In this reflection of creating co-liberated archival spaces, I wondered what the architecture of the archive would look like. Dimensions of Citizenship: Architecture and Belonging from the Body to the Cosmos has been shaping my thinking around building spaces of inclusion. The goal of this project is to uncover many stories that have been forgotten in order to imagine a more meaningful future for immigrants. By empowering families to document their histories, people claim their space by exercising citizenship through this (re)clamation of the internet as their own.
How to Build an Archive is a network and an ecosystem that allows for several entry points into the archive; diversifying the number of portals and serendipitous stumbling upon the archive.
*Please excuse the brevity of the context that I am trying to give, it should not be mistaken for an oversimplification of the continuous colonization apartheid, torture, dehumanization, and murder that Palestinians have and continue to face by Israel (and the support it continues to receive from the United States). The brevity is for the ease of legibility, but I am happy to share more in depth information or have a conversation about this. Please email me, lets really chat about it!
Elderly Woman Examines a Palestinian Thobe in al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya, Ramallah, 1988
"Land Day", a PLO Poster, 1977
The poet, Rajih al Salfeety, with his sister in Kuwait
"Rachel’s Tomb" Mandate Postage Stamp, 16 July 1942
Rima Nasir with Her Classmates and Cousin at Birzeit College, 1945
Al-Ahad School Students in Gaza
A traditional song entitled "Al-A'aly"
"Palestine", a PLO Poster, 1981
"Palestine: a Homeland Denied", a Poster by the Baghdad International Exhibition, 1979
A Man Moving Rubble After Bombing of El- Buss Refugee Camp
"The Palestinians Have Rights Too!", a Poster by the National Committee for the Year of Palestine, 1988
A Group of Women at a Feminist Convention
A Group of Boys at a Refugee Camp
"Solidarity", a Poster by the 11th World Festival of Youth and Students, 1977-1978
A Mother Holding a Photograph of her Killed Son
A Palestinian Family
"Carry On", a Poster by Salah Eddin Office, 1975
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