Afro-Argentine Memory

Access and Use Policy

The Afro-Argentine Memory Project (AAMP) archives materials related to the history and life of the Afro-Argentine diaspora across all formats/mediums, languages, and time periods. This archive is necessary because of the political, social, and economic history of erasure and invisibilization the Afro-Argentine community still contends with today. The archive’s primary audience is the Afro-Argentine diaspora. The secondary audience is the Afro-Descendent and African diasporan communities. The tertiary audience is the general public. Materials archived are selected by the Memory Project team based on relevance and can be contributed by anyone. The Memory Project retains the right to exclude material that is inaccurate, incomplete, defamatory, derogatory, and/or generated by AI. The Memory Project operates with a praxis of ethical access, shared authority, and continuous consent. If there are materials that you have contributed that you now want restricted or removed, please contact the Memory Project team directly.

As an archive user, you agree to the community agreements below in order to access the archive. 

• I understand that these materials were voluntarily offered by a population that is underrepresented and often misrepresented in mainstream media and scholarship. While the Memory Project will not police how I use the materials, I am committing to interacting with them with humility, as well as respect and care for the contributors and their communities.
• I understand that, because of the Memory Project’s praxis of shared authority and continuous consent, a contributor may request to withdraw their material from the archive generally, or to be removed from my body of research specifically, at any time. If this happens, I agree to delete all copies of the materials from my files. I will take every step I can to remove excerpts and references from that material from my body of research. The Memory Project acknowledges that this may not be possible for published materials in print.
• I will contact the Memory Project and the contributor to request to use their materials from the archive. I or the Memory Project will conduct a good faith effort (3 attempts at contact over the course of 30 days and using 2 contact methods, if available) to contact the contributor. I will abide by the contributor’s decision during or after the good faith effort. I understand that the contributor has veto power over all usage, and may exercise it at any time.

Oral History Collection

‘Maria Presente: La Memoria en Nuestras Voces’ Documentary

A documentary about María Remedios del Valle directed by AAMP Co-Director Julia Cohen Ribeiro. IG @mariapresentedoc

‘El Shimmy’ documentary trailer

The “El Shimmy” documentary is a film about the underground Carnival parties held in Buenos Aires between the 1920s and 1970s. “El Shimmy” club was a site where Afro-Argentines practiced urban marronage by experiencing Black joy through community as a form of social resistance. This forthcoming documentary integrates family archives and oral history from the Memory Project to share their story.

Created by AAMP Co-Director Julia Cohen Ribeiro (Director/Producer), Jesica LaMadrid (Screenwriter/Producer), Aylee Ibanez (Producer), and Carla Guzman (Director of Photography).

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