Unsettling Historical Common Sense is a forthcoming online multimedia tool that will reconsider how privileged source materials dictate who and what stories are credibly documented.

The phrase comes from scholars T. Fujitani, Geoffrey M. White, and Lisa Yoneyama in their 2001 book, Perilous Memories: The Asia-Pacific War(s). It was first conceived as a reading group for Wendy’s Subway, a library and independent publisher in Brooklyn, in fall 2020.

This online educational project will combine humanities scholarship and digital tools to complicate institutional authority.

It is a free resource. To learn more and how to get involved, please reach out.

Image credits
Header: Nona Faustine, In Praise of Famous Men No More (2019).

Slideshow: Ben Ripley, A man from Korea #32 (2020). Part of AMITY/ENMITY at MASS MoCA.

Nona Faustine, Dr. J. Marion Sims (2019).

Wendy Red Star, Peelatchiwaaxpáash/Medicine Crow (Raven) (2014). From the series “1880 Crow Peace Delegation.”

Stephanie Syjuco, from the series “Blocking Out the Sun” (2019).

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