Ruins confronting colonial erasure
Golzari, N. and Sharif, Y. 2025. Ruins confronting colonial erasure. in: Matar, D. and Porter, V. (ed.) Archiving Gaza in the Present London Saqi Books. pp. 252-255
Golzari, N. and Sharif, Y. 2025. Ruins confronting colonial erasure. in: Matar, D. and Porter, V. (ed.) Archiving Gaza in the Present London Saqi Books. pp. 252-255
| Chapter title | Ruins confronting colonial erasure |
|---|---|
| Authors | Golzari, N. and Sharif, Y. |
| Editors | Matar, D. and Porter, V. |
| Abstract | 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. In partnership with the Arab British Centre. |
| Keywords | archive Gaza |
| erasure | |
| decolonial narrative | |
| conflict | |
| Book title | Archiving Gaza in the Present |
| Page range | 252-255 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publisher | Saqi Books |
| Publication dates | |
| Published | 20 Nov 2025 |
| Place of publication | London |
| ISBN | 9781849250979 |
| 9781849250986 | |
| Web address (URL) | https://saqibooks.com/books/saqi/archiving-gaza-in-the-present/ |