gsasaarchives

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Welcome!

The GSASA Archive room is on the second floor of the GSASA Assembly Building, behind project space 2 (20 Scott Street, G36PE). It can be visited via booking through the [email protected] email address.

Within the archive room:

FILING CABINET (GREY)

Top drawer = “organised fun” – activities weeks, degree show afterparty, & fashion shows
Middle drawer = “organised fun” – Freshers week (objects, guides, and programmes)

CHEST OF DRAWERS

Top drawer = “societies”
Second drawer = “organised fun” – activities weeks, degree show afterparty, & Freshers weeks posters
Third drawer = “social justice”
Fourth drawer = “student representation”
Bottom drawer = “the building”

WRITING DESK DRAWERS

Top (thin) drawer = “organised fun” – handmade posters Second drawer (left) = “personal stories”
Second drawer (right) = “soft”
Third drawer = “speculative”

Fourth drawer = “food”
Bottom drawer = “organised fun” – ephemera: events photos and objects Stands on top of writing desk = “publications”

SILVER SHELVES

Top two shelves = “organised fun” – event posters A2+ Third shelf = “organised fun” – event posters A2
Fourth shelf (left) = “personal stories” – art
Fourth shelf (right) = “organised fun” – event posters A3 Fifth shelf = uncategorised

Sixth shelf = subject to data protection – not for public viewing

WALLS

Framed works = “speculative”

When placing a new item into the GSASA archives, we follow this sequence to determine its category and therefore location:

First – is it related to GSASA (student-led) societies?

Yes – add to “societies”

No –

Is it related to food or speculative?

Yes – add to “food” or “speculative” respectively

No –

Is it related to the Student Representative Council (SRC) (including funding committee, campaigns committee, and societies committee), sabbatical elections and/or project space exhibitions/workshops/events?

Yes – add to “student representation”

No –

Is it related to social justice?

Yes – add to “social justice”. And – determine its subcategory – “anti-war”, “climate”, “education”, “politics”, “social justice (other)”
No –

Is it related to personal stories or soft?

Yes – add to “personal stories” or “soft” (open to interpretation e.g. soft material, soft subject...)
No –

Is it a publication, zine, or printed booklet?

Yes – add to “publications”

No –

Is it related to organised fun or the building?

Yes – add to “organised fun” or to “the building” respectively. And, if “organised fun” – determine its subcategory – “Freshers week”, “Degree show afterparty”, “Activities Week”, “Fashion Show”, “Ephemera: events photos and objects”, “handmade posters”, or “event posters (general)”

No – if it does not fit into any of these categories, then a new one needs making...