LTC Double Feature: Mitchell Esajas (The Black Archives) / Dimitra Andritsou (Forensic Architecture)

Double Feature
1. Towards a more inclusive city through documenting erased black histories / The Black Archives / Mitchell Esajas
2. Critical Images and Evidentiary Archives / Forensic Architecture / Dimitra Andritsou
DE
Die Black Archives sind ein historisches Archiv in Amsterdam, das aus einzigartigen Buchbeständen, Schallplatten und Artefakten besteht, die aus dem Erbe von schwarzen Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftstellern und Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern besteht. Es enthält ungefähr 3000 Bücher über Rassismus und sogenannte Rassenfragen, Sklaverei, Kolonisation und Dekolonisierung, Gender und Feminismus, Sozialwissenschaften und Entwicklungsfragen. Das Archiv erläutert schwarze und andere Perspektiven durch inspirierende Unterhaltungen, inhaltliche Aktivitäten und Buchpräsentationen von Werken, die anderswo nicht unbedingt diskutiert werden. Die Black Archives werden von der Organisation New Urban Collective unterstützt.
theblackarchives.nl
Forensic Architecture (FA) is a research agency based at Goldsmiths, University of London. It undertakes advanced spatial and media investigations into cases of human rights violations, with and on behalf of communities affected by political violence, human rights organizations, international prosecutors, environmental justice groups, and media organizations. Dimitra Andritsou is an architectural researcher at Forensic Architecture since October 2019, and her role includes 3d modelling and digital representations alongside preparation for novel testimonial and evidentiary techniques. Dimitra graduated in 2017 from the School of Architecture of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and in 2019 she completed with distinction the MA in Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her work at the Centre for Research Architecture revolved around spatial politics of migration and bordering, focusing on the reiterative emergence of fire at migrant encampments in Greece. Prior to the MA, Dimitra worked as freelance architect in Berlin.
forensic-architecture.org
EN
Mitchell Esajas is co-founder of New Urban Collective, a network for students and young professionals from diverse backgrounds with a focus on the Surinamese, Caribbean and African diaspora. Esajas studied Business Studies and Anthropology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In 2016 he co-founded the Black Archives in Amsterdam, a cultural center based on a unique collection of books, documents and artefacts documenting the histories of Surinamese and Black people in the Dutch context. The Black Archives develops exhibitions and public programs based on the collections and urgent societal issues.
theblackarchives.nl
Forensic Architecture (FA) is a research agency based at Goldsmiths, University of London. It undertakes advanced spatial and media investigations into cases of human rights violations, with and on behalf of communities affected by political violence, human rights organizations, international prosecutors, environmental justice groups, and media organizations. Dimitra Andritsou is an architectural researcher at Forensic Architecture since October 2019, and her role includes 3d modelling and digital representations alongside preparation for novel testimonial and evidentiary techniques. Dimitra graduated in 2017 from the School of Architecture of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and in 2019 she completed with distinction the MA in Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her work at the Centre for Research Architecture revolved around spatial politics of migration and bordering, focusing on the reiterative emergence of fire at migrant encampments in Greece. Prior to the MA, Dimitra worked as freelance architect in Berlin.
forensic-architecture.org