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This edited collection brings together 16 contributors working across varied artistic, academic and geographic contexts, united by a shared concern: how archives might be reimagined to more accurately reflect diverse populations, cultures and priorities. The volume presents international case studies where archives are used as tools for social justice, creative expression and empowerment by activists, artists and socially engaged practitioners. Organised in three sections - Activism and the Archive; Arts and the Archive; and Applied Practice and the Archive - the collection explores a broad spectrum of innovative practices. The first section examines the intersections between activism and contemporary archival work. The second highlights artistic engagement with archives, particularly in relation to underrepresented art forms. The third section features applied practices that utilise archives with community groups in participatory settings. Together, these contributions offer new insights into how archives can support alternative narratives and foster more inclusive understandings of history, memory and cultural identity.
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.- CHAPTER 2: MAKING UNKNOWN HISTORIES KNOWN THROUGH A TOOLKIT FOR ARCHIVING WOMEN FILMMAKERS: REFLECTIONS ON ARCHIVE RESEARCH AND PRACTICE.- CHAPTER 3: DECOLONIZING THE ARCHIVE: REINSCRIBING TREMÉ IN THE PUBLIC IMAGINATION.- CHAPTER 4: ARCHIVING PRACTICES AND VISUAL ACTIVISM IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ARAB UPRISINGS.- CHAPTER 5: EXPLORING FURTHER CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF HERITAGE DIGITIZATION: CULTURAL DATA IN INDONESIA.- CHAPTER 6: FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT : LIVELY ENCOUNTERS WITH/IN LONDON S RADICAL ARCHIVES.- CHAPTER 7: CAST IN STONE: GAZE-AVOIDING MEMORIALIZATION AND COUNTERARCHIVING IN KASHMIR.- CHAPTER 8: DECOLONISATION AND THE LIVING ARCHIVE IN THE MUSEUM SPACE: VICTORIA-IDONGESIT UDONDIAN S ARTIVIST-CRAFTED ARCHIVE.- CHAPTER 9: MY GRANDFATHER WAS BORN UNDERWATER: PRACTICE-BASED APPROACHES TO PERSONAL ARCHIVES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE POLITICS OF MEMORY IN POST-FRANCO SPAIN.- CHAPTER 10: DIGITAL VISUAL CULTURE AND MEMORY PRACTICES: MODERN USES OF DAMNATIO MEMORIAE.- CHAPTER 11: INTERCULTURAL ARCHIVING: COMPARING THREE DIGITAL ARCHIVES OF SHAKESPEARE PERFORMANCES.-CHAPTER 12: CONSCIOUS CREATIVE COLLABORATION: DE-COLONISING THE ARCHIVE AND STAGING UNDER-REPRESENTED AND SENSITIVE HISTORIES.- CHAPTER 13: THIS PLACE IS ACTUALLY FUN : USING FILMMAKING TO ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ARCHIVES IN THE NORTH OF IRELAND.- CHAPTER 14: POLITICS, POETRY AND PROCESS: PHOTOCHEMICAL FILMMAKING AS A RADICAL ARCHIVAL PRACTICE.- CHAPTER 15: OUT OF THE SHADOWS: DECONSTRUCTING THE BLUECOAT S HIDDEN COLONIAL LEGACIES THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.- CHAPTER 16: AND WE SHALL REMEMBER WHOM? USING MUSEUM-HOSTED WIKIPEDIA EDIT-A-THONS TO DISSEMINATE ARCHIVAL RESEARCH.
