The Black Archives: Exploring the Politics of Black Dutch Radicals
In this article, the authors introduce “The Black Archives”—an alternative archive consisting of more than 8,000 books, official documents and artefacts. The archive is a critical intervention, challenging dominant historical narratives, which tend to downplay histories of colonialism, slavery and their legacy. The authors explore how archival research and art can be used to make visible the histories that have been marginalised in dominant historical narratives. This is done with a case study: an exhibition based on archival research on two Black radicals, Hermina and Otto Huiswoud. The resea... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Open Cultural Studies, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 402-413 (2019) |
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De Gruyter
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| Schlagwörter: | alternative archives / black radicalism / surinam / netherlands / black art / slavery / heritage / activism / Social sciences (General) / H1-99 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28986187 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2019-0034 |
In this article, the authors introduce “The Black Archives”—an alternative archive consisting of more than 8,000 books, official documents and artefacts. The archive is a critical intervention, challenging dominant historical narratives, which tend to downplay histories of colonialism, slavery and their legacy. The authors explore how archival research and art can be used to make visible the histories that have been marginalised in dominant historical narratives. This is done with a case study: an exhibition based on archival research on two Black radicals, Hermina and Otto Huiswoud. The research reveals the history of the black and Surinamese activism in the Netherlands which intersects with global histories of the black radicalism.