diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9e54131..4235848 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,13 +1,11 @@ # Seeing Lost Enclaves ### Relational reconstructions of erased historic neighborhoods of color -Seeing Lost Enclaves is an [initiative](https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/2023-innovator-in-residence-rebuilds-and-revisits-lost-communities/s/33e910fb-0ea2-4676-ba4c-0ce15e664735) by [Jeffrey Yoo Warren](https://unterbahn.com) as part of the 2023 [Innovator in Residence Program](https://labs.loc.gov/about/opportunities/innovator-in-residence-program) at the [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/). +Seeing Lost Enclaves is an [initiative](https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/2023-innovator-in-residence-rebuilds-and-revisits-lost-communities/s/33e910fb-0ea2-4676-ba4c-0ce15e664735) by [Jeffrey Yoo Warren](https://unterbahn.com) as part of the 2023-24 [Innovator in Residence Program](https://labs.loc.gov/about/opportunities/innovator-in-residence-program) at the [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/). -_This is a draft guide. The final will be published in September 2023 on the [LC Labs website](https://labs.loc.gov/work/experiments/lost-enclaves)._ +This repository contains the documentation for the Seeing Lost Enclaves project. -This repository contains the documentation for the Seeing Lost Enclaves project. **Part 1: Research** will be posted in draft form in December 2022. - -The files contained can be viewed individually but are cross-linked as well: +The files contained can be viewed individually but are cross-linked as well; for example: * [Research](research/index.md) contains Part 1: locating reference materials for relational reconstruction. * See the [bibliography](research/bibliography.md) diff --git a/contact.md b/contact.md index ac486d2..b47e5b9 100644 --- a/contact.md +++ b/contact.md @@ -1,11 +1,9 @@ # Contact -I’m beginning to reach out to folks about helping with reconstruction project in other places. Recently I spent time looking for records in Truckee, CA, New Orleans, Deadwood, SD, and other places, and have been collaborating with [Dri Chiu Tattersfield](https://hellodri.itch.io/) *![external link](../images/external-link.gif)*. +This toolkit represents work I did from 2022-2024 as the Library of Congress Innovator in Residence. I continue to be interested in connecting with descendants of these communities, as well as with Asian American artists, historians, and community members interested in remembrance related to these places. As I continue the work I began during this project, you can follow me at: -I’m interested in connecting with descendants of these communities, as well as with Asian American artists, historians, and community members interested in remembrance related to these places. +* https://unterbahn.com +* https://instagram.com/unterbahn (where I post regularly about my practice) -## Sign up for updates +Please send questions about the Innovator in Residence program and other Library of Congress matters to LC-Labs@loc.gov. -Visit [this link](https://labs.loc.gov/work/experiments/lost-enclaves) to sign up for updates at loc.gov. - -Follow @LC_Labs and @jywarren on Twitter, and @librarycongress and @unterbahn on Instagram. I post regular updates and share process videos on Instagram each week. diff --git a/faq.md b/faq.md index 4348db1..d4c6242 100644 --- a/faq.md +++ b/faq.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Frequently Asked Questions +_Seeing Lost Enclaves was a project I developed during 2022-2024 as the Library of Congress Innovator in Residence. Please see https://unterbahn.com and https://instagram.com/unterbahn for more recent work, some of which emerged from this project._ + ## Is this a precise historic recreation? How is precision communicated? No - my goal in relational reconstruction has been to use the process of reconstruction as one of healing and of belonging, and as a reclaiming and re-contextualizing of the archive and its meanings for our futures, inspired by Saidiya Hartman's _critical fabulation_ (also see Venus in Two Acts, cited in [Inspirations](inspirations.md)). My practice engages peoples’ creative and collaborative abilities, building tools and spaces which support and inspire creative practices, and the Relational Reconstruction Toolkit focuses on the creative possibilities of what it could have felt like –as an Asian American person – to walk down the street and experience a sense of belonging at that moment in history. @@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ Though Chinatowns are for me a starting point, due to my work in Providence's Ch ## Can I visit one of the virtual reconstructions online? -So far, I have hosted public visits and walking tours to Providence's Chinatown, and will continue doing so. I am working on ways to enable asynchronous visits as well, please stay tuned. +So far, I have hosted public visits and walking tours to Providence's Chinatown, and will continue doing so. You can also visit the reconstructions through the [Hidden Portals project](https://hiddenportals.org) and the [Sites page](sites). ## Can I participate? @@ -26,6 +28,4 @@ I’m also beginning to reach out to folks about – slowly – beginning a reco No, there will be workshops and activities open to people of all skill-sets. - -_I will post more Q&A as the project progresses, thank you!_ diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index f34d85d..71dac49 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@