Restoration / Regeneration

the New Media Caucus Symposium

March 6-8, 2026

Arizona State University

Practicing Future Memory through Regenerative Rituals

Ritual / Belonging
4:30PM to 6:30PM
Duration: 20 min

Description

Ritual is a method for transmitting memory and care across generations. Though held in conversations with the past, future memory reframes this process as a way to rehearse what comes next. Regeneration happens through repetition, reflection, and redesign. Digital restoration can serve as more than technical repair. When approached with care and intention, it becomes a way to revisit and reshape the gestures, stories, and systems that make up the cultures we carry. Restoration becomes a way to make these materials usable again, not just preserved. Mirroring ritual, this process relies on structured repetition and transmission. It becomes a way to practice memory, to keep it alive and in motion. When digital tools reanimate cultural traces, they join a regenerative cycle that opens space for continuity, transformation, and care. The work of new media is building with memory, not just around it. It is a practice that makes space for both holding on and letting go. Memory takes shape through what we carry, how we practice, and what we let go.

Artists

Alisha Harris

University of Denver