Photography's complicity in the destruction of diverse worlds has become a central concern for scholars, artists, and activists engaged in the dismantling of imperial ways of thinking, while also seeking to leverage the medium’s potential for visibility and (epistemological) justice. Following Ariella Aïsha Azoulay (Potential History), the challenge lies in maintaining a critical perspective on the pervasive role of photography in perpetuating destruction, while at the same time rethinking the ontology of photography in a way that allows us both to continue to engage with it, in order not to forget this destruction, and to transform it into a “compass of repair.” What forms might such photographic practices of repair take?

 

This panel invites proposals that consider or attempt practices of photographic repair in

 

- Archival practices

- Museums and exhibitions

- Literature

- Historiographical work

- Photojournalism

 

Contributions are invited from those who share these questions and concerns.