What is this?
This is a DIY guide for capturing/collecting/curating history in your community.Made by someone who works in an archive.
For people who don’t see themselves reflected.
Your Future Histories
There is a void where you are yet to exist.A space of unlimited potential, of radical possibility.
A space for your future histories.
History is not a neutral retelling of the past.
“History is a series of strategically curated choices that can uplift some or erase others, based on the decisions by those with the power to curate it.” - Dominique Luster
In science fiction a future history is a projected chronology outlining how we got from the present to the future. It creates a back story for a possible future reality.
The stories we tell about ourselves can shape a new reality. A reality where we exist and have always existed. There is collective power in the telling of stories.
You have that power.
The power to tell the stories about your community that the future needs to know.
The power to curate your history and save it.