The Bangladesh Feminist Archive doesn’t want to leave the feminist history in Bangladesh to oblivion. Woman on Air Andreea Zelinka talks to founder Tanveer Anoy about the beginnings of Bangladesh Feminist Archive, why they collect material in the present, how memory is being actively created through archiving, and why being passionate about archiving is important for feminist history in Bangladesh. To illustrate their work and approach to archiving and making feminist memory, Anoy has also brought three items from the archive with them which give a deep and diverse insight about different aspects of feminist movement history in Bangladesh.

More about the Bangladesh Feminist Archive: https://bdfeministarchives.org

Here you can support the Bangladesh Feminist Archive: https://www.gofundme.com/f/preserve-bangladeshi-feminist-histories

Interviewees: Tanveer Anoy, archivist, activist and academic at University of Minnesota focusing on South Asian queer activism, grassroots and community archives, transnational feminism and the politics of memory. They are also the founder of Bangladesh Feminist Archives.

Language: English

Host and Producer: Andreea Zelinka

Photo credit: Tanveer Anoy