This is a live Q&A discussion with the speakers of this pre-recorded, on-demand session.
RSVP Here This Q&A session is a free event! RSVP required for Zoom security. View On-Demand Session Here.Session DescriptionThe National Geographic Society Archives and researcher Yazan Kopty, with a network of participants, are working to re-envision National Geographic's photography collection of Palestine. Kopty's project, "Imagining the Holy," connects audiences to the geographic and cultural heritage of twentieth century Palestine and contextualizes the rapid social and political changes in this region. This session will explore how the project seeks to broaden and de-bias the Western narrative and reframe the records in a post-colonial context.
McVey: Methods of Digitization and Dissemination for Collaborative Archival TransformationKopty: Indigenizing the ArchiveManco: Contextualizing National Geographic photography in historic Palestine