Archiving Gaza in the present : memory, culture and erasure / edited by Dina Matar and Venetia Porter.

Title & Author:

Archiving Gaza in the present : memory, culture and erasure / edited by Dina Matar and Venetia Porter.

Publication:

London : Saqi Books, 2025.

Description:

287 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"Conflict does more than destroy physical spaces. It extinguishes lives, erases histories and disrupts the collective memory of entire communities. In Gaza, where genocide has wrought catastrophic loss, the destruction of heritage adds another dimension of devastation. Yet amid the rubble, acts of archiving, art-making and storytelling persist.Archiving Gaza in the Present brings together voices from Palestine and beyond to document the cultural erasure and to explore how creative and archival practices resist it. Contributions from curators, architects, artists, journalists, lawyers and scholars capture Gaza's once-vibrant cultural life - historic buildings, art centres, universities and museums that existed before October 2023 - now turned to rubble. Featuring rich visual material - from fragmented WhatsApp testimonies to forensic documentation - and including artworks, maps and photographs, Archiving Gaza in the Present is both a living archive and a call to action. It is a vital resource for understanding Gaza's cultural survival amid destruction."

ISBN:

9781849250979 (paperback)
1849250979 (paperback)
ePub ebook
9781849250986

Subject:

Cultural property Protection Gaza Strip.
Historic preservation Gaza Strip.
Genocide.
Génocide.
Cultural property Protection
Historic preservation
Gaza Strip Civilization.
Gaza, Bande de Civilisation.
Gaza Strip

Added entries:

Matar, Dina, editor.
Porter, Venetia, editor.

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Copy: 1
Status: On Order

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