Archiving The Black Web

It's great that you are thinking about archiving that content. Please sign up for these free web archiving webinars we're offering this summer and fall. Reach out any time to see if there are other ways we can support. www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

It only took me 2.5 hours but I figured out how to give 50 free views with this link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PTY45...

I'm sorry I can't share the other essays in the forum which are probably less cynical than mine - but the paywall is paywalling. And yes, I know about the typo 🤪

Launching in Summer/Fall 2025, ATBW’s Freedom School for Web Archiving is a six-part introductory webinar series open to anyone interested in learning how to archive Black culture as it exists on the web today! RSVP: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/ #ATBW

Trump Wants to Erase Black History. These Digital Archivists Are Racing to Save It Donald Trump’s executive orders are attacking everything from the Smithsonian to Black sports history, but grassroots organizers are launching a resistance.

my latest for @wired.com takes a look at the rising movement among black “memory workers” who are fighting against trump’s war on history www.wired.com/story/trump-...

In spite of the administration's purge, Rudy Fraser, the creator of Blacksky, says he is "heartened by preservation efforts" he's seen so far, including from Harvard Law Library's Innovation Lab -which is rescuing federal datasets-and companies such as loy Media, which leverage Al and VR/AR to scan and annotate African artifacts, making them accessible to people on the continent who otherwise can't view them. In 2023, Fraser launched Blacksky, the custom feed and moderation service that quickly turned into the central meeting ground for many Black users on Bluesky. He tells me he also views Blacksky as a living archive. Currently its database holds 17 million posts from Black users over the last two years (excluding deletions and moderation removals). "Because the AT Protocol is public and Blacksky's implementation is open source, anyone with the technical chops could reconstruct the dataset-minus moderation actions-even if our primary databases disappeared," he says. "Open source, decentralized tooling ensures that, if any single company becomes a nation-state target, the communities that rely on its infrastructure can keep operating."

Huge shout out to @jasooooon.bsky.social for writing this very important story for @wired.com . Also love to see @atbw.bsky.social and @bergisjules.bsky.social get light for the very important work they are and have been doing for years. ✊🏾

Blacksky is memory work 🖤

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Towards Realizing Safety for Black People on the Web. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Towards Realizing Safety for Black People on the Web. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Happening Now-@atbw.bsky.social event: Towards Realizing Safety for Black People on the Web with @docdre.distributedblackness.net, @rudyfraser.com, @meredithdclark.bsky.social. Join the conversation here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Sarah Jackson on screen during her talk in a panel “A Black History of the Web” alongside a few other speakers: Charlton McIlwain, NYU Catherine Knight Steele, University of Maryland Tonia Sutherland, UCLA Sinnamon Love, BIPOC Adult Collective

Let’s goooo @sjjphd.bsky.social
Archiving The Black Web’s panel discussion “A Black History of the Web” 🖤

A federal website watered down the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman's descendant wants to know why. Rita Daniels, the great-great-great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman, said she was “devastated” when she saw the National Park Service had softened language on its website.

I'm currently attending the opening of @atbw.bsky.social's Web Archiving School (giving keynote) so it's very timely to talk about internet archives!
Additionally we're currently living through a digital book burning!
The Trump admin is actively erasing both IRL and online artifacts of our history

Tomorrow I’m presenting at Archiving the Black Web on “Archiving the Erotic”—Black sex workers as digital pioneers, how respectability and policy threaten cultural memory, and why folks should be listening to us. #BlackWeb #EroticArchives #SexWorkIsWork

Me, a very light skinned Black woman in black wire glasses and big hair holding up a black poster that says "THERE IS NOTHING MORE EPHEMERAL THAN A WEBSITE" in gold ink

Now more than ever

A digital poster for an Archiving the Black Web keynote conversation: Towards Realizing Safety for Black People on the Web. Wednesday, April 30th, 6pm EST

Join us for this Archiving the Black Web keynote conversation (in-person + virtual): Towards Realizing Safety for Black People on the Web. Wednesday, April 30th, 6pm EST. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/archiving-...

A digital poster with information for an Archiving the Black Web event. A Black History of the Web and Archiving Our Existence. Wednesday, April 30th, 11am-12:30pm EST

Join us for this Archiving the Black Web virtual conversation: A Black History of the Web and Archiving Our Existence. Wednesday, April 30th, 11am-12:30pm EST. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/archiving-...

An internet of many autonomous communities Making communities a true part of the protocol will encourage others to build things for those communities, start new communities, and hopefully foster models for self-sustainability.

A good entry point for the curious blog.rudyfraser.com/an-internet-...

Will basically be saying similar things at a keynote panel for @atbw.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/archiving-...

And have an interview coming out with @flipboard.com's Dot Social podcast in a few weeks about the same.

Our team is very excited to have you join us Rudy. Thank you for being open to sharing your time and knowledge with us. #addtoblacksky

2025 ARCHIVING THE BLACK WEB PRESENTS... TOWARDS REALIZING SAFETY FOR BLACK PEOPLE ON THE WEB Rudy Fraser BlackSky Dr. Andre Brock Georgia Tech Dr. Meredith D. Clark UNC Chapel Hill WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2025 6:00PM EDT AUBURN AVENUE RESEARCH LIBRARY 101 AUBURN AVE NE, ATLANTA, GA 30303 AT B W archiving the Black web Auburn Avenue Research Library HYBRID EVENT IN PERSON + VIRTUAL

very very excited to be in conversation with these legends and in community with folks at @atbw.bsky.social
(also looking forward to maybe finally seeing the Black side of Atlanta? -- only ever been in Buckhead)

Poster for Introduction to Web Archiving Workshop on March 26th, 2025 at 3pm EST.

New date for our Introduction to Web Archiving workshop. March 26th, 2025 at 3pm. Apologies for the schedule change. RSVP here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/event/

Join us on February 26th, 2025 for our first workshop of the year: Introduction to Web Archiving. Registration information here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/event/

YouTube video by Archiving The Black Web ATBW X Webrecorder: Webarchiving with Browsertrix

An @atbw.bsky.social workshop on using @webrecorder.net’s browsertrix for web archiving and general information about saving your content from the web and social media platforms youtu.be/qAni3lVZFNw?...

I am currently archiving my 30 yr career in the sex industry as part of the @atbw.bsky.social at Northeastern.

As part of this project, I’m submitting an article to @pornstudiesjournal.bsky.social on “archiving the erotic” w/ @softhomothug.bsky.social

www.archivingtheblackweb.org/research-ini...

I’m excited to work with @softhomothug.bsky.social to introduce a framework for archiving digital sex wor. Grateful to @atbw.bsky.social for supporting my research and @pornstudiesjournal.bsky.social for expressing interest in this work. 🤲🏽

Applications now open for our Web Archiving School. We’re looking for Fellows, Instructors, and Teaching Assistants. Deadline to apply is January 31st, 2025. www.archivingtheblackweb.org/warc-school/