Archiving Gaza in the Present: Art, Memory and Heritage

Conflict does more than destroy physical spaces - it extinguishes lives, erases histories and disrupts the collective memory of entire communities.In Gaza, where genocide has brought unimaginable suffering, the destruction of cultural heritage adds another dimension of loss.Tangible and intangible legacies - the sites, artifacts and stories that anchor identity - are being destroyed alongside the people who create and preserve them.In such a context, the act of archiving becomes vital, a way to resist erasure and to preserve memory amid destruction. Archiving Gaza in the Present addresses this urgent crisis.Edited by Venetia Porter and Dina Matar, this interdisciplinary collection gathers voices from diverse fields - law, art, archaeology, journalism, architecture and more - who document the degradation of Gaza’s rich cultural landscape and explore the ways in which we can preserve its memory and heritage.In essays, interviews, poems and visual materials, including more than one hundre