Theory

Theory provides us with tools to ask more profound questions, not just about what’s recorded, but also about what’s missing. It helps us understand how power shapes memory, and how some lives are preserved while others are erased. The works shared here guide our approach to silence, absence, and recovery. They offer ways to think critically about the archive, and they challenge us to imagine what history could look like if all voices were heard. Theory doesn’t distance us from the work; it brings us closer to it, helping us read between the lines and listen for what isn’t said.