Archiving Plurality

Archiving Plurality: A Collaborative Process

Now available as a printed publication and a PDF download

Archiving Plurality: A Collaborative Process is the result of a year‑long project led by post‑doctoral researcher-in-residence Alessia Cargnelli for NIVAL, the National Irish Visual Arts Library, with the objective of further facilitating access, inclusion and visibility of artists and designers from diverse ethnic, cultural and gender backgrounds and nationalities currently underrepresented in the collections.

The publication collates the responses of the many arts professionals involved in the research and a series of commissioned writings by teresa cisneros, Sara Damaris Muthi, Bojana Janković and Sophie Mak‑Schram. The multiplicity of approaches enable us to better understand and preserve the plurality of creative contemporary practices on the island of Ireland, ultimately seeking to answer the question ‘How do we practise the right to belong?’

Please contact NIVAL at nivalinfo@.ncad.ie if you wish to purchase a printed copy or download a digital version of the publication below.

Archiving Plurality is published by the National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL), edited by Alessia Cargnelli and designed by Alex Synge.

The publication is kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland’s Capacity Building Support Scheme and NCAD, through the Edward Murphy Bequest and the Art Research Development Office. A big ‘thank you’ to Project Arts Centre for generously hosting the publication launch.