About
Curating Girlhood Digitally: Archiving the Girls We Were. Imagining the Girls We Are Becoming.
This project is a step towards generating a discourse, through the prism of art, about how girlhood is often marginalized in adult-centric ideological frameworks like feminism(s). The project has thus far unfolded in two phases: First, as an online workshop held on July 24, 2025, in which different female stakeholders from different institutions and walks of life engaged in conversations about girlhood and its place in feminist thought. During the workshop, collaborators, all of whom are dedicated to different artistic mediums and disciplines, artistically reflected on their experiences as girls and how these experiences have shaped their artistic careers and lifestyles. They also reflected deeply on the girls they were, how it has influenced their perspectives on the girls they hope to be, as well as the challenges that come with articulating girlhood experiences, struggles, and aspirations within the realm of the different kinds of feminisms they ideologize or embody. There was a panel discussion with two speakers - Professors Cymone Fourshey and Marla Jacksch, humanities scholars who explored the representation of girls in (Black and African) feminist studies and non-studies.
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Second Phase
The second phase is a collection of individual artistic productions from contributors that have culminated in the creation of this website, now acting as a digital museum. The collaborators were given a couple of months to produce any kind of work, from writing to crafted art, that serves as a creative reflection on the online workshop and their larger contentions with the questions guiding the project as a whole. One of the ethoses of this project is intergenerationality (because this is where the complications of girlhood find a seat) so collaborators were expected during the project to interact either virtually or in person with an older or younger person with whom they share deep affinities, sharing their knowledge and making something of it - a mother, a daughter, a friend, a colleague, a guardian, any female figure for real. They derived inspiration from this person or even created art alongside this person, as is evident from some of the works displayed on this website.
By combining the critical insights of humanities scholars, the creative perspectives of contemporary artists, and the theoretical frameworks of feminist studies, this project aims to foster a multifaceted exploration of girlhood as a cultural, social, and political construct that can both be problematic and liberatory.
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