Duran Fiack

This project addresses the long-overlooked history of slavery in the Bronx by building a community-centered digital humanities platform that restores visibility to the lives of enslaved African-descended people. Grounded in Black digital humanities and ethical archival practice, it partners with Bronx residents, students, and educators as co-creators who guide interpretation and public storytelling. Through collaborative archival recovery, GIS mapping, and participatory digital design, the project counters historical erasure, centers descendant and local knowledge, and produces an open-access resource that reshapes how the Bronx’s past is documented, taught, and understood.