DCDC21 | Keynotes - Lisa Conte and Nicola Laurent
Channel: ResearchLibrariesUK
Date: 2021-07-05

DCDC stands for Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities. It is a cross-sectoral conference, hosted by The National Archives, RLUK and Jisc, that brings together the GLAMA sectors (galleries, libraries, archives, museums and academia) to shine a light on our shared experiences, innovations, interests and concerns. The DCDC21 Conference explored how crisis can act as a catalyst for change within libraries, archives, museums, and cultural organisations. https://dcdcconference.com/


Power, emotion and change: Trauma-informed practice in GLAMA
Nicola Laurent, President, Australian Society of Archivists

Nicola Laurent is the Senior Project Archivist on the Find & Connect web resource, University of Melbourne. Nicola holds a Master of Business Information System Professional from Monash University, with a semester of study completed at Simmons College, Boston. Nicola advocates for trauma-informed archival practice and discusses the impact of vicarious trauma on archivists. With Kirsten Wright, she developed ‘A trauma-informed approach to managing archives’ and ‘Out-of-home care records toolkit’; online training courses for the Australian Society of Archivists. Nicola has previously published and presented on topics including trauma-informed archival practice, vicarious trauma, emotional labour, broken links, content rot, interactive timelines and engaging with community. Nicola is President of the Australian Society of Archivists and is the International Council on Archives New Professional Programme Coordinator.

Objects of Grief and Resistance: Preserving the Community Response
Lisa Conte, Head of Conservation, 9/11 Memorial & Museum 

Lisa Conte has been the Head of Conservation at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum since 2017. She earned her M.A. in Art History and a Certificate of Advanced Study in Conservation at the NYU Institute of Fine Arts. Previously, Lisa has worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Scott Gerson Conservation, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Lisa is a modern and contemporary works on paper specialist, and she is especially interested in the history and technology of prints and other reproductions. Her recent publications include Watercolors of the Acropolis: Émile Gilliéron in Athens, in the MET Bulletin and The Slurry Wall: Past, Present, and Future in Studies in Conservation. Her current research has focused on the ethics and preservation of spontaneous memorials at public sites that commemorate loss and political and social crises.