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12019-10-23T08:14:22-07:00Hankins Feichter4cce6cb584a3e5057ce8981a6ea7dff6489ff85b353374plain2019-10-23T08:20:07-07:00Hankins Feichter4cce6cb584a3e5057ce8981a6ea7dff6489ff85bArchived objects within the Year 1984 collection were curated to display a hegemonic and quintessentially nostalgic view of the 1980s (particularly May, 1984) in popularly remembered terms. Each item of the five linked on the main page (a weather record, a song, a film trailer, a slang term, and a font) is contrasted with another item of the same category. The goal of this archive is to challenge the way in which we often remember decades – and the simplifying power of nostalgia – by countering this hegemonic view.
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