Infrastructural resistance in the archive
With: Miriyam Aouragh, Karl Moubarak and Omar Jabary Salamanca
How are infra-struggles presented visually as part of historical legacies? What aesthetics could transform affective relations to infrastructures? Join us for a conversation fresh from the archives of The International Institute of Social History.
Tuesday October 8th, 19:30
Pianofabriek, Brussels
https://titipi.org/projects/infra-resistance_in_the_archive
The International Institute of Social History (IISH) is searching for the research project "Voices of Resistance"
Three PhD researchers.
"Voices of Resistance: A Global Micro-Historical Approach to Enslavement across the Atlantic and Indian Ocean investigates histories of enslavement, slavery and racialization through the use of testimonies and personal accounts from court records from across the early modern European colonial empires in the Indonesian archipelago, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic."
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https://iisg.amsterdam/en/blog/3-phd-positions-voices-resistance
What you will do Within the research project you will work independently on your PhD research. As part of this, you will also collaborate with the team on collective aspects of the project, such as creating data sets (on slave trade, enslavement and stereotypes), organising meetings and contributing to the outreach of the project through public stories.