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One of the Institute’s central missions is to collect the documents left by David Graeber and to build up an archive of his work. The aim of this collection is to contribute to current and future research.
Students and faculty members of the DGI in St. Vincent and the Grenadines will gain access to the David Graeber archive, transforming the materials into print and multimedia editions.

Preparations are underway for the gradual publication of parts of the archive, beginning with Graeber’s field research in Madagascar. Some of the archives will be available to the public here, and some to researchers affiliated with our institute.

Among the invaluable benefits of this collection are the hundreds of pages of original field notes from fieldwork conducted by David Graeber in Madagascar. He kept detailed and meticulous notes and compiled a great deal of primary historic information, including hand-drawn maps, kinship charts and land ownership tables. Much of this information is represented in both written and pictorial form and is written in English, Malagasy, or French.

Currently, 165 notebooks have already been digitized. Our next challenge: is converting handwriting to text.

David’s personal website, davidgraeber.org, will continue to work on collecting, sorting, and publishing available online information related to David.

If you want to contribute to the David Graeber Institute, please email us or visit our open call page for volunteers and interns.