Republik Repair Denken

We always assume that everything has already been documented by someone in some way. Somebody must have taken pictures, someone must have taken notes. Twenty-five years later, these notes have long since been stored away in the recycling bin or in a box in your ex’s basement. Spoken word artist and publicist Philipp Khabo Koepsell has devoted himself to the work of collecting and editing flyers for poetry events, dancehall parties, community picnics, programme brochures for anti-racist workshops, newspaper articles, public letters, activity reports of defunct clubs and Black History Month programmes from the 1980s and 1990s. In this panel discussion, he will speak with Afro pioneers Katharina Oguntoye and Ricky Reiser about the role of archives in the Black community, a passion for collecting and the future of self-determination of the past.