“Most human constructs are these kinds of ‘things’ that are not things” (Vidali and Phillips 2020, 69). Vidali and Phillips compel the reader to think of an archival exhibit as a kind of living body with centripetal and centrifugal modes of movement; the archival exhibit then becomes an immersive site of encounter for its listeners, readers, and participants. Their work contributes to practices toward decolonizing archival ethnography – through using multimodal media and through considering the archival exhibit as ever-changing and as a practice designed for human, and community, engagement. The authors emphasize the importance of “hoarding” – letters, recordings, artifacts, and more, as a practice of preservation and as an opportunity to provide an immersive connection for the exhibit’s participants.
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