We are so excited to introduce a new member to our ZineCat team. Meet our Metadata Intern,Vita Kurland! They will be helping us to provide support in strategizing the harmonization of zine metadata, writing guidance for current and future contributors to ZineCat, and collaborating on a zine that documents the work.
Bio:
Vita Kurland (they/them) is an archivist, curator, and dress historian. They are completing their MA in Costume Studies at NYU Steinhardt and MLIS at LIU Palmer while working as a Graduate Fellow at Barnard College in the Archives and Special Collections. Kurland’s research focuses on graphic T-shirts, secondhand markets, collecting, and memorial wearables. As an archivist their work is centered around bringing marginalized histories to the forefront of archives and education. They hold their BA in Art and Aesthetics from Bard College Berlin.
