Travels with Authenticity
February 26 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
The UCLA Department of Information Studies invites faculty, staff, and students.
“Authenticity has provided a focal point for my research on and off throughout my academic career. Over time the focus of that research has shifted from investigating archival methods for preserving the authenticity of records in analogue and digital worlds to examining what authenticity means and the work it does in other disciplinary fields devoted to the preservation and representation of cultural heritage. In this talk I will revisit some of my recent travels with authenticity in the disciplinary fields of social history, heritage conservation, and literary studies. Those travels take the form of three case studies: the first revolves around the relationship between authenticity and authority in a post-Reformation library; the second tracks authenticity’s association with genuineness in relation to the conservation of heritage monuments and sites; and the third looks at the link between authenticity and sincerity in the context of Virginia Woolf’s literary estate.”
To RSVP, please email Sydney (striola@g.ucla.edu) for the Zoom link.