Museums, Archives and Protest Memory

Acknowledgements
Praise for Museums, Archives and Protest Memory
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 The Afterlives of Protest
	Introduction: The Protest (Memory) Boom
	The Afterlives of Protest Research Network
	Activism and the Cultural Sector
	Conceptualising Protest Memory in the Cultural Sector
	Overview of Chapters
	Notes
	References
2 Museums, Archives and Protest Memory
	Introduction
	Understanding the Terrain: Protest, Activism and Social Movements
	Between the Fragility and Memorability of Protest: Objects, Images and Material Culture
	The Media-Memory-Activism Nexus3
		Memories of Activism
		Memories in Activism
		Memory Activism
	Between Memory Activism, Museum Activism and Archival Activism
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
3 Towards a Protest Memory Framework
	Introduction
	Museums and Archives as Sites of Protest (see Table 3.1, Row 1)
	Museums and Archives as Agents of Protest (see Table 3.1, Row 2)
	Museums and Archives as Domains of Protest Memory (see Table 3.1, Row 3)
	Museums and Archives as Co-Creators of Protest Memory (see Table 3.1, Row 4)
	Museums and Archives as Protectors, Carers and Innovators of Protest Memory (see Table 3.1, Row 5)
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
4 Rapid Response Collecting
	Introduction: The Women’s March and Prospective Memory
	Social Media, the Bishopsgate Institute and the Decision to Collect
	Protest Signs, Preservation and Issues of ‘Dead Memory’ at the People’s History Museum
	The Pink Pussyhat: A Contested Design Object for the V&A Museum
	Conclusion: Institutional Activism and Feminist Afterlives
	Notes
	References
5 Activist Memory and the Archive
	Introduction: ‘Waters of Forgetfulness’
	Still Waters (1992)
	The ‘Museum Of…’: Co-Creation of Climate Protest Memory
	The Museum of London as Co-Creator (But Not Carer) of Climate Protest Memory
	The Artist-Activist as Provocateur of Protest Memory
	The Bishopsgate Institute as Carer and Protector of (Most But Not All) Protest Memory
	Conclusion: A Slow Protest Memory of Hydrocitizenship
	Notes
	References
6 Reflections on Precarity and Risk
	Notes
	References
Index