Anna Robinson-Sweet
I am a PhD student in Information Studies at UCLA. My research examines how communities impacted by state violence in the United States use archives and records for accountability beyond the confines of the criminal legal system. As an abolitionist, I seek to uplift liberatory memory work and build archival practice for a future without prisons or police.
At UCLA, I work with the Community Archives Lab and the BioCritical Studies Lab. Previously, I was an archivist at The New School Archives. Outside of the academy and the archive, I am involved in abolitionist organizing and make art that deals with the intersection of public history, memory, and liberation. Currently, I organize with Critical Resistance and the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition and volunteer with the Prison Library Support Network.
RECENT WORK
The Abolitionist Archive: A Jailbreak of the Imagination - Community Archives Lab - 2023
Ancestry's Race Stories: Examining Whiteness on the Genealogy Web - International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion - 2021
We Keep Us Safe - Log - summer 2020
We're Coming for Your Records - Acid Free - 2020
Right: Here Lies Honour - silkscreen - 2020
Ancestry's Race Stories: Examining Whiteness on the Genealogy Web - International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion - 2021
We Keep Us Safe - Log - summer 2020
We're Coming for Your Records - Acid Free - 2020
Right: Here Lies Honour - silkscreen - 2020
I am a PhD student in Information Studies at UCLA. My research looks at if and how archives and records can be used by communities to achieve accountability for state violence, particularly in the United States. Previously, I was an archivist at The New School Archives and have been involved in archival projects at the Weeksville Heritage Center and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Outside of the academy and the archive, I am involved in abolitionist organizing and make art that deals with the intersection of public history, memory, and liberation.
Recent Work
Ancestry's Race Stories: Examining Whiteness on the Genealogy Web - International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion - 2021.
We Keep Us Safe - Log - summer 2020.
We're Coming for Your Records - Acid Free - 2020.
We Keep Us Safe - Log - summer 2020.
We're Coming for Your Records - Acid Free - 2020.
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