On Archiving as Dissensus

Research Article| May 01 2018 On Archiving as Dissensus Ann Laura Stoler Ann Laura Stoler Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2018) 38 (1): 43–56. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201x-4389967 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Email Permissions Search Site Citation Ann Laura Stoler; On Archiving as Dissensus. Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 1 May 2018; 38 (1): 43–56. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201x-4389967 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsComparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East Search Advanced Search Stoler's article is an exercise in imagining how a collective might go about shaping the imaginative geography of a Palestinian archive. At issue is an archival assembly that is not constrained by the command—in form and content—dictated by colonial state priorities or even by Palestinian authorities. What concerns should be weighed and who shall be its archons? How might a principle and practice of dissensus speak to and through a vastly deterritorialized populace? Might this diasporic reality provide the very strength of this archive, its exemplary status, and political grace? dissensus, Palestine, archives The text of this article is only available as a PDF.