Issue No. 2: Archives

Our first print issue

Issue 2 is The Archives Issue — an attempt to reckon with the future of our field by engaging with the past. As we embark on our first print issue, we’re intrigued by ideas about how to make tangible the ephemera of sounds, of RSS feeds, of digital media. And we’re inviting our global network of fellow documentarians to consider: How does documentary audio intersect with the archive; and, How are we as audio documentarians archivists? Just like our first issue, you can expect essays and Q and As from some of the most groundbreaking audio documentarians working today.

Coming Fall 2025!

Thanks to everyone who supported our pre-sale campaign for our first print issue! The Archives Issue is launching September 19 at Union Docs in NYC (TICKETS HERE) and September 26 at XTMR Fest in the UK. We will be mailing out all copies purchased in the pre-sale late September and early October. If you missed the pre-sale, copies will be available for purchase via the Union Docs store as of the launch dates. More info soon!

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In the meantime, you can read our Transom Manifesto by editors Sandhya Dirks and Kalli Anderson or this essay about docufiction by Talia Augustidis.