“We, the Living Archives” Publication Launch

Sat May 02 2026 at 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm UTC+01:00

SET Social | London

Liberatory Archives and Memory, Whose Knowledge?
Publisher/HostLiberatory Archives and Memory, Whose Knowledge?
\u201cWe, the Living Archives\u201d Publication Launch
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Join us to celebrate the publication launch of "We, the Living Archives".
About this Event

Three years ago, the Liberatory Archives and Memory programme at Whose Knowledge? invited memory workers of African descent and other minoritised communities in the UK to gather for a one-day event. Together, we asked: where and with whom do you do your memory work? What are your favourite archival and memory frameworks and practices? What are we dismantling? What are we dreaming of, and working towards? These questions—and our responses—did not end there.

This publication brings together a collection of essays that emerged from the UK Community of Practice’s series of convenings in Bristol, Birmingham, London, and Brighton. From reflections on anticolonial archives and the politics of Black and diasporic cultural memory, to photo essays, poetry, conversations, and community-based storytelling, memory workers, artists, and archivists share reflections, research, and anticolonial practices that reimagine archives as living, collective spaces of resistance, solidarity, and liberation.

The event will feature a collective conversation led by the publication’s editor, Dr Carol Ann Dixon, with some of the contributing authors. The event is free, with publication copies available by donation.

About Whose Knowledge?
A global, translocal multilingual non-profit organisation and a campaign centering the multiple knowledges, histories, leadership, and imaginations of the minoritised majority of the world.

Learn more: https://whoseknowledge.org/ | https://www.liberatoryarchivesmemory.org/

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SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, United Kingdom

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