Archives & Digital Media Lab

Archives & Digital Media Lab adml is a hub for research, public programming, projects, networking, advocacy and education on archives and digital media for the reclamation of archives, decolonization of history, and liberation of land. We begin from the understanding that the archives cannot be decolonized so long as land and people are colonized. We create knowledge with and for the Global South. We respond to the urgent need for archival/media training, education and care within social movements and on colonized lands. adml is responding to movements, communities, countries, and regions in crisis and conflict for archival and heritage protection and preservation. We challenge data colonialism, data extractivism, capitalist surveillance, and algorithmic bias across the Global South. We put our technical and professional expertise at the service of racialized and colonized people to help open the “black box” of archival technologies and digital media. adml is a multi-institutional network centred on the Global South that brings together archivists, librarians, media professionals, and digital curators with professors, researchers, educators, scholars, and activists from across disciplines. We are a hub for South-South and South-North conversations that engages diverse publics, movements, collectivities, and decision makers.