BANHISTORY · A Manifesto In Five Redactions
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CH·01 The thesis
HISTORY·IS·A·MIRROR·YOU·KEEP·BREAKING.
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CH·02 The method
FIRST
YOU REDACT
THE WORD.
THEN THE BOOK.
THEN THE READER.
YOU REDACT
THE WORD.
THEN THE BOOK.
THEN THE READER.
Exhibit A
"The committee finds the passage on ▆▆▆▆▆▆▆▆▆ should be replaced with the phrase 'and then everyone was fine, the end.'"
— minutes, district board mtg, redacted county
CH·03 Things we will not be needing
- 01 context
- 02 primary sources
- 03 the part where people died
- 04 words longer than five letters
- 05 librarians who don't fold
- 06 the 1960s, generally
- 07 photographs, suspiciously specific
- 08 maps, drawn before tuesday
- 09 eyewitness accounts
- 10 mirrors
CH·04 The counter-offer
KEEP THE BOOKS.
BAN THE COWARDS.
BAN THE COWARDS.
CH·05 The ask
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