Material Matters: Black Radical Aesthetics and the Limits of Visibility

Community archivists and feminist scholars describe representational belonging as the sudden discovery of oneself in the archive.
Representational belonging empowers individuals, while the lack of representation in an archive does the opposite. It creates an image in your head that is almost too real to deny: that you can’t see yourself in the future.
(Re)claiming Archives Randa Hadid

remembering = past تذكر = ماضي
imagining = future تخيل = مستقبل
collective memory = community تواصل اجتماعي = الذاكرة الجماعية