Ekspozita e Arkivit të Emigracionit Shqiptar në Greqi: projekt sfidues për një histori të lënë në heshtje

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  • Ervin Shehu

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https://doi.org/10.71398/sa.vi23.7132

Abstract

Artikulli trajton ekspozitën A Bag Full of Telephone Cards: Making the Archive of Albanian Migration (Një borsë plot me telekarta: Krijimi i Arkivit të Emigracionit Shqiptar), të organizuar në galerinë “TAVROS” në Athinë (Greqi) midis 18-28 shtator 2024, si një projekt politik dhe kuratorial që ndërthur kujtesën kolektive me aktivizmin shoqëror. Përmes një qasjeje dekoloniale dhe pjesëmarrëse, ekspozita vë në dukje përvojat e emigrantëve shqiptarë si një “kundër-arkiv” që sfidon narrativat dominuese mbi emigracionin, duke i dhënë përparësi proceseve të formimit të identitetit individual e kolektiv, të ndërtuar në kushtet e lëvizjes, kujtesës dhe ndërveprimit me shoqërinë “vendëse”. Duke përdorur objekte personale, materiale pamore dhe dëshmi orale, ekspozita shndërrohet në një hapësirë heterotopike ku e kaluara, e tashmja dhe e ardhmja ndërthuren në mënyrë refleksive. Artikulli argumenton se, përmes konceptimit të kujtesës si proces dinamik, ekspozita u jep zë subjekteve të skajuara dhe i rikthen emigrantit rolin e dëshmitarit aktiv, duke e pozicionuar arkivimin si akt politik dhe emancipues. Në këtë mënyrë, ndërveprimi me publikun krijon hapësirë për dialog, ndjeshmëri dhe reflektim mbi proceset e emigracionit, duke pohuar rolin e kujtesës si instrument kritik e transformues në rishikimin e marrëdhënieve ndërmjet historisë dhe identitetit në hapësirat e artit bashkëkohor.

Keywords:

Arkivi i Emigracionit Shqiptar, kujtesa kolektive, estetika dekoloniale, praktikë kuratoriale, politikë parafytyruese

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2025-12-20

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Shehu, E. (2025). Ekspozita e Arkivit të Emigracionit Shqiptar në Greqi: projekt sfidues për një histori të lënë në heshtje. Studime për Artin, (23). https://doi.org/10.71398/sa.vi23.7132

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No. 23 (2024): Studime për Artin

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