About

Perennial Memory Lab is a nomadic learning project that travels to teach families, individuals, and organizations alternative methods of archival preservation and participatory research to support the longevity of their cultural work and collections.

Perennial Memory Lab creates open learning forums for archival world-building, using memory as a site of repair and resistance. Est. 2024 by Kennedy Arnette, our arts & political education programs explore practical methods of developing personal histories beyond colonial ideals. Working intimately with an emerging class of storytellers and cultural institutions, PML travels to teach alternative methods of care and preservation.

This process blog is designed to share the ethos of PML programs, curriculum, and essays. Subscribe to our newsletter and YouTube channel @PerennialMemoryLab for early access and updates. Most content remains free, with sliding scale membership options made available for select works. Your subscription makes this project possible and allows Perennial Memory Lab to continue to exist. Thank you!

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About PML's Founder

Kennedy Arnette is an archival worldbuilder, interactive designer, and communal educator who embraces placemaking as a form of ethical coalition building. Using culturally intuitive strategies, Kennedy works to support Black people and the historically dispossessed as we recover our legacies to live in greater relationship with change. Born and raised (primarily) in Los Angeles, themes of housing justice, food sovereignty, and self-determination inform Kennedy’s unique archival practice. The founding of Perennial Memory Lab is an extension of this grassroots pedagogy for new-world histories.

KennedyArnette.com

Youtube.com/@KennYouBelieve