main argument

While not perhaps the intended argument of the authors, one of my main takeaways from this article was affirmation that other researchers come up against a similar dilemma which is the desire to hoard research materials but the lack of desire to formally and systematically archive the assets. Using their experience with material collected in Zambia, the authors lift up multimodal installations as an opportunity to renew and reinvigorate archival assets and create a multisensory experience that increases opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and not only understanding tensions that arise within the archive but experiencing them firsthand.