The Archive Revisited

Black Feminist Internationalism and Eurasian Knowledge Production

Artifacts and Stories

  • Artifacts and Stories: On Decolonial Method: Reimagining the Archive Beyond Evidence and Proof

    What do we do with the parts of history that were never written down? The encounters that left no diary entries. The solidarities that passed quietly between people. The knowledge carried through touch, gesture, desire, or memory—rather than official record. These moments are not marginal. They make up much of what I encounter when tracing

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  • Artifacts and Stories: The Fractured Postcard: Haunting Encounters with Hermina Huiswoud’s Archive

    In the Tamiment Library at NYU, among the folders and boxes of Hermina Dumont Huiswoud Papers,” lies a postcard that seems, at first glance, unremarkable: a small photographic print depicting a veiled woman* – the asterisk I add to trouble gendered assumptions – somewhere in Soviet Central Asia.1 The image is fractured – creased through

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  • Artifacts and Stories: Invitation for Contributions

    The Archive Revisited invites contributions discussing various archival artifacts related to the topic of Black Feminist Internationalism and Eurasian Knowledge Production. The project welcomes a diverse range of contributions—scholarly and creative, textual and visual. Entries can be short reflections or longer article-sized papers, and contributions in different languages are welcome.

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