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Title
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Panel 2: The Future of the Place-Based Living Archive
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Description
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The Place, Memory & Culture Incubator (PMCI) at the Spitzer School of Architecture proudly presents Reimagining the Archive: Black Memory as Design Praxis, a three-day symposium exploring how Afro-diasporic memory and cultural practices are reshaping architecture, preservation, and the built environment.
How can archives remain living, community-centered spaces that preserve collective memory while shaping the future of place?
This panel brings together artists, archivists, cultural leaders, and creative practitioners to explore the evolving possibilities of place-based archives and community-led approaches to preserving Black histories and cultural heritage.
Featuring Idris Brewster, Executive Director of Kinfolk Foundation; Melody Capote, Executive Director of the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI); Mordecai Cargill, Co-Founder and Creative Director of ThirdSpace Action Lab; and Steven Fullwood, archivist, writer, and Co-Director of the Nomadic Archivists Project, the conversation examines how augmented reality, multimedia mapping, institutional archiving, and collaborative collecting can expand how communities document, experience, and share their histories.
Moderated by Marta Gutman, Dean, PI & Program Co-Director.
Part of Reimagining the Archive: Black Memory & Design Praxis, presented by the Place, Memory & Culture Incubator (PMCI) and the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York, in collaboration with the Harlem Place, Memory & Culture Archive (PMCA).
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Type
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MovingImage
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Creator
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Maldonado, Alfredo
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Brewster, Idris
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Capote, Melody
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Cargill, Mordecai
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Fullwood, Steven
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Gutman, Marta
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Date
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2026-09-19
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Language
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English
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Subject
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Idris Brewster
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Melody Capote
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Mordecai Cargill
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Steven Fullwood
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Marta Gutman
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Black Memory as Design Praxis
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Abstract
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In this panel, Idris Brewster, Melody Capote, Mordecai Cargill, Steven Fullwood, and Marta Gutman explore how emerging technologies, digital tools, and interactive media can be leveraged to preserve and activate Black spatial memory.
