Roundtea "Empathic Archiving: Bringing Archives to Life Through Stories"
Archives are often perceived as static repositories of the past: collections of documents, images and records preserved for future reference. Yet archives are also spaces of human experience, carrying traces of lives, emotions, relationships and memories. Through an empathical approach to archiving, archival materials can be reanimated as sources of connection, understanding and storytelling. By viewing archives not as fixed containers of truth but as living resources for narrative-making, attendees will discover ways to bring historical materials into dialogue with contemporary audiences. This general presentation introduces the concept of storytelling as an archival practice.
Speakers: Sonia Nicholson and Patrick Van Den Nieuwenhof.
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