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PUBLIC SEMINAR RECORDING: Under The Banana Tree Archival Network – Records of Resistance: Looking Through Writings of Political Prisoners & Stories of Torture Survivors
Abstract: In drawing attention to multiple forms of archival resources: from letters, writing materials, testimonials and lived experiences of political detainees and torture survivors, how does such materials provide transnational insights to the socio-political...
Under The Banana Tree Archival Network x Pusat Sejarah Rakyat Webinar #4 – The Plantation Afterlives: Songs, Memories and Politics of Care
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...
Under The Banana Tree Archival Network x Pusat Sejarah Rakyat Webinar #3 – ‘Emotional’ Archives: Exploring Sense and Facts
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...