Thurs­day, 09 April – Fri­day, 10 April­Lei­b­­niz-Zen­­trum Moder­ner Ori­entKirch­weg 3314129 Ber­lin Abs­tract From the fif­te­enth cen­tu­ry onward, Euro­pean colo­ni­al expan­si­on was inse­pa­ra­ble from prac­ti­ces of docu­men­ta­ti­on, clas­si­fi­ca­ti­on, and record-kee­­ping that ren­de­red ter­ri­to­ries, peo­p­les, and non­hu­man life legi­ble to impe­ri­al regimes, giving rise to colo­ni­al archi­ves. Far from neu­tral repo­si­to­ries, the­se archi­ves func­tion­ed as epis­te­mic instruments […]