The three interconnected ways of conceiving care and object
Materials
Materials are never neutral.
From indigo to iron, mahogany to cotton, quinine to plastic, the raw substances of art and medicine carry the weight of histories — of extraction, cultivation, resistance, and repair. This section centers the life of materials across time and space, and the creative interventions we can use to trace how the things we touch, shape, and preserve reveal deeper stories about colonialism, labor, and the body.
Memory
Memory is not only held in archives and monuments — it lives in gestures, textures, and speech.
Here we explore how artists and communities remember through image-making, storytelling, and embodied practice. Whether confronting silences or reactivating ancestral knowledge, these entries reflect on memory and difference as both a burden and a method of survival.
Methods
How do we study art and medical histories otherwise?
This section foregrounds tools, approaches, and collaborative practices that challenge dominant narratives. From academic reading lists to speculative fiction, from curatorial care to community engagement, it invites reflection on how knowledge is produced — and who it serves.