"Unarchivize” history
Workshop on new colonial narratives for high school students
This workshop aims to introduce students to the notion of “unarchiving” and its potential to recover the voices of people who have been forgotten and silenced by official history. More specifically, by the history of slavery and the colonial period.
Is it possible to “unarchivize” history? How can we unearth the memory of those who could not leave their version of the events in writing?
The workshop begins with a visit to the audiovisual installation “Joaquina de Angola. Memory of a liberation”, by the creator and screenwriter Aída Bueno Sarduy, which tells the story of Joaquina, a 15-year-old enslaved girl who on January 14, 1836, fled a plantation in Brazil, taking advantage of the storm and darkness. From the visit to the installation, students will approach the history of slavery, the notions of archive and document, and the ideas of “unarchiving” and “critical fabulation” as tools that can allow us to produce other stories.
Activity design for groups: Aída Bueno Sarduy
Activity leadership: Lucía Piedra Galarraga
Duration: 1 h 30 min
This activity is part of Amazons