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Episode 20: Big Concepts | Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast (zencast.website)

As I say in the episode, not much to link to for these show notes. The Topic terms are still a work in progress—still very much at the beginning of working on those, so if you start exploring things using them you’re going to see some . . . unevenness.

Here’s a link to Menachem Kaiser’s book, Plunder, which I read from and reference: https://www.amazon.com/Plunder-Memoir-Family-Property-Treasure/dp/132850803X

Thanks for listening. I was very reluctant to record an episode like this, which is mostly about my feelings—hardly seems like an appropriate topic. But I think most researchers and historians experience concerns and emotions about their work and we don’t talk about them very often. It’s a part of the process that doesn’t get discussed, or hasn’t in the past. Just as today archivists are being more open about acknowledging the emotions they experience working with collections, donors, and researchers, I think it’s helpful to talk about these kinds of aspects of our work in writing about and making available these primary sources.