“ Don't make the mistake of thinking what we all do is inherently objective, because it is not. And thinking that you're being "objective" and "nonpolitical" means that you will not acknowledge that, sadly, our work invariably excludes the lives and experiences of some.”

an excellent point and i'll provide a good example of how “our work invariably excludes the lives and experiences of some...” in fact I think in this case it was a deliberate effort to exclude.

Back in 2010/2011 two diametrically opposite political groups erupted onto the landscape. Now one group's materials were actively sought out by archivists for preservation and to document what took place. Sessions have been held at SAA about this group. And it is a good thing that archives have collected and preserved that movement's materials since that political movement has been basically disappeared and has had (in my opinion) no lasting effect upon our political scene.

As far as I know no  archives has actively sought out materials that documented the development and effect of the other political movement. This movement is still around and has had an effect upon our political scene. I even asked on this list if any archives were collecting the materials of this movement and the only thing I heard were the sound of crickets. I believe that the biases of many archivists was to deliberately not collect those materials because they disagree with the groups' politics.

Oh and in case you couldn't figure it out the first group is the Occupy Wall Street movement and the second is the Tea Party movement.

Yes we are all biased, but there are times when we need to put aside our biases and to collect even those things that we disagree with.

I'll sit back and await what gets flung in my direction from this list, as for #thatdarnlist oh well

best wishes to one and all (what does he mean by that???)