History
All Articles about History
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Heritage Horizons: Capsules of Bosnian Diaspora Narratives
In a world where cultural identity can often be diluted, Sarajevo Fellows Almina Bajic, Aranxa Parra, David Bakum, and Zeke Rouse – embarked on a mission to preserve and celebrate the rich cultural heritage of Bosnian diaspora communities.
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Served Up - To Dinner With Your Nazi-Background
For his Democracy Fellowship Action Project, Felix is researching how private conversations about one's own entanglement in Nazi-history could be used as a transformative resource for an honest culture of remembering.
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Sarajevske Debate/Sarajevo Debates
For his Democracy Fellowship Action Project, Nedim is leading an ambitious youth-led initiative based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina that seeks to revive critical discourse and counteract the political manipulation of historical memory.
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Great Britain?
For his Democracy Fellowship Action Project, Cruz is producing podcast conversations on post-1950 Black British history, seeking to better understand the inherited Black legacies to provide insight into Blackness in modern Britain.
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Mapping Co-Existence, Religious Diversity and Memory (Loss) in Northern Greece
For his Democracy Fellowship Action Project, Nikos is shedding light on the religious heritage of Northern Greece.
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The Words: On Memory, Temporalities, and Exile
As part of their Democracy Fellowship Action Project, Zain is archiving narratives of political imprisonment and exile within Syria and the diaspora. They begin by tracing moments of exile within their family, which unfold into a continuum of experiences.
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Chronicles of the Perfect Fascist Village
For his Democracy Fellowship Action Project, Héctor is opening up an intergenerational conversation about the past, about the unstable quality of history and memory.
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My Uyghur Origin
As his Democracy Fellowship Action Project, Sayid Abdull is raising awareness about the Uyghur genocide to compel individuals and policymakers around the world to take action against this human rights crisis.
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Solidarity Sunflowers
This action project involved making solidarity sunflowers, which are ceramic brooches that serve the dual purpose of raising funds and creating awareness about the war in Ukraine.
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Immersive Audio Tour of San Francisco's Western Addition
As her Action Project, Senior Fellow Gabrielle Santas built "Returning to the Harlem of the West", an app-based audio tour exploring Japanese Americans' return to San Francisco after internment.
