open stacks and accessibility for all, works in collaboration with like-minded projects, and encourages critical as well as creative engagements with our own histories. This catalog-in-process is creating a digital record of the physical contents of the Interference Archive. This catalog is created using Collective Access by an all-volunteer group. We hope that it can assist in research and record-making for years to come. Find the Interference Archive online here, or visit us in person at 131 8th St #4, Brooklyn NY 11215.
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Following the license policies set by the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) (discussed here: http://dp.la/info/2013/12/04/cc0-by/ and outlined in their Data Use Best Practices here: http://dp.la/info/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DPLADataUseBestPractices.pdf), Interference Archive would like the metadata of its catalog records to be released as Creative Commons Zero (CC-0) (http://creativecommons.org/about/cc0), or to be considered to be in the public domain.
If you cite a record from the Interference Archive catalog we would appreciate if you could give credit to Interference Archive. But giving credit is not a necessary component of using our work, since the CC0 dedication means that there is no restriction on the use of our metadata. It can be used and re-worked without seeking permission from Interference Archive.
The copyright for all materials housed at Interference Archive remain with the original rights holder. We release any rights associated with cataloging these materials (the metadata) into the public domain, but the rights to the work itself remain with the author/artist/copyright holder. If you wish to use or reproduce items from the collection: If you are interested in using materials from Interference Archive beyond the scope of fair use (see http://www.teachingcopyright.org/handout/fair-use-faq for a brief summary of fair use), it is the individual researcher’s responsibility to contact and obtain permission (if necessary) from the copyright holder.
Following standards in the field of image databases, and the Association of Art Museum Director’s statement on the use of thumbnail images in museum online initiatives (https://aamd.org/sites/default/files/document/Thumbnail%20Images%20Policy.pdf), Interference Archive includes thumbnail image reproductions of items in our collection in our online catalog. We believe that thumbnail reproductions qualify as fair use. Interference Archive has made these images available online for educational and scholarly use.
However, if a rights holder would prefer for these images of their work not be included in our online catalog, we will remove them from our website. If you are a copyright owner of materials presently reproduced in the IA catalog and you would like us to remove our thumbnail image of your work, please email: info[at]interferencearchive[dot]org and provide us with 1) your name and contact information, 2) the title of the work you own or other identifying information (a URL for the record in our catalog, etc.), and 3) a description of your concerns.
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