The Personal Archive as Historical Record
Susan Schwartzenberg
The project, “Becoming citizens: family life and the politics of disability” is a written account of an artist who observed the lives of 13 families in the Seattle area who raised children with developmental disabilities in the period 1940-1980. Susan Schwartzenberg talks about her experiences with the families in their home environments. She shares the photos and interviews with the families involved and discusses how the family home is a source of conversational history and produces more info to receive a deeper understanding of history.
“The combination of family life and political action was demonstrated in the ways each family’s collection of diverse materials was informally interspersed.” (75)
“This project came out of conversations and an attempt to unravel the ways ideas turn into action. How a private experience can first isolate and then galvanize people, bringing their shared experiences into public view.” (80)
I wonder how I can relate my home and photographs to certain historical events?
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