Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Date of Degree
2-2026
Document Type
Master's Capstone Project
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Program
Digital Humanities
Advisor
Aránzazu Borrachero
Subject Categories
Digital Humanities
Keywords
archives, textiles, intergenerational memory, maker studies, knitting, data feminism
Abstract
“I wear the past in the cold” is a multi-modal archival project exploring themes of intergenerational memory and postmemory. A hand-knit sweater acts as an archive, encoded with metadata about a collection of newspaper articles written by my late father, as well as affectual elements of memory and grief. The accompanying website provides additional detail into the project and design choices. The piece builds on work from memory studies, craft studies, digital humanities, and critical data studies to create a tangible and personal archival object. By accepting the invitation from the #DHMakes movement (Visconti, Dombrowski, and Berger 2020) to embrace physical making within the field, the project forges novel interventions in material and archival studies. By reimagining the form an archive takes to center the materiality of an object, we find a medium that embodies memory.
Recommended Citation
Knaub, Cecilia, "I Wear the Past in the Cold" (2026). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/6541
Zip file of GitHub repository at time of submission
cknaub_i-wear-the-past-in-the-cold-main.warc (42026 kB)
Archived version of project website.
Comments
Online component:https://ceciliaknaub.github.io/i-wear-the-past-in-the-cold/