Transformative Memory

Digital Archive

Welcome to the Transformative Memory Digital Archive, a virtual space for knowledge exchanges and creation on memory and loss in the afterlives of war, genocide, slavery or settler colonialism.

The Archive is part of The Transformative Memory International Network involving artists, academics and social leaders and movements from Canada, Colombia, Indonesia, Uganda, The United States, and Peru, and co-hosted by the University of British Columbia and the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, located on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations.

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Indonesia Exchange 2025

Jakarta and Yogyakarta · 16–21 February 2025

Hosted by the Indonesian Institute of Social History (ISSI) with UBC, the exchange brought more than 35 participants from eight countries together for six days of dialogue, site visits and a travelling exhibition, “Conversing with Domestic Memory.”

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Uganda Exchange 2019

Gulu, Uganda · 20–24 May 2019

The network’s first exchange, hosted by the Justice and Reconciliation Project around Acholi ways of knowing and remembering.

Colombia Exchange 2020

Colombia · February 2020

Hosted by the National University of Colombia with Montes de María, Los Andes and Erika Diettes’ studio; 40 participants.

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Standing with the Posters Memories of Jinefer Lanyero Dancing Memory: Judith Colibri Opening Address: Mapping and Reimaging Butterflies in Spirit The Poet The Learners’ Network Pieces of a Poem: An Offering