Collecting Activism, Archiving Occupy Wall Street

This book explores the material collections produced by participants of Occupy Wall Street in 2011. Examining collection development as a means to investigate the sociology of protest and reform movements, it questions what contribution a study and collection of the material culture of dissent might offer to a range of disciplines.

Kylie Message is Professor of Public Humanities in the Humanities Research Centre and Associate Dean (Research) for the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University. Her recent publications include The Disobedient Museum: Writing at the Edge, Museums and Racism, and Museums and Social Activism: Engaged Protest. She is the Founding Series Editor of 'Museums in Focus'.

Introduction: Go document history as it happens 1. Activist collecting: Writing movement lives through things 2. Object lessons: Occupy Wall Street. Bring tent 3. Organizing action: Archiving Occupy Conclusion: This changes everything