Green Archiving
Imaginaries of Archival Futures Published by Valiz.
Edited with introduction and text by Annet Dekker. Text by Chia Amisola, Kristina Andersen, Chiara Borognovo, Brian Castriota, Ofri Cnaani, Judith van der Elst, Flaminia Fortunato, Sarah Friend, Kristoffer Gansing, Olga Goriunova, Linda Hilfling, Kei Kreutler, Aymeric Mansoux, Hélia Marçal, Ekaterina Maslova, Nancy Mauro-Flude, Servanne Monjour, et al. Making a case for archiving as an active, creative and critical process that promotes ecological stewardship Published with Making Public Series.
Exploring the intersection of archival practice and environmental sustainability, Green Archiving offers a radical reimagination of archives as ecological entities. A part of the Making Public series—which investigates “the public,” or the civil domain where space, knowledge, values and commodities are shared—the volume critiques conventional recordkeeping methods, which often perpetuate resource-intensive and preservationist paradigms, and introduces the concept of “green archiving”—a framework that integrates sustainable technologies, practices and philosophies into the curation, preservation and dissemination of knowledge. It draws on speculative theory, eco-criticism, software studies, feminist studies as well as Indigenous and Global South practices and knowledge to propose new imaginaries for the future of archiving in the face of climate crisis. Through case studies, critical essays, interviews and speculative designs, Green Archiving fosters a dialog that balances memory and preservation with ecological stewardship for future generations.
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