I loved speaking to Miranda. She’s an absolute jem. And I believe that the route that she’s taking is one that will revolutionize the way the archives/information studies field interacts with its staff and employers.
Pairing social work concerns with preservation is the what we should be going for. For us to look towards care and compassion for those who are doing the work alongside WORKING is (in my mind) the dream.
I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it. Miranda is a really important woman with many critically important observations and experiences. As usual, the bio is right under the podcast!
Miranda Barnewall is a film archivist who has an equal passion for the films she preserves and the people who work alongside her. She received a BA in Film Studies from THE™ Ohio State University in 2016 and a certificate in Film Preservation from The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation in 2017. Miranda’s interest lies in how to strengthen the film archiving field’s infrastructure, advocating for archivists, and how to make film archiving a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive field. While movies became her passion in high school, Miranda rediscovered her first love of reading once she had her first grown-up job. During her free time, she is most likely reading one of the twelve books piled next to her or scrolling through Goodreads adding another book to her to-read list.
