{"product_id":"9781849250979-archiving-gaza-in-the-present","title":"Archiving Gaza in the Present","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMemory, Culture and Erasure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchiving Gaza in the Present addresses the urgent crisis of cultural loss amid ongoing conflict. Edited by Venetia Porter and Dina Matar, this interdisciplinary collection documents destruction and explores heritage preservation through essays, interviews and 100+ visuals, stressing Gaza’s cultural memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eConflict 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eArchiving Gaza in the Present\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing rich visual material – from fragmented WhatsApp testimonies to forensic documentation – and including artworks, maps and photographs, \u003cem\u003eArchiving Gaza in the Present\u003c\/em\u003e is both a living archive and a call to action. It is a vital resource for understanding Gaza’s cultural survival amid destruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn partnership with the Arab British Centre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors include Selma Dabbagh, Salman Abu Sitta, Shareef Sarhan, Hazem Harb, Malak Mattar, Marc-André Haldimann, Nadia Yaqub, Omar Al-Qattan, Kegham Djeghalian, Caitlin Procter, Atef Alshaer, Shatha Safi, Yara Sharif and Nasser Golzar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56565627093366,"sku":"9781849250979","price":29.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_37684345.jpg?v=1762395774","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781849250979-archiving-gaza-in-the-present","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}