Stuart Hall Library & Contested Sites Publication Launch

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iniva invites you to join us in celebrating our upcoming publication Contested Sites in our newly refurbished space. Over the last six months we have opened up the Stuart Hall Library to our members, networks and the public through the support of Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and the London Community Foundation. Through their support we have been able to make a welcoming space for this year’s Research Network Programme: Contested Sites. This grant has improved the artwork storage in the archive and supported a dedicated computer workstation to access our catalogues.

The publication Contested Sites document reflections, research, thoughts and engagement from the programme. Continuing Stuart Hall’s ideas around re-affirming existence, this publication reflects on multiple ways in which histories hold multiple contested narratives within archives, bodies, institutions and geographies, whether material or digital, as sites for future histories.

Designed by Rose Nordin and edited by Priya Jay, Contested Sites includes contributions from research associates Orsod Malik, Meera Shakti Osborne, Lamya Sadiq, Gary Stewart, Dharma Taylor and artist Fawziyah Rahman.

This publication was made possible through funds from Freelands Foundation. 

Image credit: Books in Stuart Hall Library from Contested Sites Reading list, 2024.