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SUMMARY:(Re)Collecting Sudan: Art and Culture Archives Workshop II
DESCRIPTION:On September 21\, 2025\, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) hosted its second workshop for the “(Re)Collecting Sudan: Art and Culture Archives” research initiative. ​This workshop served as a platform for project contributors to engage in detailed discussions and receive constructive feedback on their submitted papers.  \n\nTo ensure a thorough review process and provide robust feedback for all submissions\, the workshop was organized into five thematically focused sessions. These sessions included Historical Archives\, Digital Archives\, Art Archives\, Lyrical Archives\, and Archives of Exile. This strategic segmentation allowed for in-depth engagement with each paper\, ensuring that discussions were contextualized within their specific scholarly domains and fostering specialized insights. \n\nThe “Historical Archives” section initiated the discussions\, featuring two prominent papers. Eiman Hussein\, Talal Afifi\, and Erica Carter’s paper “Experiencing Hussein Shariffe: Encounters with the Archives—A Collective Auto-Ethnography\,” offered a unique\, shared exploration of historical interactions. This was followed by Ahmad Sikainga’s “The Archives of Leisure and Popular Culture in Colonial and Post-Colonial Khartoum\,” which meticulously examined the cultural nuances preserved within these historical records. \n\nTransitioning to contemporary approaches\, the “Digital Archives” session showcased three insightful papers. Amna Elidrissy\, Zainab Gaafar\, and Helen Mallinson co-authored “Live Museums: An Ecosystem for Safeguarding Heritage\,” highlighting innovative digital platforms for cultural preservation. Larissa-Diana Fuhrmann and Aya Hassan then explored modern archiving in “Instagram as Archive: Sudanese Artists and Political Memory\,” demonstrating the role of social media in capturing historical narratives. The session concluded with Marilyn Deegan\, Wahbi Abdalfattah Abdalrahman\, and Locale’s “Sudan Memory: Building and Narrating the Digital Archive\,” detailing efforts in constructing comprehensive digital repositories. \n\nFurther expanding the scope\, the “Art Archives” session addressed the intersection of art and historical documentation through two compelling papers. Reem Aljeally and Katarzyna Grabska’s “Accidental Archiving? Questioning Curation and Research as Forms of Archiving in the Midst of Political Violence and War in Sudan” critically examined spontaneous archiving practices during conflict. Rahiem Shadad then presented “What Can We Learn from Sudan’s Collective Image-Making History?” emphasizing the value of visual cultural heritage.  \n\nThe “Lyrical Archives” session highlighted the power of oral and poetic traditions\, featuring Qutouf Elobaid’s “Songs of the Barracks: Sudanese Poetic Archives of the 2018 December Revolution\,” and Ruba El Melik and Reem Abbas’s “Women Archiving Sudan: How Women Use Fashion\, Songs\, and Poetry to Preserve History\,” both illustrating the profound role of lyrical expression in documenting historical events.  \n\nThe workshop concluded with the “Archives of Exile” session\, which explored the preservation of cultural memory in diaspora. Bentley Brown’s paper\, “Despite the Distance Between Us: Attempts to Preserve Cultural Memory through Filmmaking-in-Exile\,” showcased cinematic endeavors to bridge geographical divides. Finally\, Anna Reumert’s “An Archive of Exile: Sudanese Migrant Labor and Political Solidarity in Lebanon” shed light on the archival significance of migrant experiences and collective action. \n\nThe final revised drafts will be collected by CIRS with an aim of publishing either an edited volume or a special issue of a journal in the future. \n\n\nTo view the working group agenda\, click here\n\n\n\nRead more about this research initiative\n\n\nParticipants and Discussants:  \n\n\nWahbi Abdulrahman\, Nile Valley University\, Sudan\n\n\n\nRund Alarabi\, The Städelschule (Hochschule für Bildende Künste)\, Germany\n\n\n\nMuez Ali\, Earthna: Center for a Sustainable Future at Qatar Foundation\n\n\n\nReem Aljeally\, The Muse Multi Studios\n\n\n\nZahra Babar\, CIRS\, Georgetown University in Qatar\n\n\n\nMisba Bhatti\, CIRS\, Georgetown University in Qatar\n\n\n\nBentley Brown\, American University of Sharjah\n\n\n\nErica Carter\, King’s College\n\n\n\nMarilyn Deegan\, King’s College\n\n\n\nAmna Elidrissy\, Safeguarding Sudan’s Living Heritage (SSLH)\n\n\n\nRuba El Melik\, Independent Researcher\n\n\n\nQutouf Elobaid\, Locale\n\n\n\nNafisa Eltahir\, Locale\n\n\n\nLarissa-Diana Fuhrmann\, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt\n\n\n\nKatarzyna Grabska\, University of Geneva\n\n\n\nSuha Hasan\, Mawane\n\n\n\nAya Hassan\, Georgetown University in Qatar\n\n\n\nNoor Hussain\, CIRS\, Georgetown University in Qatar\n\n\n\nEiman Hussein\, King’s College\n\n\n\nAla Kheir\, Independent Researcher\n\n\n\nHelen Mallinson\, Safeguarding Sudan’s Living Heritage (SSLH)\n\n\n\nSuzi Mirgani\, CIRS\, Georgetown University in Qatar\n\n\n\nAnna Simone Ruemert\, The New School\, US\n\n\n\nRahiem Shadad\, Downtown Gallery\n\n\n\nAala Sharfi\, Locale\n\n\n\nOmnia Shawkat\, Andariya\n\n\n\nHaneen Sidhahmed\, Sudan Tapes Archive\n\n\n\nAhmad Sikainga\, Ohio State University\n\n\n\nSabreen Taha\, CIRS\, Georgetown University in Qatar\n\n\nArticle by CIRS Research Analyst Misba Bhatti
URL:https://cirs.qatar.georgetown.edu/event/recollecting-sudan-art-and-culture-archives-workshop-ii/
CATEGORIES:Sudan
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