In “Trudy Peterson’s Speculation on the Textual in Archives in a Changing Literacy Landscape,” Elliott Kuecker (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) reflects on former SAA President Trudy H. Peterson’s 1991 presidential address, “Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic: Speculations on Change in Research Process.” Kuecker considers Peterson’s exploration of nontextual materials in the archives, and examines how nontextual materials have always existed in archives. He writes, “Peterson’s tendency to reflect on her time and respond with optimism and invitations for change, rather than giving into the anxiety that can easily overcome all of us during changing times, is quite refreshing in an era when concern over generative artificial intelligence (AI) has overtaken many conversations about literacies and skill sets.” Read the full review here.
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