Abstract
Author(s): Editorial Board, Refract Journal | Abstract: Refract: An Open Access Visual Studies Journal Hauntings and Traces | Volume 2 | Issue 1
Highlights
This volume of Refract investigates the power dynamics ofvisibility through “haunting” and the “trace.” A form of way making, the trace offers itself as an object, subject, and action, as both a remnant and a becoming
We needed to take a look at what we envision our journal to be doing, and how we can support people of color, community organizers, and power building at the grassroots level in our everyday operations. This conversation continues as we maintain our mission to uphold scholarly and artistic inquiry that dismantles institutional barriers and prioritizes diverse voices and subject matter
Autonomy is an abstraction that refuses to acknowledge the realities of our position—a reality in which we remain nestled within an exploitive, racist, and neocolonial system. We find that such an abstraction no longer serves Refract or the communities that we aim to support through our mission
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105 It’s Like She Had Never Existed: The Family Story and the Assembly of Disability Ana García Jácome. We needed to take a look at what we envision our journal to be doing, and how we can support people of color, community organizers, and power building at the grassroots level in our everyday operations This conversation continues as we maintain our mission to uphold scholarly and artistic inquiry that dismantles institutional barriers and prioritizes diverse voices and subject matter. As managing editor, I want to acknowledge the incredible team that makes up Refract’s editorial board This journal is a truly collaborative effort, and it would not have been possible without the amazing energy each person brings to the project.
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