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New article from our project: archives, activism, and coalition building
The latest issue of the journal *Archival Science* features an article titled “You can read their words and see they fight for the same things”: strategies of social movement archivists […]
Meeting around the premiere of ‘The Art of Protest’ at the Teatr Współczesny (Szczecin)
Experiences of protest are preserved in memory: both collective and individual. Protest banners and leaflets are stored in boxes and folders. Like in a theatre warehouse, these accumulated artefacts and […]
Publication: a popular science text on grassroots archives in Poland
As part of the project, we seek to share reflections emerging from our research in a variety of formats and in dialogue with diverse audiences. We were delighted to accept […]
Polish Sociological Association Congress: presentations by our team
On 16-19 September our team participated in 19th National Sociological Congress of Polish Sociological Association (PTS), held at University in Białystok. The event gathered together researchers from all over Poland. […]
Materialities in Archives. Presentation at ISA Forum of Sociology, Rabat (Morocco)
From July 6–11, 2025, Dr. Izabela Kujawa participated in the international conference 5th ISA Forum of Sociology, held at Mohammed V University in Rabat. The event brought together nearly 5,000 […]
Archives as Spaces of Grassroots Debate on Migration and Mobility – IMISCOE Network Conference
IMISCOE is the largest international network of researchers working in the field of migration studies. This year’s annual conference (Paris, Institut Convergence Migration, July 1–4, 2025) received a record number […]
On protest archives and solidarity at ESA Conference in Wien
Prof. Maciej Kowalewski presented the paper Solidarity in and through Social Movements Archives at “Contested Solidarities: Contentious Politics Between Resistance, Backlash and Change” at the CEU in(June 16 to 18, […]
Art-action as a form of protest archiving
How is protest remembered, what kind of work with the past and the archive can be done? These are research questions that we seek answers to by reaching out to […]
Archiv der Sozialen Bewegungen (ASB) in Rote Flora
The spaces of independent archives are themselves a ready-made story about the autonomy of the movements that create them. They are all strong with the power of their operators/creators, and […]
On archiving activism supporting migrants and refugees: Dr. Izabela Kujawa at the conference of the Center for Migration Studies at UAM
Archives we are mapping and striving to better understand, collect and provide access to materials covering various areas of activism, including those focused on supporting migrants and refugees and aiming […]
Maps of protest activism in the USA: Mapping American Social Movements Project
The Civil Rights and Labor History Consortium at the University of Washington is conducting an interesting project to map American protest movements. The project is creating and sharing free, interactive […]
Archive of social movements in Freiburg
Das Freiburger Archiv Soziale Bewegungen e.V. was founded in 1985. The collections are impressive – there is only a portion of the storage space on site, and digitization began here […]
QueerMuseum Warsaw – archives of LGBTQ+ community movements
We also conduct our research in Poland, following archives in all their diversity – in terms of form, longevity, and the scope of their activities, which include both strictly archival […]
AfAS in Duisburg: History of protests recorded in German archives
The archives of social movements in Germany are one of the most important case studies for us, as they are characterized by diversity, both in terms of forms of protest […]
Conference at the European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk
On December 5–6, 2024, the scientific conference „Iconography of Protest. Visual Emanations of Dissent from the 19th Century to the Present Day” took place at the European Solidarity Centre in […]