Masthead
Why have archives become so central for our understanding of our historical moment and of ourselves as subjects of history? This double issue looks at archives as calls to action. Rather than stable repositories, archives are examined as acts and practices in transit that mobilize different media and are mobilized by them.
emisférica is the Hemispheric Institute’s peer-reviewed, online, trilingual scholarly journal. Published biannually, journal issues focus on specific areas of inquiry in the broader field of performance and politics in the Americas. The journal publishes academic essays, multimedia artist presentations, activist interventions, translations, as well as book, performance and film reviews. Its languages are English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Invited Editors
Marianne Hirsch
Diana Taylor
Editors
Jill Lane
Marcial Godoy-Anativia
Managing Editor
Magalí Armillas-Tiseyra
Design Director
Frances Pollitt
Photo Editor
Laura Bluher
Video Editor
Victor Bautista
Editorial Assistant
Mauricio Delfín
Linnete Manrique
Miguel Winograd
Translators
Magalí Armillas-Tiseyra
Kahlil Chaar-Pérez
Mauricio Delfín
Marcos Steuernagel
Miguel Winograd
Contributors
need contributors
Special Thanks
The editors would like to thank the many artists, collections, archives, and publications that granted permission to reproduce their work in this issue; in particular: Profession (Modern Language Association), Smalle Axe (Duke University Press), the Charlotte Salomon Foundation, and Art Spiegelman (The Wylie Argency LLC and Pantheon Books, a division of Random House).
Published By
HemiPress New York City 2018 ISSN 1554-3706