Preserving their stories: archiving mass incarceration [ithaka s+r, in partnership with the justice arts coalition (JAC), requests $74,376 for a 12-month tier 1 grant that aims to understand the…

Preserving their stories: archiving mass incarceration [ithaka s+r, in partnership with the justice arts coalition (JAC), requests $74,376 for a 12-month tier 1 grant that aims to understand the challenges that community organizations like prison arts programs, books to prisons programs, and higher education in prison programs face in preserving and making accessible materials created by incarcerated people. The immediate objectives of the project are to 1) conduct exploratory desk research to identify organizations that are collecting or receiving work made by incarcerated people 2) conduct interviews with representatives of those organizations to document their partnerships, training, and resource needs in preserving and making materials accessible, 3) build relationships among key stakeholders; and 4) host a remote convening to share findings and plan for a subsequent program of research, training/resource development and implementation. The proposed period of performance is march 1, 2023-february 29, 2024.]