knick knacks: notes on a curatorial practice

also knickknack, nicknack, “a pleasing trifle, toy,” 1570s, a reduplication of knack (n.) “ingenious device, toy, trinket” (1530s), a specialized sense of knack (n.) “stratagem, trick.” (from the Online Etymology Dictionary)

i buy back all the spirits turned into toys:…

Migration Stories

Who gets to be a citizen in America?
How do you tell the story of people who have been erased?
How can we learn from previous acts of resistance by immigrant communities in Philadelphia?

These are some of the questions …

Thinking Partners Meeting 10.09.2018

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