From FOIA Lawsuits to Reparative Actions:
An Archival Process of Uncovering and Confronting Legacies of Oppression
Presented by Andrea Conte
Public records research continues to expose the hidden architectures of state violence in Baltimore: police department conspiracies, the co-opting of local media, and more. Newly formed Maryland commissions dedicated to truth, reconciliation, and reparative justice have begun confronting these revelations, addressing the legacies of state and racial terror, and exploring tangible pathways forward.
Writer, researcher, and media artist Andrea Conte uses public records to illustrate the carceral state and reimagine social and reparative justice. His work has appeared in Hammer & Hope, Film Quarterly, Baltimore Magazine, and the Washington Post.
