Summary by; Abdul Rahman Shah The session opens with an introduction to Plantation Afterlives: Songs, Memories, and the Politics of Care, a conversation centered on the filmmaking practices exploring songs, memory, oral traditions, and the worlds of Tamil plantation...
Discussion Abstract: This webinar takes as a point of departure from Gogularajaan Rajendran’s filmmaking practice at the intersection of Tamil indentured labourers and plantation folk songs. Through his exploration on the embodied archive of soundscape, memory, and...
Discussion Abstract: Archives are often assumed to contain facts, but what kinds of facts reside within them? This webinar explores the idea of “emotional facts” that emerge when engaging with archival materials. Moving beyond the archive as a neutral repository, the...
Summary by; Abdul Rahman Shah The session begins with the moderator, Yvonne Tan, introducing Amos Ursia from Kolektif Arungkala. Founded in 2019, the collective engages in memory-based research, experimental historiography, community archiving, and participatory...
Summary by: Jaymani Sevanathan Webinar is conducted in Indonesian and the summary is in English The webinar Counter-Archiving: Dealing with Dominant Histories was organized by the Lembaga Sejarah Sosialis Indonesia (LSSI); an Indonesia-based independent archival...