The People’s Graphic Design Archive (PGDA) ”a crowd-sourced virtual archive of inclusive graphic design history.” We invite anyone with an interest in radical scholarship design to join us for a series of Add-A-Thon events to build the PGDA’s collections related to design and radical scholarship.
Radical Scholarship Design refers to the design of academic artifacts that establish or explore new disciplines emerging from social and political movements over the past sixty years. As a means to shift disciplinary focus, launch new branches of thought, or make scholarship more accessible beyond the academy, the radical academic artifact — as a political and social agent, often produced with limited resources — typically must balance its counterculture presence alongside its institutional standing. Often produced with limited resources and minimal professional design expertise, these artifacts reflect the complex relationships between design, radical disciplines, and the visual conventions of academic publishing.
Artifacts can include but are not limited to: peer reviewed or scholarly journals, conference proceedings, syllabi, departmental ephemera, and more.
All are welcome to attend this workshop and add materials (must be at least 10 years since its publication / dissemination). Participants will be provided some digital resources and collections to find materials they would like to include or may bring their own materials to digitize / upload.
PGDA Radical Scholarship Add-a-Thon: Student-Produced Artifacts. Thursday, June 6, 2024 // 12:00-2:00PM ET. RSVP Here.
PGDA Radical Scholarship Add-a-Thon: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Friday, March 15, 2024 // 1:00-3:00PM ET. RSVP here.