With contributions by Moreshin Allahyari, Yosu Arangüena and Sebastián Arrechedera, Imani Jacqueline Brown, Decolonize This Place, Xokonoschtletl Gómora, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Chao Tayiana Maina and Molemo Moiloa, Sylvie Njobati, Anuraag Saxena, Ana Sladojević, Dima Srouji

"Within this book, we amplify voices that acknowledge theft as a central technology and scaffolding composing the vaults and vitrines of many modern institutions. These voices challenge standard narratives of preservation and access, exposing the violence, oppression, and exploitation concealed within them.

This publication serves as a constellation of documents, instances, and encounters catalyzed by our research, as well as an engagement with the broader, persistent problem that demands our collective attention: the imperial legacy ossified within cultural institutions. Through this collection, we invite readers to join us in the process of unlearning: to question the presumed factuality of institutional claims, to imagine and enact alternative realities, and to participate in the ongoing work of dismantling imperial legacies in cultural institutions and beyond. This is not a neutral endeavor, but a necessary step towards cultural liberation and the realization of the future."

Essential Services (Enar de Dios Rodríguez, Andrea Steves)