We are delighted to invite you to join us at the OISE Library on Wednesday, November 23rd at 5:30pm as we officially launch the OISE Pop-Fem Oral History Digitization Project!
The launch will feature remarks from Jamie-Lynn Magnusson, Director of The Centre for Women’s Studies in Education (CWSE), and Lorena M. Gajardo, Editor of Resources for Feminist Research. Magnusson and Gajardo will contextualize the significance of Pop-Fem and highlight how the OISE-based research highlighted in these lectures embody a practice-driven approach that continues to inform feminist scholarship at a global scale. Also, we’ll provide you with some quick tips on how to easily navigate the Pop-Fem Oral History Collection in T-Space so that you can access this rich primary source.
In the 1980’s, 90’s, and early 2000’s, The Centre for Women’s Studies in Education (CWSE) hosted monthly lectures given by pioneering feminist scholars from OISE. The OISE Pop-Fem Oral History Digitization Project has sought to digitize and preserve this historically significant collection of feminist narratives. The lectures address a wide-range of topics and trace the emergence of discussions addressing feminist intersectionality and the expanding vocabulary of feminism as an inherently inclusive endeavour. This rich primary source includes the work of Mary O’Brien, Alison Prentice, Dorothy Smith, and Roxana Ng along with many other notable scholars.
OISE librarian Pat Serafini initiated and has overseen this digitization project to ensure that this special collection remains accessible for future generations. 70 of these approximately 100 lectures are now available online in the University of Toronto Libraries’ T-Space repository. See tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/44134 for all available lectures!
Be sure to stay tuned to our blog (uoft.me/OISELibraryNews) and @OISELibrary or more event details in the coming weeks.
(Text by Bridgette Kelly)
