“Whoever Owns Heritage is a Temporary Custodian”: An Interview with Akram Zaatari
In this interview with Katarzyna Falęcka, the Lebanese filmmaker and artist Akram Zaatari discusses his practice based on collecting and studying photography.
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Editors: Moritz Buchner (Forum Transregionale Studien), Johanna Beamish (Max Weber Stiftung)
In this interview with Katarzyna Falęcka, the Lebanese filmmaker and artist Akram Zaatari discusses his practice based on collecting and studying photography.
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