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Decolonising Archives

Edited by L'Internationale Online and Rado Ištok

Graphic Design: Antoine Bertaudière

2016
ISBN 978-94-915-6409-3
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epub

Contents

  1. 1.
    Introduction
  2. 2.
    Radically De-Historicising the Archive. Decolonising Archival Memory from the Supremacy of Historical Discourse
    Wolfgang Ernst
  3. 3.
    Buried (and) Alive
    Jeffrey T. Schnapp
  4. 4.
    H[gun shot]ow c[gun shot]an I f[gun shot]orget?
    Lawrence Abu Hamdan
  5. 5.
    Another Mapping of Art and Politics. The Archive Policies of Red Conceptualismos del Sur
    Ana Longoni, Red Conceptualismos del Sur
  6. 6.
    Decolonial Sensibilities: Indigenous Research and Engaging with Archives in Contemporary Colonial Canada
    Crystal Fraser, Zoe Todd
  7. 7.
    In Search For Queer Ancestors
    Karol Radziszewski
  8. 8.
    The Hump of Colonialism, or The Archive as a Site of Resistance
    Rona Sela
  9. 9.
    A Grin Without Marker
    Filipa César
  10. 10.
    Presenting Pasts
    Andrea Stultiens
  11. 11.
    The Archives of the Commons Seminar, Madrid, 2015
    Mela Dávila Freire, Marisa Pérez Colina, Carlos Prieto del Campo, Mabel Tapia
  12. 12.
    Archives of the Commons: Knowledge Commons, Information and Memory
    Carlos Prieto del Campo
  13. 13.
    Biographies
  14. 14.
    Colophon

The e-publication Decolonising Archives aims to show how archives bear testimony to what was, even more so than collections. Archives present documents that allow one to understand what happened and in which order. Today Internet technology, combined with rapid moves made on the geopolitical chessboard, make archives a contested site of affirmation, recognition and denial. As such, it is of great importance to be aware of processes of colonialisation and decolonisation taking place as new technology can both be used to affirm existing hegemonic colonial relationships or break them open.