Posts tagged latinx family archives
Consumerism in Digital Archives: Placing Latinx Traditions on the Right Cultural Shelf
Consumerism in Digital Archives: Placing Latinx Traditions on the Right Cultural Shelf

Latinx customs, rituals and traditions have withstood countless transformations through their assimilation to the US and back, and the undocumented history of quinceañera practice–a journey I hold quite close to me–is still just one of the many deprived of proper accreditation.

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Volume 1, CollectionEngaging Collectionsartist's archives, North Carolina, equity, latinx, latinx family archives, Latinx Diaspora Archives, Community Archiving, Community-Based Approaches to Archives, Quinceañera Archives, Quinceañera, collection, archive
@Latinx_Diaspora_Archives: Family Photographs as Counter-Narratives of the Latinx Diaspora
@Latinx_Diaspora_Archives: Family Photographs as Counter-Narratives of the Latinx Diaspora

”As my family migrated and many others from the Diaspora did too, the camera was a way to document this broken American Dream narrative, instead, we needed to create a counter-narrative of our people, because we are not seen as American.”

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Volume 1, CollectionEngaging Collectionsartist's archives, North Carolina, equity, latinx, latinx family archives, Latinx Diaspora Archives, Community Archiving, Community-Based Approaches to Archives, collection, archive