This course examines the ethical and practical considerations of working with audiovisual archives. We consider the changing role of archives in music research, with a focus on repatriation projects and proactive archiving techniques by which scholars engage with communities to animate archival materials in support of local cultural activities. Students will gain practical skills in community-engaged archiving, such as digitizing and cataloguing analogue recordings, and will collaborate with community partners on archive-based public-facing events. Students will be expected to participate in certain activities outside of class time.