Environment and Setting - Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital of the U.S. state of Georgia. With a population of 498,715 living within the city limits, Atlanta is the 38th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 U.S. census. The City of Atlanta is the inner part of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to more than 62 million people. The Chattahoochee River flows through Atlanta from the Blue Ridge Mountains southwesterly through the suburbs of Atlanta.
Community Profile
The Radical Archive of Preservation (t.r.a.p.) aims to represent a diversity of experiences found in the City of Atlanta. Trap music and culture describes a cultural context, geographic space, and musical genre found in Southern hip hop and African American experience. Discourses on trap aesthetics and themes highlight alternative strategies of liberation in underserved communities in Atlanta, Georgia. Trap culture involves creative production, black lived experiences, and highly performative practices. My interest in feminist performance-based practices attempts to de-center the masculinist the culture-baring responsibilities of Black women in these communities that are often overlooked and decentered. The masculinist nature of trap culture centers men, aggressiveness, and bravado necessary to keep moving in the environments these cultural artifacts are found in.
Agency Profile - The Society of Georgia Archivists
Founded in 1969, the Society of Georgia Archivists (SGA) represents over 200 individuals and 100 repositories that care for historical records. In association with its member archivists, librarians, records managers, museum and historical agency personnel, and educators, the Society of Georgia Archivists is working to preserve the past and the present for the future. Through SGA membership, professionals and volunteers stay current on the latest developments in the records-keeping field, especially with our members-only e-mail list! SGA publishes Provenance, the journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists, and the SGA Newsletter. SGA also offers workshops, scholarships, and an annual meeting. Archivists are guided by a code of professional ethics. For more information, see the Society of American Archivists' Code of Ethics. The Society of Georgia Archivists' core values are community, leadership, diversity, lifelong learning, and sustainability.
While I could not find any statistical data in reference to racial and ethnic identities of the group, I did attend the 2023 Conference at Kennessaw State University. The conference was in-person and over the course of 2 days. I do not think the majority of the membership attended the conference, but there were a few occasions where we could see the group as a whole. The majority of the representation presented as white and female.
References
Shaw, A.R. Trap History: Atlanta Culture and the Global Impact of Trap Music. Bluefield Media. 2020.
Society of Georgia Archivists Annual Conference. Society of Georgia Archivists - Annual Meeting (wildapricot.org)