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| − | + | '''MayDay Rooms''' is an archive, resource space and safe haven for social movements, experimental and marginal cultures and their histories. It was set up by founder members: Iain Boal, Gillian Boal, Pauline van Mourik Broekman, [[Anthony Davies]] and [[Howard Slater]] in September 2011 and moved into 88 Fleet Street in May 2012. [https://maydayrooms.org/a-brief-history/ A Brief History] of the organisation was published on its website in February 2013. | |
| − | MayDay Rooms offers organising and event space for activist and self-education groups, and runs a full programme of events including film screenings, poetry readings, “scan-a-thons” for digitising archival material, historical talks, discussion and reading groups, and social nights – all free of charge. [https://maydayrooms.org/about/ ( | + | Its building in the centre of [[London]] contains an archive of historical material linked to social struggles, resistance campaigns, experimental culture, and the expression of marginalised and oppressed groups. MayDay Rooms offers organising and event space for activist and self-education groups, and runs a full programme of events including film screenings, poetry readings, “scan-a-thons” for digitising archival material, historical talks, discussion and reading groups, and social nights – all free of charge. ([https://maydayrooms.org/about/ 2023], upd.) |
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| + | Staff Collective: Rosemary Grennan, Lamya Sadiq, Jamila Squire. [https://maydayrooms.org/about/ (2025)] | ||
; Publications | ; Publications | ||
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* Peter Linebaugh, [https://www.counterpunch.org/2013/02/01/archiving-with-may-day-rooms/ "Archiving With May Day Rooms"], ''CounterPunch'', Feb 2013. | * Peter Linebaugh, [https://www.counterpunch.org/2013/02/01/archiving-with-may-day-rooms/ "Archiving With May Day Rooms"], ''CounterPunch'', Feb 2013. | ||
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* [https://vltk.vvvvvvaria.org/w/Somewhere_between_automation_and_the_handmade "Somewhere between automation and the handmade. Interview with Rosemary Grennan"], in ''[https://vltk.vvvvvvaria.org/w/Vernaculars_come_to_matter,_(re)orienting_language_and_technology Vernaculars Come to Matter, (Re)Orienting Language and Technology]'', eds. Cristina Cochior, Julie Boschat-Thorez and Manetta Berends, Rotterdam: Everyday Technology Press, 2021. | * [https://vltk.vvvvvvaria.org/w/Somewhere_between_automation_and_the_handmade "Somewhere between automation and the handmade. Interview with Rosemary Grennan"], in ''[https://vltk.vvvvvvaria.org/w/Vernaculars_come_to_matter,_(re)orienting_language_and_technology Vernaculars Come to Matter, (Re)Orienting Language and Technology]'', eds. Cristina Cochior, Julie Boschat-Thorez and Manetta Berends, Rotterdam: Everyday Technology Press, 2021. | ||
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| − | * Rosemary Grennan, "MayDay Rooms: Building Archival Resources for Contemporary Movements", in ''[[:File:Archiving Activism in the Digital Age 2024.pdf|Archiving Activism in the Digital Age]]'', eds. Daniele Salerno and Ann Rigney, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2024, pp 40-51. | + | * Rosemary Grennan, "MayDay Rooms: Building Archival Resources for Contemporary Movements", in ''[[:File:Archiving Activism in the Digital Age 2024.pdf|Archiving Activism in the Digital Age]]'', eds. Daniele Salerno and Ann Rigney, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, May 2024, pp 40-51. |
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| + | * Pauline van Mourik Broekman, [https://reflect.ucl.ac.uk/remap-collaborative-blog/2024/08/07/archiving-from-below-mayday-rooms-in-context/ "Archiving from Below: MayDay Rooms in context’"], ''Remap Blog'', August 7, 2024. | ||
; Links | ; Links | ||
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* [https://maydayrooms.org Website] | * [https://maydayrooms.org Website] | ||
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* [https://maydayrooms.omeka.net/ Archive catalogue] | * [https://maydayrooms.omeka.net/ Archive catalogue] | ||
| − | * [https://leftove.rs/ Leftovers], a shared online archive of radical, anti-oppressive, and working class movements | + | |
| + | * [https://leftove.rs/ Leftovers], a shared online archive of radical, anti-oppressive, and working class movements. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:48, 5 May 2025
MayDay Rooms is an archive, resource space and safe haven for social movements, experimental and marginal cultures and their histories. It was set up by founder members: Iain Boal, Gillian Boal, Pauline van Mourik Broekman, Anthony Davies and Howard Slater in September 2011 and moved into 88 Fleet Street in May 2012. A Brief History of the organisation was published on its website in February 2013.
Its building in the centre of London contains an archive of historical material linked to social struggles, resistance campaigns, experimental culture, and the expression of marginalised and oppressed groups. MayDay Rooms offers organising and event space for activist and self-education groups, and runs a full programme of events including film screenings, poetry readings, “scan-a-thons” for digitising archival material, historical talks, discussion and reading groups, and social nights – all free of charge. (2023, upd.)
Staff Collective: Rosemary Grennan, Lamya Sadiq, Jamila Squire. (2025)
- Publications
- Peter Linebaugh, "Archiving With May Day Rooms", CounterPunch, Feb 2013.
- "Somewhere between automation and the handmade. Interview with Rosemary Grennan", in Vernaculars Come to Matter, (Re)Orienting Language and Technology, eds. Cristina Cochior, Julie Boschat-Thorez and Manetta Berends, Rotterdam: Everyday Technology Press, 2021.
- Rosemary Grennan, "MayDay Rooms: Building Archival Resources for Contemporary Movements", in Archiving Activism in the Digital Age, eds. Daniele Salerno and Ann Rigney, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, May 2024, pp 40-51.
- Pauline van Mourik Broekman, "Archiving from Below: MayDay Rooms in context’", Remap Blog, August 7, 2024.
- Links
- Leftovers, a shared online archive of radical, anti-oppressive, and working class movements.
