“No one said anything about driving in Film Preservation 101!”: The Lived Experience of Disability, Chronic Illness, and Neurodiversity in Moving Image Archival Education

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dc.contributor.advisorMarchessault, Janine
dc.contributor.authorMarlatt, Michael Alexander
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T11:13:42Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T11:13:42Z
dc.date.copyright2024-08-19
dc.date.issued2024-11-07
dc.date.updated2024-11-07T11:13:41Z
dc.degree.disciplineCommunication & Culture, Joint Program with Toronto Metropolitan University
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractDisability, neurodiversity, and chronic illness are underrepresented in moving image archives. Lack of representation is felt within collections, users of archives, and most importantly for the purposes of this project, staffing. Archivists often need advanced level education to work in the field. Archival education is the first potential employment barrier. This project highlights accessibility gaps in North American moving image archival education programs by sharing the lived experience of disabled students, neurodivergent students, and students with a chronic illness studying and working within moving image archives. Through semi-structured interviews with students, alumni, and faculty of George Eastman Museum’s L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation; NYU’s Moving Image Archiving Preservation program; UCLA’s former Moving Image Archive Studies program at UCLA and current MLIS Media Archival Studies specialization; and the Film and Photography Preservation and Collections Management program at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), students and alumni share their experiences from the application process until graduation. My own perspective is also included as a person with epilepsy who graduated from the program at TMU. Key theories in archival studies, archival representation, film preservation, disability studies, cinema studies, and archival accessibility practises inform contextualization and analysis of these testimonies to lived experience, with a constant awareness of the interdisciplinarity existing within these fields. Concepts emphasized throughout include the political/relational model of disability, care, affect, universal design, academic ableism, trauma-informed archival practise, archival silences/bias, “the archive” vs archives, the person-centered archive, and community archives. Students’ experiences are organized around three themes: institutions hosting the programs, the programs, and the archival space. I argue that to create more inclusive archival education programs and overall field, it is vital to engage with the lived experiences of disabled students, neurodivergent students, and students with chronic illnesses. Knowledge mobilization is at the center of this project. This dissertation not only highlights accessibility gaps in moving image archival education but also gives suggestions for how to correct them. Collaboration is necessary for archival inclusion; the student perspective is critical for inclusionary growth.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/42483
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectLibrary science
dc.subjectHigher education
dc.subjectFilm studies
dc.subject.keywordsDisability studies
dc.subject.keywordsDisability
dc.subject.keywordsNeurodiversity
dc.subject.keywordsChronic illness
dc.subject.keywordsLived experience
dc.subject.keywordsAcademic ableism
dc.subject.keywordsArchival theory
dc.subject.keywordsAffect
dc.subject.keywordsFilm archives
dc.subject.keywordsMoving image archival education
dc.subject.keywordsCommunity archives
dc.subject.keywordsPerson-centered archive
dc.subject.keywordsArchival silences
dc.subject.keywordsTrauma-informed archival practise
dc.subject.keywordsUniversal design
dc.subject.keywordsArchival accessibility
dc.title“No one said anything about driving in Film Preservation 101!”: The Lived Experience of Disability, Chronic Illness, and Neurodiversity in Moving Image Archival Education
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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