Mobilizing the Canadian community-driven audiovisual archives policy network (2026-2027)
I am PI for this Knowledge Mobilization project supported by a SSHRC Connection grant that activates a cross-Canada network of media and communication studies academics, archivists, media artists, and cultural workers.
Project Co-Directors: Mary Elizabeth Luka (UTSC), Claudia Sicondolfo (SFU), and Jonathan Petrychyn (URegina)
In partnership with: National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition (NIMAC), Winnipeg Film Group (WFG), The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Arquives, Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA), Critical Digital Methods Institute, and Concordia University Press.
This project responds to identified needs to build capacity across the community-based audiovisual archives sector in the areas of organizational policy, sectoral policy, and network self-governance. We are develop six digital multi-modal policy resources that will be circulated in open access. In the winter of 2027, we will organize three public panels to activate and publicize the resources (with NIMAC, WFG, and The ArQuives) and host the resources in open access digital repositories (with IMAA, CDMI, and Concordia University Press).
Resources in development:
Supporting Indigenous access to Indigenous materials in institutional archives (Jennifer Dysart)
Archival hazards health and safety zine (Stefanie Martin)
Portrait gallery of memory houses (Chris Gehman)
Legislative and regulatory frameworks infographic (Andrew Burke and Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte)
Template for small-format “archive books” (Clint Enns)
Mapping the Funding Infrastructure for Community-Driven Audiovisual Archives (Jonathan Petrychyn)
Online Media Arts Presentation Standards (2021)
In collaboration with Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA).
In 2021, I led the Canada-Council funded Online Presentation Standards project of the Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA). IMAA is a national arts service organization representing independent media arts production, distribution, and exhibition organizations across the country. With IMAA staff, I initiated this project as a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic and as a community-driven and participatory knowledge mobilization initiative aiming to address gaps in existing sectoral self-governance in the independent media arts sector. I developed an iterative participatory research methodology and led consultations with three working groups and an advisory council (30 meetings in total) and developed bilingual resources, which now serve as self-governance material for the 90+ organizations in IMAA’s membership. Outputs include a thoroughly revised and expanded Media Arts Fee Schedule with increased remuneration rates and new fee categories, and three best-practice guides addressing issues related to intellectual property and remuneration, accessibility, and technology.
Project page on the IMAA website: https://source.imaa.ca/library/online-media-arts-presentation-standards/
Professional guides produced:
Intellectual Property and Online Presentation: Guidelines and Resources for Media Arts Presenters
Contracts Checklist between media arts presenters and artists or copyright holders
Online Presentation Workflow: Resources for the Media Arts Community
Online Presentation Workflow chart
Revised and expanded IMAA Fee Schedule (updated yearly):
2023 Luka, ME., Bourcheix-Laporte, M., and Sicondolfo, C., with additional contribution by Vijay, D. Fair Play: Remuneration, IP Management and Accessibility in the Independent Media Arts Sector Today. In partnership with the Independent Media Arts Alliance. Critical Digital Methods Institute, https://criticaldigitalmethods.ca/2023/09/22/fair-play/.
2021 Bourcheix-Laporte, M., in collaboration with Independent Media Arts Alliance. IMAA Fee Schedule. IMAA-AAMI. https://imaa.ca/asset/imaa-fee-schedule/
Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte, Ph.D. 