Documents that Changed the Way We Live: The AIDS Quilt

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Recorded on 10/23/2017
Posted in The Authority File

Episode 13

In this final episode of our 4-part series with Joe Janes, author of Documents That Changed the Way We Live, we talk about the AIDS Quilt. While not technically a document as we might think of one, the quilt nevertheless preserves an important part of cultural history in America. Joe discusses that dynamic and how many of the documents and objects in his book take on lives of their own, adding new layers of cultural significance over generations.

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About the guest:

Joe Janes is a frequent speaker in the US and abroad. He is the author of several books, including Documents That Changed the Way We Live, and Library 2020, and has written a monthly column for American Libraries magazine since 2002. He holds the M.L.S. and Ph.D. from Syracuse University, and has taught at the University of Michigan, the University of Toronto, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the State University of New York at Albany as well as at Syracuse and Washington.

About the Music:
The intro and outro music in Authority File is “Grapes,” mixed by I dunno. The transition music is “Peace ( There’s A better Way ),” mixed by Loveshadow. The music is available on ccMixter, and is used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (cc-by 4.0).

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