“Whether conscious of it or not, archivists are major players in the business of identity politics. Archivists appraise, collect, and preserve the props with which notions of identity are built. In turn, notions of identity are confirmed and justified as historical documents, which validate with all their authority as “evidence” the identity stories so built”
Cook, T & Schwartz, J.M 2002, Archives, Records, and Power: The Making of Modern Memory Archival Science 2, Kluwer Academic: p16.
Dr. Sheree Mack is Creatrix; she who makes. With a practice which manifests through poetry, storytelling, image and the unfolding histories of Black people, Sheree engages audiences around Black women’s voices and bodies, Black feminism, ecology and memory, trauma and grief. Sheree facilitates national and international creative workshops and retreats in the landscape, encouraging and supporting women on their journey of remembrance back to their bodies and authentic selves. She is the host of The Earth Sea Love Podcast, sharing the stories of women, feminine and non-binary people who are Black, Indigenous or a Person of Colour and their connection with nature. Sheree holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Newcastle University focusing on the tradition of Black British women poetry.
