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WLIC symposium in Istanbul
07-10-2009
Tilly Vriend, information specialist and coordinator of databases at Aletta, was keynote speaker at the Women’s Library and Information Center (WLIC) symposium in Istanbul. She quoted Gloria Wekker, professor Gender & Ethnicty at Utrecht University (The Netherlands) and associated with Aletta. "Show me your archive and I will tell you who is in power."
"Keynote speaker Tilly Vriend of the International Information Center and Archives for the Women’s Movement (IIAV) set the tone for the April 17–19, 2009 conference marking the 20th anniversary of the Women’s Library and Information Center (WLIC) Foundation in Istanbul.
Key issues
Key issues discussed were the continuity (or discontinuity) of the Turkish women’s movement, the import of Western second-wave feminism to Turkey, linkage and coordination between women’s libraries, and the accessibility of source materials in light of the exponential increase in the volume of information being produced in the digital era.The struggle to preserve
Quoting Gloria Wekker from the 70th anniversary celebration of the IIAV in Amsterdam four years earlier, Vriend spoke of the need and the struggle to preserve women’s access to their records in their own archives. Behind her, a massive backdrop continuously sampled WLIC’s collections of books, periodicals, posters, photos, and cartoons, which also showcased Turkey’s rich tradition of graphic design."Open the report by Diane James, University of California (pdf)