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Archives for Change: Political Films and the City – The Case of the Amsterdams Stadsjournaal (1974–1984)

In this collaboratively authored piece, the Political Film Archives group considers the theory and practice of archiving underground political films and discusses recent efforts to catalogue, preserve, and exhibit the films of Amsterdams Stadsjournaal, a radical filmmaking collective active in the 1970s and 1980s.

Global Audiovisual Archiving

Sara Gelao reports on the Eye International Conference 2022, "Global Audiovisual Archiving: Exchange of Knowledge and Practices," where delegates discussed new initiatives to safeguard audiovisual heritage across geopolitical divides.

Archive as Pulp: In and through Kağıthane

Merve Ünsal explores the neighborhood of Kagithane (House of Paper) in Istanbul, Turkey, which was formerly a hub of paper production. Ünsal examines the paper supply crisis in Turkey through the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, which is home to the Ottoman state archives.