HART x HKAS | Sharing Session
Approaches to the Archive: Three Perspectives
HART and Hong Kong Archives Society proudly present - ‘Approaches to the Archive: Three Perspectives’, a sharing session to examine different approaches to manage, use and work with archives across various sectors.
We have the pleasure to be able to invite three professionals to share their experience with us: Sjoerd Hoekstra from Design For Culture Limited, Angharad McCarrick from M+ Museum, and Jenny Yu from HSBC Archives. Spanning from the creative and design sector, to art and cultural institutions, as well as international commercial and financial companies, how are the designs, functionalities and maintenance of their archives different? Why do we need these archives, and how can this bring insights to the management of data and records in our daily lives?
The event will be conducted in English.
Date: 17th January, 2020 (Friday)
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Venue: HART Haus
Free admission
About the Speakers (Alphabetical by surnames)
Sjoerd Hoekstra
Creative Director, Design For Culture Limited
Sjoerd Hoekstra is the co-founder of Design For Culture, a consultancy specialised in spatial and communication design for culture and heritage projects. Hoekstra is a graduate of the Design Academy in The Netherlands and holds a MSc Conservation from the University of Hong Kong. He is a visiting lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic School of Design where he teaches exhibition design and design studios.
Angharad McCarrick
Institutional Archivist, M+
Angharad McCarrick is the Institutional Archivist at M+. She is responsible for the records management and institutional archives programmes for the Museum. She began her career in archives interning in the National Museum of Ireland and once qualified spent 3 years with Dyson. Before joining M+, she spent 5 years as an Archivist at John Swire and Sons in Hong Kong.
Jenny Yu
Corporate Archivist, HSBC Archives (Asia-Pacific)
Jenny Ka-yan Yu is the Corporate Archivist at HSBC Archives for the Asia-Pacific region. Born and raised in Hong Kong, she obtained her Master of Archive Administration from Aberystwyth University with the support of the Chevening Scholarship. Her research interests focus on Hong Kong history, business archives and colonial archives.
Guest Speaker (UK)
Jemma Lee
UK Archives Manager, HSBC Archives
Jemma Lee is the UK Archives Manager at HSBC. Qualifying as an archivist in 2009, she subsequently worked for The Clothworkers’ Company, The Mercers’ Company and the British Red Cross before joining HSBC in 2016. Lee is responsible for the management of the UK collection and she works jointly with her global colleagues to capture, preserve and promote HSBC’s corporate memory. Outside of her role, she is a member of the Archive Service Accreditation peer reviewer team.
About the Organisers
HART
Established in 2018, HART is a new arts initiative to explore art and space and artful community catalysts. Through the HART collective of art spaces, we aim to revitalise a culture of creativity with active participation and focus on the process of hands-on making. Over time HART will encompass an experimental and evolving platform of programmes and arts spaces in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Archives Society
Hong Kong Archives Society was established in 1999. It is a registered non-profit organization involved in raising public awareness of the importance of archival materials, and in promoting archival education. Archives contain information pertaining to the socioeconomic, political, and cultural past of a given place and time. They represent the legacy of a society, region, and country. The purpose of the Society is to help the public understand the value of archives, and at the same time provides a forum where archivists and those interested in archives can interact with each other.
To learn more about Hong Kong Archives Society: http://www.archives.org.hk