This is the second installation of an ongoing series coordinated by Paige Hohmann (UBCO Archivist) and Karis Shearer (Assoc. Professor, English) called “Archival Bonds.” The series explores the connections across collections housed in the UBCO Special Collections and the AMP […]
By Karis Shearer (AMP Lab director) It’s Thursday, so it seemed like a good time for a throwback. This post was sparked by a conversation I had with someone recently who wondered if I was familiar with our FCCS Spark […]
By Karis Shearer (AMP Lab Director) Recently I’ve been thinking back to when I first received the box of Warren Tallman’s reel-to-reel and cassette tapes from my colleague Jodey Castricano in 2012. I remember looking through the dozens of tapes […]
In the Archive: The Charles Olson Memorial Recording by Megan Butchart (Undergraduate Research Assistant, SpokenWeb) One of the primary challenges in compiling metadata for recordings within the SoundBox collection is the informal and amateur nature of most of the […]
By Megan Butchart (BA, English Hons & History) Earlier this term, I invited celebrated poet Daphne Marlatt to Kelowna and organized a series of events around her visit. With support from Tuum Est Student Initiative Fund and SpokenWeb, I […]