Events Archive - Black Archives Sweden

Friday-Sunday

2-4 June 2023

Community Gathering Gothenburg

After the premiere of Community Gathering in Malmö the 3-day event is coming to Gothenburg! In collaboration with Blå Stället, Afroinstitutionen and ABF Göteborg. Community Gathering will be held at Blå Stället between 2–4 June. The weekend is centered around…

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Friday- Sunday

14-16 April 2023

Community Gathering Malmö

Community Gathering is a 3-day-event centered around the Family Archive. Since 2021 Black Archives Sweden has collected materials from Afro-Swedes personal photo albums and archives to contribute to a broader representation of Black people and families in Sweden.

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Saturday11-4 pm

21 January 2023

The Family Archive: Physical Collection with Afroinstitutionen

What is your family archive? What and who forms part of it? What does your own personal archive say about you and your heritage? Black Archives Sweden invites you to a physical intake as part of our ongoing collection, the…

An image of a mother holding her child in her arms on the beach. The text on the image says: Open Call. The Family Archives Physical Collection with Konsthall C 3-4 December

Saturday-Sunday12-5 pm

3-4 December 2022

The Family Archive: Physical Collection with Konsthall C

Black Archives Sweden invites you to a physical collection event together with Konsthall C on the 3rd and 4th of December between 12-5pm. Contribute with photographs from your family archive, but we also welcome letters, diaries, posters, video and audio…

Saturday-Sunday12-5pm

22-23 October 2022

The Family Archive: Physical Collection with Konsthall C

Black Archives Sweden invites you to the Family Archive at Konsthall C 12- 5 pm on the 22nd and 23rd of October. Black Archives Sweden is creating a temporary scanning station for its project the family archive, which focuses on…

Poster i färgerna blå och grå med text i färgerna svart och vit med texten Spatial Considerations Archiving Black queer life. Namnen på konstnärerna Evan Ifekoya och Ajamu X och logor på Black Archives Sweden, Plattform KcSyd och Skånes Konstförening.

Saturday3-6 pm

26 November 2022

Spatial considerations: Archiving Black queer life

For this presentation and talk, we focus on the intersection between public space and archives, paying specific attention to Black queer lives and archives. We ask the question of how to archive Black queer life, sites of intimacy and their…

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Wednesday7-8:30 pm

30 March 2022

Meditations of the Black Archive: Methods and Praxis

Meditations of the Black archive is a series of readings, conversations and gatherings focused on critical and creative contemplations of the black archive within a Swedish and European context. In a world organized around antiblackness and black unfreedom, the black…

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En poster med texten Black Space och en grön bakgrund

Wednesday7-8 pm

23 March 2022

Online release: Black Space

Welcome to the online release of Black Archives Sweden’s zine publication: Black Space! During the release, the editors: Jonelle Twum and Abdul Dube will be in conversation about the theme of the zine, Black Space and with the contributors of…

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Saturday1-4 pm

12 February 2022

Writing workshop with Fatuma Awil and Felicia Mulinari

A writing workshop for Black women, trans people and non-binary of all ages. You will be guided by the poet Fatuma Awil and the author Felicia Mulinari as you explore your writing through play, conversations, exercises, storytelling, and collective forms…

Image with the text the health effects of antiblack racism in Swedish

Saturday1- 4 pm

27 November 2021

The Health Effects of Antiblack racism

Welcome to a workshop on the effects of antiblack racism on our health and bodies. The racism that Black people experience have an effect on both our mental and physical well-being. When a person endures persistent racism, every day or…

Image with the text Public archives and Colonial traces

Thursday6- 7:30 pm

30 September 2021

Public Archives and Colonial traces

Public archives bearing of racist and violent histories have been under scrutiny in recent years. Around the world, many statues have been removed and some of those remaining have been transformed in new ways by the public. A question that…

Thursday 6-7:30pm

23 September 2021

Artist talk with Ina Nian

Black Archives Sweden welcomes you to a digital artist talk with Ina Nian. Nian will be discussing their ongoing solo exhibition at Whose Museum, "The Weight of Silence", together with Samuel Girma.

Friday 6-8pm

10th September 2021

The Weight of Silence – An Exhibition by Ina Nian

Welcome to the opening of Black Archives Sweden's first exhibition, "The Weight of Silence", in collaboration with Whose Museum on the 10th of September at 6pm. For this exhibition, the artist Ina Nian departs from the archives, specifically Sweden’s relationship…

Sunday10-2pm

17 October 2021

Zine Workshop

Are you interested in exploring the effects of Anti-Black racism using creative methods? You are welcome to sign-up for this zine workshop with a focus on how Anti-Black racism affects Black people's bodies and mental health. Sign-up for the workshop…

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Event: The Possibilities of the black archive

Wednesday7-8:30 pm

31 March 2021

Meditations of the Black archive: Possibilities of the Black archive

Meditations of the Black archive is a series of readings, conversations and gatherings focused on critical and creative contemplations of the black archive within a Swedish and European context. In a world organized around antiblackness and black unfreedom, the black…

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